Events
Events

Fiddler Crabs in the Meadowlands
https://meri.njmeadowlands.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/P9060688.mov The video shows Fiddler crabs hurrying for cover across the mudflat, which resembles a migration. This usually takes place when a boat comes near to the place where they are foraging or sunbathing. A
MRRI’s Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Talent
Friday, August 11, 2023, our GIS specialist Christopher Blackley received a master’s in Geographic Information Systems from Penn State University. Chris’s knowledge of geospatial system analysis and design is critical in helping the Meadowlands District
The impact of evaporation on marshland sediment salinity
Aleshanee Mooney from MRRI assisted scientists from the Center for Natural Resources from NJIT during a routine salinity sensor maintenance at River Bend. Long-term measurement of the changes in salinity using digital salinity sensors and
The Environmental Summer Scholars Institute (Rutgers University – Newark) visits the Meadowlands
Forty environmental scholars (10th and 11th graders) from public and private schools in Newark visit the Meadowlands to learn about environmental science and coastal wetlands. Environmental Scholars participating in a nature observing exercise. They identified
Imaging Benthic Biofilms in the Meadowlands
Benthic biofilms are matrixes of microbial cells and their secretions and have been shown to stabilize sediment in coastal environments. In the Meadowlands, biofilms may play an important role in limiting the mobility of contaminants
Sampling for Ticks in the Meadowlands
Bergen County Department of Health Services Staff sampling for ticks in the Meadowlands The Gulf Coast Tick was found recently by the Bergen County Department of Health Services in the Meadowlands for the first time.
Sediment and contaminant movement with the tides in the lower Hackensack River
In Estuaries, sediments and contaminants move around with the tide. This study measures the suspended sediment and flow direction from the main channel of the river to the marsh platform and the other way around.
MRRI Senior Experience Interns Excel!
Eliana Mendoza weighs evaporated water samples from the Hackensack River in the MRRI Laboratory One of the many great programs at the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority is the Meadowlands Research and Restoration Institute
A New Tool for Wildlife Research
The Atlantic Coast Leopard Frog is a recently discovered frog species found in freshwater ecosystems throughout the northeastern United States, and is the only amphibian species known to occur in the Meadowlands. In general, because
Kearny Marsh Conservation Project Gearing Up
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
MRRI Staff Participate in National and Regional Conferences
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