The Bergen County Audubon Society this month provided the NJSEA with decoys and nesting shelters that were created by volunteers and will be placed on a floating island in the Kearny Freshwater Marsh as part of an innovative conservation project. The initiative, created by the NJSEA’s Meadowlands Research and Restoration Institute (MRRI), seeks to encourage … Read more
At the 2022 American Geophysical Meeting (December 12-16, 2022), Cheryl Yao, Meadowlands Research and Restoration Institute (MRRI) Chief Chemist/Laboratory Supervisor, presented MRRI’s research publication, “Effects of Climate Change on Redistribution of Trace Metals in Tidal Wetlands.” This study investigated the redistribution of trace metals from legacy-contaminated tidal wetlands due to extended drought periods and storms. … Read more
https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/2022/10/27/decade-after-superstorm-sandy-hit-nj-devastated-meadowlands-towns-vulnerable/69563894007/ A decade after Sandy, devastated Meadowlands towns still adding defenses, still vulnerable Megan Burrow NorthJersey.com Joy Ortiz remembers looking out the window of her Little Ferry home a decade ago at some light rain and a few trees down and thinking perhaps the worst of the storm had passed. Then in a matter … Read more
The NJSEA’s Meadowlands Research and Restoration Institute (MRRI) and the New Jersey Institute of Technology on Oct. 11 hosted a regional workshop to exchange ideas on the best ways to abate harmful algal blooms. The consortium on Algae Bloom Mitigation and Algal Biotechnology for Sustainable New Jersey featured more than a dozen experts, scientists and … Read more
FY2017 National Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program This project will utilize EPA’s current continuous water monitoring exchange framework (WaterML 2.0 and SensorML formats) to share continuous water quality data and its associated metadata. The project will encode continuous air quality sensor data based on the same procedures and framework established for continuous water quality … Read more
Our own Terry Doss, Co-Director and Chief Restoration Scientist Meadowlands Research and Restoration Institute (MRRI), has been awarded the the Bergen County Audubon Society’s Harold Feinberg Conservation Award. Feinberg, a longtime BCAS member, field trip chairman, mentor, and enthusiastic supporter of BCAS endeavors,always gave freely of his expertise with a combination of patience and knowledge … Read more