The Meadowlands Commission and Bergen County Audubon are teaming for three great events this month.
We have the annual Kearny Marsh Cleanup this Sunday, a DeKorte Plant Walk on June 10, and a Third-Tuesday Bird Walk at DeKorte Park on June 20.
Info on all three events follows.
Sunday, June 3, 10 a.m.
Kearny Marsh Cleanup with the NJMC, BCAS and Northern New Jersey Geocachers
As part of National Trail Day Weekend, the N.J. Meadowlands Commission is sponsoring a two-hour clean-up at the Kearny Marsh. We will clean the trails by foot. We’ll meet at the northeast corner of the Gunnell Oval off Schuyler Avenue at 10 a.m. (directions are on meadowblog.net in the left-hand column), or you can also meet us at the visitors’ parking lot at DeKorte Park in Lyndhurst by 9:40 a.m. and we can carpool. We’ll supply trash bags and water, but bring your own weed clippers and work gloves. The cleanup is co-sponsored by the Bergen County Audubon Society and Northern New Jersey Cachers, a geocaching group. Waste Management is providing the Dumpster. Check meadowblog.net for last-minute updates and weather advisories. You will have to sign a standard liability release that is good for NJMC/BCAS events throughout the year. To rsvp, contact Don Torino of the BCAS at greatauk4@aol.com or 201-230-4983.
Sunday, June 10, 10 a.m.
Special DeKorte Park Plant Walk with the NJMC and BCAS
Join us for a two-hour plant walk of DeKorte Park with botanist Edith Wallace. We will be looking for the plants that attract birds and butterflies, and which ones would work in your home gardens. We’ll keep an eye out for birds and butterflies, too. The walk meets inside the Meadowlands Environment Center. The walk is run by the N.J. Meadowlands Commission and the Bergen County Audubon Society. Check meadowblog.net for last-minute updates and weather advisories. You will have to sign a standard liability release that is good for NJMC/BCAS events throughout the year. To rsvp, contact Don Torino of the BCAS at greatauk4@aol.com or 201-230-4983.
Tuesday, June 19, 10 a.m.
Third-Tuesday-of-the-Month Bird Walk with NJMC and BCASThis free two-hour guided nature walk will take us to the birding hotspots at DeKorte Park – we’ll look for shorebirds along the Shorebird Pool’s Marsh Discovery Trail and in the other tidal impoundments. The walk meets inside the Meadowlands Environment Center at DeKorte. The walk is run by the N.J. Meadowlands Commission and the Bergen County Audubon Society. Check meadowblog.net for last-minute updates and weather advisories. To rsvp, contact Don Torino of the BCAS at greatauk4@aol.com or 201-230-4983.