Immature Bald Eagle

Thanks to Ron Shields for these great photos from a recent excursion into the Kearny Marsh!

Raccoon

Green Heron

Immature Little Blue Heron and Snowy Egret

Losen Slote Creek Park in suburban Little Ferry

When most people are asked about important conservation issues, the topic of the discussion usually goes directly to subjects like saving the rain forest, maybe stopping pollution, or perhaps even turning back climate change.

For sure all are very serious conservation issues that we all should be working together every day to solve. But rarely at the forefront of concerns are the conservation issues taking place right here in the places many of us live: suburbia. Issues that are very serious, many that will decide the future of the wildlife and communities that they and their children will live in for years to come.

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