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Today, I start my 60th trip around the sun, and I’m planning on using the coming year for a ‘mini bucket-list check-down,’ and to escape much of the growing absurdity and insanity that is Internet and American politics. Birthdays offer a time to reflect on the past year, and look ahead to the coming […] …to look for last minute places to make year-end tax-deductible donations! Good day, NJ Highlanders. It’s that time of the year again. You know, that moment that I’ve told you all about in the past – the thought I dread every year: “How in the heck am I going to keep the New Jersey Highlands […] To celebrate, the NJ Sierra Club has issued their annual report card on the Highlands, and it’s not looking too good. Here’s their press release: For Immediate Release August 9, 2013 Contact Jeff Tittel, 609-656-7612 NJ Sierra Club Highlands Report Card F Grade Weakenings and Rollbacks Continue Under Gov. Christie and Current Council This weekend […] “…the river is a toxic disgrace that needs to be cleaned up. ‘It’s government at its worst,’ she said.” — New York Times, July 12, 2009 Ella Filippone(1935-2013) I’m going to get right to the point here. That’s how Ella would have wanted it. Ella Filippone was one tough broad, not afraid to […] An environmental education experience for children (and adults!), to be presented by the Musconetcong Watershed Association on Saturday, August 4, 2012. Musconetcong River at Byram Riverside Park. Photo by Beth Styler Barry Come out and get your feet wet! Date: Saturday, August 4, 2012 Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Place: Byram Township’s […] Good day, Highlanders. It’s that time again. You know, that moment that I dread every year: “How in the heck am I going to keep the New Jersey Highlands News project alive for another year while paying my mortgage and other bills?” Sadly, funding is again looking scarce for this project, so for the […] April 29, 2012 By Scott Olson “The wrongs done to trees, wrongs of every sort, are done in the darkness of ignorance and unbelief, for when the light comes, the heart of the people is always right.” –John Muir This past year has seemed hellish for many of us involved with the protection of the […] I was e-conversing with a good friend tonight – someone whom I admire and respect and do not see often enough – and she mentioned that tomorrow is “Poem In Your Pocket” day, something I’d never heard of until tonight. Since the object of our conversation had been the seemingly endless and […] |