Archive for September 2026

By Alison Mitchell, Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation North Atlantic right whales, one of the largest animals on Earth, travel through waters off the New Jersey shore as they migrate along the East Coast. They are part of our state’s critical marine ecosystem, and their presence here gives us a direct stake in their…

By Alison Mitchell, Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation When people picture New Jersey’s classic natural landscapes, they often think of the Pine Barrens, the Jersey Shore, or the forests of the Highlands. But in the agricultural landscapes of the Delaware River Valley, all the way from Sussex and Warren to Salem and Cumberland counties,…

By Alison Mitchell, Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation There’s something undeniably cheerful about balloons. We buy them for birthday parties, graduations, weddings and other moments we celebrate. They’re colorful, familiar and, for a lot of people, simply part of the fun. But what happens when we let them go? It may seem like they…