Environment

CAMDEN, N.J. (FEB. 10, 2025) – With winter weather approaching, New Jersey American Water is reminding customers that the widespread use of road salt to melt snow and ice can impact local water sources. While the company continues to provide drinking water that is safe and meets all health-based primary drinking water standards, some customers may notice temporary changes in taste due to increased salt runoff entering rivers and streams

According to NJ.com, a Wall Township resident spotted about 10 birds strewn on the sand on the banks of the Shark River.

Winning photo will be the cover of County Travel Guide for 2025

FREEHOLD, NJ – The Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners welcomed the designation of the County as a StormReady County by the National Weather Service (NWS) during the Commissioner meeting on Jan. 16.

Wall, NJ – New Jersey Resources (NYSE: NJR), the parent company of New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG), today announced a new collaborative effort with Rutgers University and its School of Environmental and Biological Sciences to advance the University’s “Vibrant Communities” program. NJR committed $50,000 from its Coastal Climate Initiative (CCI) to support the inaugural Vibrant Communities program’s sustainability and resiliency project.

On Monday, an unoccupied 32-foot pleasure boat ran aground in Sandy Hook.

Along with the cold weather, ice boats returned to a local river.

The Murphy Administration today adopted regulatory changes that remove the bald eagle and osprey from the state’s list of endangered species, reflecting more than 40 years of work to restore these iconic birds to New Jersey’s landscape.

As the holiday decorations come down Ocean County officials are encouraging residents to recycle their Christmas trees. The Ocean County Parks and Recreation Department is accepting live trees to be recycled at its parks and golf courses.

(Trenton) – New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials today announcedthe upcoming Upper Navesink River Chanel dredging project is scheduled to begin in earlyDecember in Middletown, Monmouth County.