We’re so excited to find out if New York / New Jersey will be named a 2026 FIFA World Cup host city this week! Announcement coming Thursday. Games would be played at MetLife Stadium. We’re so ready to welcome the world to the Meadowlands and our awesome parks and natural areas!. #NYNJ2026#WelcomeWorld”
Join the Bergen County Audubon Society this Sunday (June 19) for a Father’s Day Walk at DeKorte Park. Birds from eagles to egrets call this amazing park home. Bergen Audubon guides will point out the spectacular avian species to be seen. The walk runs from 10 a.m. to noon.
Contact: Don Torino at greatauk4@gmail.com or 201-230-4983.
Please note: the William D. McDowell Observatory is temporarily closed for maintenance. We will inform you when it reopens.
Join the Bergen County Audubon Society at this 208-acre wildlife sanctuary, an incredible bird habitat including everything from egrets to osprey. The walk runs from 10 a.m. to noon.
Contact: Don at greatauk4@gmail.com or 201-230-4983.
Many thanks to Kerri Wallace for these superb Egret and Marsh Wren Photos taken recently at DeKorte Park!
We’ll finish the day with the third and final installment of Joe Koscielney’s terrific photos taken at Harrier Meadow in North Arlington during a nature walk led by the Bergen County Audubon Society.
We’ll focus today on a wonderful batch of photos taken by Joe Koscielney at the recent Bergen County Audubon Society nature walk through Harrier Meadow in North Arlington, a natureal area that is usually closed to the public. More from Joe later!
As promised, here are more fantastic photos in which Joe Koscielny caputures several bird species on the Bergen Audubon walk through Harrier Meadow in North Arlington in late May.
The Meadowlands Research and Restoration Institute (MRRI) and the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) recently took their new HABs (harmful algae blooms ) Harvest Boat for a test run in the Meadowlands portion of the Hackensack River. Working as partners, NJIT and MRRI obtained the vessel through an NJDEP grant. It will be used this summer at several New Jersey lakes to remove toxic algae blooms.
The boat uses in-situ flotation technology to deploy microbubbles/nanobubbles, which lifts algae cells to the water surface. The floated algae can then be harvested and dewatered on the boat. This approach selectively targets the small, harmful algae and will not affect other living creatures. Harmful algae blooms threaten the public health and could harm pets, fish, seabirds and marine mammals.
