The BCAS hosted a nature walk through DeKorte Park in Lyndhurst yesterday (Sunday, July 2) with some special participants.

Paulette Ramsey and her family joined in the great morning. Paulette’s late husband, Richard W. DeKorte, is the park’s namesake. DeKorte was a State Assemblyman who played a tremendous role in creating the then Hackensack Meadowlands Development Committee (later the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission, which was then merged with the Sports and Exposition Authority).

DeKorte, who championed cleaning up the region, passed away in 1975. Paulette Ramsey has been a stalwart supporter of the Meadowlands environment. We thank Paulette and the DeKorte family for all of their efforts throughout the decades.