Mar 2007
Students get a bird's eye view
30/Mar/2007 13:06
Today's Sunbeam
by Robert Linnehan, Staff Writer
WOODSTOWN -- The Woodstown bald eagles put on a better show Wednesday morning than the Philadelphia Eagles put on all last season.
Delighted third- and fourth-grade students from the Mary S. Shoemaker Elementary School were entertained by a one-block field trip to observe the preserved bald eagle nest at East Lake on East Lake Road.
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by Robert Linnehan, Staff Writer
WOODSTOWN -- The Woodstown bald eagles put on a better show Wednesday morning than the Philadelphia Eagles put on all last season.
Delighted third- and fourth-grade students from the Mary S. Shoemaker Elementary School were entertained by a one-block field trip to observe the preserved bald eagle nest at East Lake on East Lake Road.
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On the Dawn Patrol
29/Mar/2007 15:16 Filed in: Raptors
Answering nature's call at Sandy Hook
by Steven Froias, TriCity News
SANDY HOOK - Yes, you read right - dateline Sandy Hook, or the Gateway National Recreation Area to use its proper nom de plume.
What is a dedicated urban dwelling, pavement mad reporter doing with sand between his toes?
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by Steven Froias, TriCity News
SANDY HOOK - Yes, you read right - dateline Sandy Hook, or the Gateway National Recreation Area to use its proper nom de plume.
What is a dedicated urban dwelling, pavement mad reporter doing with sand between his toes?
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Get Set, Go: Ocean Drive Marathon Sunday
24/Mar/2007 13:03 Filed in: General
Conservation
by Al Campbell
Cape May Herald
CAPE MAY: (Sat. 3.24) The ninth annual running of the Ocean Drive Marathon begins March 25 at 9 a.m. in this city and ends, 26 miles later, in Sea Isle City.
Proceeds of the event will benefit Volunteers in Medicine of Cape May County, Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey, Marine Mammal Stranding Center and local high schools.
The marathon course, a qualifying course for those events requiring qualifying times, will remain open for 5.5 hours (until 2:30 p.m.)
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Cape May Herald
CAPE MAY: (Sat. 3.24) The ninth annual running of the Ocean Drive Marathon begins March 25 at 9 a.m. in this city and ends, 26 miles later, in Sea Isle City.
Proceeds of the event will benefit Volunteers in Medicine of Cape May County, Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey, Marine Mammal Stranding Center and local high schools.
The marathon course, a qualifying course for those events requiring qualifying times, will remain open for 5.5 hours (until 2:30 p.m.)
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Eagles land and cause a flap
23/Mar/2007 13:05 Filed in: Raptors
By Sandy Bauers, Inquirer Staff Writer
Philadelphia Inquirer
The joy over Philadelphia's newly discovered eagle's nest - the first in two centuries - is not universal.
It turns out the eagles built their home on a Navy Yard site that a few important people already have dibs on.
State Sen. Vincent J. Fumo and Gov. Rendell back a plan to build a $150 million regional produce market, with more than a thousand trucks rumbling up every day. And the port wants to build a massive maritime terminal.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
The joy over Philadelphia's newly discovered eagle's nest - the first in two centuries - is not universal.
It turns out the eagles built their home on a Navy Yard site that a few important people already have dibs on.
State Sen. Vincent J. Fumo and Gov. Rendell back a plan to build a $150 million regional produce market, with more than a thousand trucks rumbling up every day. And the port wants to build a massive maritime terminal.
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Slithering salamanders shut road in East Brunswick
22/Mar/2007 13:03 Filed in: Reptiles
& Amphibians
Posted by The Star-Ledger
With weather conditions right for this year's salamander migration, officials closed Beekman Road in East Brunswick tonight, and spectators gathered to wait and watch for the amphibians to slither across the roadway, officials said.
the road, between Church Lane and the South Brunswick border, was shut down at dusk tonight and will remain shut until 7 a.m. tomorrow, police said.
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With weather conditions right for this year's salamander migration, officials closed Beekman Road in East Brunswick tonight, and spectators gathered to wait and watch for the amphibians to slither across the roadway, officials said.
the road, between Church Lane and the South Brunswick border, was shut down at dusk tonight and will remain shut until 7 a.m. tomorrow, police said.
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Saving New Jersey's salamanders, frogs, toads
14/Mar/2007 13:04 Filed in: Reptiles
& Amphibians
by Rebecca Santana
Associated Press Writer
Newsday.com
TRENTON, N.J. -- Squish. That's the sound that dozens of volunteers who are working to protect New Jersey's salamanders, frogs and toads do not like to hear.
For the last three years at this time in late winter, dozens of people from around the Garden State have been gathering to prevent carnage to the state's amphibian population.
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Associated Press Writer
Newsday.com
TRENTON, N.J. -- Squish. That's the sound that dozens of volunteers who are working to protect New Jersey's salamanders, frogs and toads do not like to hear.
For the last three years at this time in late winter, dozens of people from around the Garden State have been gathering to prevent carnage to the state's amphibian population.
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