New Year’s Day Hikes Pack Parks
First thing’s first: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Wishing you and your families a happy and healthier new year! STORY BEHIND THE PHOTO OF THE WEEK 9:30 a.m.,…
Photo of the Week
A Picture Says a Thousand Words—Including “Caution”
INTRODUCTION: Most of my Photo of the Week articles showcase various places, events, and/or wildlife amid our region’s beautiful open spaces. In those articles, I try…
Learning and Having Fun In Wintry Open Spaces
EXTRA, EXTRA: Today is the first day of Winter!! If you don’t like that news, how about, from today on, each day will get a…
New Footbridge Extends Greenway Trail
Our photo of the week story today has been a long time in coming to fruition—literally years! While today’s story is relegated to one small…
Water Gap’s Year in Review Includes Record Visitors
INTRODUCTION I realize that everyone is sick and tired of hearing about Covid-19 AND I know most of you have wanted to forget about 2020…
A Grand Old Flag
STORY BEHIND PHOTO OF THE WEEK It is early afternoon on Thanksgiving Day. Leaving my house in Allamuchy, I’m on countdown, just waiting for the…
Learning About Our National Bird: The Bald Eagle
Last Friday morning, I was out traveling around Swartswood Lake in Sussex County. What a beautiful day—and I had a lot of different bird sightings!…
Limestone Ridge Preserve’s Nature Experience in the Heart of a Community
HISTORY AND FEATURES Limestone Ridge Preserve, a 97-acre preserve, is a forested tract immediately south of the Paulinskill, a Delaware River tributary. The preserve hosts various…
A Guided Journey Into Gnome Hollow
Ridge & Valley Conservancy’s 132-acre Gnome Hollow Preserve is in Frelinghuysen Township. It was acquired in 2010 through a transfer/donation from Kids Corporation II and The…
Catching the Elusive Halloween Blue Moon
While humans may look at the Halloween Blue Moon as a “cool” and “scary” scenario, Mother Nature is thinking more along the lines of “romance.” …