Many thanks to Rich Brown for this great photo of a Northern Cardinal taken yesterday (Feb. 27) at DeKorte Park!

MRRI staff points out a location at which the Institute will install a water monitor to help measure the sustainability of marshes under future sea-level rise conditions in the Meadowlands. The work is being funded by an EPA grant.

The Bergen County Audubon Society leads a walk from 10 a.m. to noon through one of the last remaining low-lying forests in the Meadowlands, looking for woodland birds and raptors. Be sure to wear boots due to wet conditions.

Contact: Don Torino at greatauk4@gmail.com or 201-230-4983.

The Bergen County Audubon Society leads a walk from 10 a.m. to noon through one of the last remaining low-lying forests in the Meadowlands, looking for woodland birds and raptors. Be sure to wear boots due to wet conditions.

Contact: Don Torino at greatauk4@gmail.com or 201-230-4983.

Due to the inclement weather DeKorte Park will open at noon today (Friday, Feb. 25).

Due to the forecasted inclement weather, the NJSEA offices will be closed on Friday, Feb. 25. DeKorte Park is expected to have a delayed opening. Updates will be posted here as they become available.

Here’s a throwback Thursday photo courtesy of the Meadowlands Research and Restoration Institute (MRRI): The old Twin Towers as seen from Anderson Creek in Secaucus (date unknown).

In February 2022, MRRI staff and interns completed their winter water quality sampling at 14 monitoring sites in the lower Hackensack River estuary, during which time hundreds of birds were observed on the river. MRRI analyzed temperature, dissolved oxygen, conductivity, salinity and pH in the river. The water samples were  brought back to the MRRI laboratory for additional analysis, including total metals, dissolved metals, major anions and cations, ammonium, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), hardness, total dissolved solids (TDS), total suspended solids (TSS), turbidity, and fecal coliforms.

MRRI scientists Drew McQuade and Alashanee Mooney conducting winter waterfowl surveys. Always great to be out on the boat, even in February, and especially with today’s weather!