• Bears raising havoc in Wyckoff:



• Bears' return to the same Wyckoff residence (Record, August 25):  Bears come back for more
  
  
• 8 month old Cockapoo guards his territory from bears (Record, August 24):  Pet dog chases off three bears
  
  
• (Associated Press, August 26):  Three bears scared by pup return to Wyckoff block
  
  
• (NBC News 10, August 25):  Bear caught on tape raiding bird feeder in suburban
  
  
• Widlife sightings in Meadowlands (Star Ledger, August 23):  New Jersey Audubon's Seen in New Jersey: 'Peeps' visit mudflats of Meadowlands to feed
  
  
• Shark visits Sandy Hook (NJ.com, August 18):  Dogfish shark spotted off of Sandy Hook

                     
                                 (Photo from NJ.com photo gallery, by Amy Driscoll)

• (Cranford Chronicle, August 24):  New Jersey Conservation Foundation's Michele Byers: Preservation pipeline slowing to a trickle
  
  
• Cleaning up pond completed, one of many projects toward park's wildlife restoration plan (Jersey Journal, August 25):  Cleaned up pond area open at Liberty State Park
  


• Ten percent of Dismal Swamp preserved (Home News Tribune Editorial, August 25):  One step closer to saving Dismal Swamp
  
  
• (Gannett News, August 26):  Lautenberg among lawmakers seeking to prevent changes to wildlife law
  
  
• Plenty of parks and nature in South Jersey (Courier Post Online, August 25):  S.J. Parks
  
  
• (Asbury Park Press, August 27):  Butterflies aren't free
  
  
• (Asbury Park Press, August 22):  Artificial reefs grow while trap cleanup stalls
  
  
• Getting rid of dam in Mt. Olive will improve life of the river (Daily Record, August 24):  Removal of dam in Mt. Olive to improve river; developer environmental groups, state combining efforts for 2-year project
  
  
• Teacher joins Earthwatch Institute research team (Times of Trenton, August 23):  High school teacher joins shark research team
  
  
• Intern shares Environmental Education experience at the Triple C Ranch (Home News Tribune, August 26):  Wetlands farm offers children perfect outdoor classroom
  
  
• (Courier News, August 26):  Green Brook residents uneasy over disc golf course plans
  
  
• General Blog Link:  Star Ledger Outdoors page