For those who keep track of such things, Oliver Stringham reports seeing two deer at the Kearny Marsh, plus a lot of turtles around, including  a pretty big snapping turtle (~1.5 feet long) swimming.

(Thanks, Oliver!)

The NJMC’s Angelo Urato reports seeing Black Skimmers by River Barge park on Sunday as well, and passed along this shot.  (Thanks, Angelo!)

Looks like RBP is the best place to see them so far — we are hoping they visit DeKorte soon.

This revived  weekly feature is brought to you courtesy of the Meadowlands Commission’s Parks Department to give you some historical background on how local places, landmarks, and geographical features  got their name.

Map Robert Erskine -1776

Schuyler Avenue, North Arlington  

In the entire history of the Hackensack Meadowlands no one ever said, “Thar’s gold in them thar hills!”

But in the early 1700’s someone said, “There’s copper in those hills.”

That “someone” was Arent Schuyler born in Albany, New York in 1662.

His is the story of the discovery of copper in the Meadowlands.

Arent was the first of the Schuylers who gave their name to one of this area’s oldest roads: Schuyler Avenue.

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