Volunteers are needed at Skeetkill Creek in Ridgefield for a cleanup this Saturday. Please meet at the site at 9:00 am. Find directions in the column on the right side of this page.
Spend whatever time you can, just be sure to wear sturdy shoes and bring a pair of work gloves. You are sure to be rewarded with some great wildlife sightings.

Read Don Torino’s inspiring post for Earth Day 2015 on Wild New Jersey.

He remembers the very first one…so do I.

The first Earth Day ~ April 22, 1970, NYC

“The idea came to Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson, then a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, after witnessing the ravages of the 1969 massive oil spill in Santa Barbara, California. Inspired by the student anti-war movement, he realized that if he could infuse that energy with an emerging public consciousness about air and water pollution, it would force environmental protection onto the national political agenda. Senator Nelson announced the idea for a ‘national teach-in on the environment’ to the national media; persuaded Pete McCloskey, a conservation-minded Republican Congressman, to serve as his co-chair; and recruited Denis Hayes as national coordinator. Hayes built a national staff of 85 to promote events across the land.” – The Earth Day Network

And it’s grown ever since. Celebrate with the NJSEA and BCAS by taking a guided nature walk in DeKorte Park in Lyndhurst starting at 10 am. Meet in the MEC parking lot.

Another historic nugget – Walter Cronkite reporting on the first Earth Day for CBS news April 22, 1970.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=WbwC281uzUs%3Ffeature%3Dplayer_embeddedframeborder%3D0allowfullscreen