Bayonne NJ Recognized As Bona Fide “Tree City” By Arbor Day Foundation Due To Prevalence, Centrality Of Trees
Bayonne Earns Tree City USA Recognition from Arbor Day Foundation Editor’s note: For those readers…
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New York Senator: Student Loan Debt Relief, Standing With Unions, Tree Planting Funding For Underserved Communities, UAP Release, Second Ave Subway, Other Updates
Student Loan Debt Relief, Release Bronx Funding, Standing With Unions, 60 Days Of Iran War, Tree…
Extracting Monetary Benefit From Uncut Forests In Contracts As Active Carbon Sequestration Units To Be Banned In New Hampshire – Restoring Sole Valuation Of Ecosystems By Their Destruction Or Timber Possibilities
Representatives weigh promise, value of forests in move to restrict carbon programs Editor’s note: With…
NY Gov, Atty Gen: Conservation Win For State Lands With Memorandum of Understanding To Facilitate Quick Preservation
NY Gov, Atty Gen: Conservation Win For State Lands With Memorandum of Understanding To Facilitate…
Snug Harbor Cultural Center Wetlands Boardwalk, Viewing Platform Ribbon Cutting Ceremony: Wheelchair Accessible Space
Regarding this new boardwalk, Snug Harbor’s Meredith Sladek had the following to say. It is…
Brooklyn Tonight, Staten Island Tomorrow: Broad Spectrum Insecticide Spraying In Multiple Zip Codes – Concern For Backyard Bees, Butterflies
Editor’s note: According to the No Spray Coalition and Beyond Pesticides, during their successful case…
On Staten Island: Monarch Butterflies, Bees, Dragonflies, Mosquitos, Non-Target Insects – Spraying With Aerial Pesticide Tomorrow
Editor’s note: As we’ve discussed previously, aerial spraying of pesticides to control mosquitos is the…
Bayonne Meeting Held On Flooding, Climate Issues By Resilient Northeastern NJ
Bayonne: Meeting Held on Flooding and Climate Issues Editor’s note: Staten Islander has previously covered…
NY’s Nature Conservancy Holds Symposium
NY’s Nature Conservancy Holds Symposium Editor’s note: The Nature Conservancy previously discussed some of…
Butterflies Are Declining Nationwide – But You Can Help
Butterflies declined by 22% in just 2 decades across the US – there are ways…
Staten Island Leads Way In New Tree Growth, Followed By Queens, the Bronx
From the original study referenced below, published in Public Library Of Science (PLOS): Spatial patterns…
Whales Can Live Much Longer Than Scientists’ Previous Estimates, With Lifespans As High As Possibly Double
Whales can live way longer than scientists had thought, with potential lifespans as much as…
Surprising Adaptability Of Ecosystems To Climate Change Caused By Humans: Heritage Foundation
Resilient Wilds: Unmasking the Surprising Adaptability of U.S. Ecosystems to Climate Change Susan Crockford Zoologist…
New Executive Director Appointed For Nature Conservancy’s New York Cities Program
Tami Lin-Moges Appointed Director of Nature Conservancy’s New York Cities Program Editor’s note: Staten Islander…
Broad Spectrum Insecticide Spraying Tonight, Wednesday Evening
Editor’s note: As in the previous mosquito spraying session, the insecticides often also kill non-…
Mosquito Spraying, Major Threat To Monarch Butterflies, Bees, Dragonflies, Other Predator Insects, Scheduled For Tonight In Certain Staten Island Areas
Editor’s note: According to the Center For Biodiversity, one of the largest threats to Monarch…
Homegrown National Park: Interview With Doug Tallamy On Personal Environmental Responsibility, Bringing Nature Back To Our Backyards
Please see our review of the author’s book Nature’s Best Hope. Doug Tallamy is…
Nature Conservancy Releases New Tree Canopy Maps For Each Borough Of NYC, Part Of Forest For All NYC’s Plan To Increase Canopy Cover
The Nature Conservancy Publishes Fact Sheets on Tree Canopy for Every New York City Council…
New Small Wetlands Protections In NYS May Protect Critical Small Wetlands, Vital To Farms, Homes, Infrastructure
Wetland Wonders: Reforms Included in New York’s Budget Will Help Safeguard These Vital Areas Marshes,…
The Insectocalypse (Insect Apocalypse) May Be Closer To Reality Than Anyone Thinks, And It’s Mostly From Humans In The “Anthropocene Age”
Discussion on the “insect apocalypse” study Perhaps you have not heard of the coming “insect…
The Battle To Save The Graniteville Wetland Continues: An Update From Gabriella Velardi Ward of SI Coalition of Wetlands and Forests
The Graniteville Wetland located along South Avenue in Staten Island has been a point of…
When Humans Get Involved In Wetland Management: Migratory Birds Seeking Refuges Face Drought, Disease and Death on the Pacific Flyway
The Western drought has exacerbated a water crisis, years in the making, that threatens the…
BJ’s Wholesale Staten Island Project Pushed Through By DEC, Despite 1,700 Letters And Racial Injustice Complaints
BJ’s Wholesale wants to come to Staten Island, and they don’t care if residents want…