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A decade after Sandy, devastated Meadowlands towns still adding defenses, still vulnerable

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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

MRRI Co-Hosts Algal Bloom Mitigation Workshop

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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

MRRI awarded EPA Information Exchange Network Grant

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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

Terry Doss receives Bergen County’s Audubon Society’s Harold Feinberg Conservation Award

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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