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NBC Reports on Kane Tract Wetlands Restoration

NBC Reports on Kane Tract Wetlands Restoration

NBC reporter Brian Thompson paid a vist to the Meadowland Conservation Trust’s Kane Tract to report on the largest wetlands restoration effort to date in the Meadowlands. keep reading →

Volunteers Needed: Skeetkill Creek Marsh Park Invasive Plant Removal – June 3

Volunteers Needed: Skeetkill Creek Marsh Park Invasive Plant Removal – June 3

Skeetkill Creek Marsh Park in Ridgefield, NJ is in need an invasive vine species clean-up. The mile-a-minute vine (as it is called because of its rapid rate of growth) is actually very pretty but can be detrimental to other plant species. The Meadowlands conservation Trust is having a mile-a-minute vine clean-up on: Date: Thursday, June [...]

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Letter to the Editor: Enjoy Natural Place in Our Back Yard

Letter to the Editor: Enjoy Natural Place in Our Back Yard

Regarding ” ‘On the threshold of a dream’: Officials kick off restoration project in Meadowlands” (Page L-1, May 25): As a resident of Moonachie for more than 40 years and education chairman of the Bergen County Audubon Society, it did my heart good to read about the Meadowlands restoration project going on right in our [...]

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Meadowlands Conservation Trust Breaks Ground on Major Wetlands Enhancement Project

Meadowlands Conservation Trust Breaks Ground on Major Wetlands Enhancement Project

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MAY 24, 2010  Meadowlands Conservation Trust Breaks Ground on Major Wetlands Enhancement Project 235 Acre Project Benefits Mass Transit and Environment  LYNDHURST, N.J – The Meadowlands Conservation Trust and EarthMark Mitigation Services broke ground today on a major initiative to restore and enhance 235 acres of environmentally sensitive wetlands in Carlstadt and [...]

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Volunteer Spotlight: Dr. George Reskakis

“I believe nothing is more important than protecting land.” Dr. George Reskakis, 2010 George Reskakis is a Meadowlands Conservation Trust volunteer, Chairman of the Parks, Playground and Recreational Advisory Board in Teaneck and Trustee of the Teaneck Creek Conservancy which raised over a million dollars in public and private funds to convert 46 acres of [...]

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Volunteer Spotlight: Dee Ann Ipp

“The best work is done by people who do things from the heart and for a higher purpose…”     Dee Ann Ipp, 2010 I am Dee Ann Ipp. I am a retired Registered Nurse specializing in Neonatal Intensive Care. I am also qualified as an appraiser of art and antiques. Because of my background in these [...]

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Volunteer Spotlight: Karen & Bruce Riede

Karen and Bruce Riede are residents of Ridgefield, NJ. Bruce is a retired chemical engineer who worked at Unilever for 31 years. During the last ten years of his employment, he was manager of Safety and Health. Currently, he is an EMT serving in his 39th year with the Ridgefield Ambulance Corps. Karen worked as [...]

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Tree Swallow Bird Boxes Needed!

Tree Swallows nest at Skeetkill Creek Marsh Park every spring. In order, to accommodate them, MCT is seeking donated bird boxes or a group/s that are willing to make the boxes as a community service project.

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