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Topics |
Article Name |
Date Published |
CU Maurice River |
15th Annual Ah Why Knot Awards |
Outdoor Advocates
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08/19/20 |
16th Annual Ah Why Knot |
Ah Why Knot
|
05/12/21 |
About CU Maurice River |
What is CU Maurice River?
|
08/22/18 |
Annual Volunteer Awards |
CU Maurice River Volunteers
|
11/28/18 |
Annual World Series of Birding May 2019 |
World Series… Baseball? No, but the 2019 World Series of Birding
|
05/22/19 |
Corporate Stewardship Program |
Get Your Green On
|
01/23/19 |
CU Maurice River / Millville's Wildlife Garden |
Garden Party
|
05/29/19 |
DAR Conservation Award |
Dave and Sue Fenili Earn DAR Award for Leadership in Conservation
|
12/5/18 |
Watershed Defined |
What is a Watershed?
|
09/12/18 |
Wild and Scenic Federal Designation |
25 Years of Wild and Scenic
|
09/5/18 |
World Series of Birding 2021 |
For The Birds
|
04/28/21 |
Aquatic Creatures |
Black Drum Fish |
Drum Run
|
04/14/21 |
Blue Crab NJ DE Bayshore |
Coastal Delicacy
|
07/3/19 |
Catfish & recipe |
A Catfish Story
|
07/22/20 |
Horseshoe crab |
Miracle Workers
|
05/15/19 |
Lined Seahorse |
Diligent Dads
|
06/16/21 |
Magnificent Bryozoan (Pectinatella magnifica) |
Magnificent Blob
|
11/13/19 |
Schooling Strategies |
Schooling at Sea
|
01/12/22 |
Sturgeon, Maurice River, Bayside |
A Tree, A Boy and A Fish
|
09/4/19 |
Birds |
34 Years of Raptor and Waterfowl Survey |
Duck, Duck, Hawk
|
02/16/22 |
American goldfinch |
Golden Glory
|
08/11/21 |
Backyard Birdwatching in Winter |
Sitting Pretty
|
01/27/21 |
Belted kingfisher |
Angler from the Sky
|
02/26/20 |
Bird Nest Design |
A Bird’s Real Estate
|
07/1/20 |
Black Skimmers |
Glide and Scoop
|
07/29/20 |
D. Sibley's book, "What It's Like to Be a Bird" |
Bird Sensibility
|
12/2/20 |
Eagle Festival & NJ Eagle Recovery |
Eagle Eyes
|
01/22/20 |
Eagle Nesting/ NJ Recovery |
Fallen But Not Forgotten
|
06/14/22 |
Flight |
Flying is for the Birds
|
09/29/21 |
Great horned owl |
Who Gives a Hoot?
|
02/6/19 |
Green Heron |
Small But Mighty
|
03/24/21 |
Neotropical Birds/Morning Song |
The Dawn Chorus
|
05/11/22 |
Nesting Wild Turkey |
A Turkey Tale
|
11/27/19 |
Northern Gannets |
Gannets at a Glimpse
|
12/8/21 |
Ocean City Welcome Center Rookery |
New Bird
|
06/22/22 |
Osprey recovery |
Ospreys Back From the Brink
|
04/3/19 |
Osprey Spring Arrivals |
You Can’t Cancel Spring
|
04/1/20 |
Purple Martin Staging Area Maurice River |
View Purple Martins
|
08/1/18 |
Re-establishing Bluebirds |
True Blue
|
05/6/20 |
Red-bellied woodpeckers |
Winter Blush
|
01/26/22 |
Red-headed woodpecker |
Red-Headed Woodpecker
|
05/18/22 |
Ruby-throated hummingbird Part 1 |
Hum, Hum, Hummertime
|
06/1/22 |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Part 2 |
More Buzz on the Hummer
|
06/8/22 |
Screech Owls |
Saucer-Eyed Tenants
|
03/6/19 |
Seasonal Duck of the DE Bayshore |
Divers and Dabblers
|
02/24/22 |
Shorebird Migration Species Declines |
A Shore Thing
|
05/26/21 |
Shorebird Migration/ Horseshoe Crab Spawing |
At a Distance
|
05/20/20 |
Snow geese |
Snow Geese
|
01/9/19 |
Some functions of feathers |
Feathers of a Bird
|
09/22/21 |
Turkey Vultures and cohorts |
Vulture Culture
|
02/19/20 |
Waterfowl Facts |
Quack this Way
|
01/29/20 |
White-breasted nuthatch clutch |
Special Delivery
|
06/2/21 |
Wild Turkey Defense Mechanisms |
Talking Turkey
|
07/7/21 |
Wild Turkey Subspecies |
Feathers of a Turkey
|
11/24/21 |
Wild Turkeys |
Let’s Talk Turkey
|
11/14/18 |
Wild Turkeys In Fall & Winter |
The Wild Ones
|
11/18/20 |
Wood Duck Nesting |
Wood Ducks
|
06/17/20 |
Wood Warblers- S. Jersey |
Wood Warblers
|
10/14/20 |
Young Osprey First Flights |
Flights of Fancy
|
07/17/19 |
CU Maurice River |
Cultural History Sense of Place |
'Possum drop- A twist on New Years |
Taxidermy Tale
|
12/24/19 |
AJ Meerwald and NJ's Oyster Industry |
A Book Launch
|
03/2/22 |
Art Plays a Role in Conservation |
Art Enlightens
|
03/11/20 |
Burcham Farm |
Last Diked Farm Maurice River
|
06/26/19 |
Culture In Animals |
How We Learn: Tools of a Culture
|
09/15/21 |
Down Jersey Cultural Engagement |
Down Jersey
|
02/17/21 |
Holly Farm Memories by Dan Fenton, Jr. |
Holly Wood in the Pines
|
03/31/21 |
Human Nature and Technology (for fun) |
It’s Just Human Nature
|
12/22/21 |
Ice In Our Time |
When Ice Was King
|
02/3/21 |
Maurice River Origins of Names of Local Rivers |
Misty Maurice River
|
10/10/18 |
New Year's Eve |
Are You Dropping the Ball?
|
12/23/20 |
Origins of the Jersey Devil |
Devilish Detour?
|
10/30/19 |
Patterned Brick Homes Southern NJ |
Historic Gems
|
04/15/20 |
Stretch Garrison, Local Folklore |
Truth or Stretch
|
03/10/21 |
Sturgeon, Maurice River, Bayside |
A Tree, A Boy and A Fish
|
09/4/19 |
Underground Railroad Delaware Bayshore |
Springboard to Freedom
|
06/10/20 |
Ye Greate Street & Tea Burning Monument, Greenwich, NJ |
Ye Greate Street, Greenwich, NJ
|
04/22/20 |
Environmental Protection Issues |
Connecting Habitats Across NJ |
CHANJ
|
07/21/21 |
Environmental Tips |
Let’s Go Greener
|
03/17/22 |
Ghost Traps Kill Animals |
Save a Terrapin
|
11/20/19 |
Selecting A Christmas Tree |
O Christmas Tree
|
12/4/19 |
Shorebird decline 2021 - Stop Killing Horseshoe Crabs |
A Knotty Problem
|
06/23/21 |
Wildlife and Lead Poisoning |
Deadly Lead
|
02/20/19 |
Flora |
Acorns; from humble beginnings grows a mighty oak |
From an Acorn
|
09/25/19 |
Allelopathy And Past Land Use |
Detective Games
|
06/19/19 |
American Beech |
Hanging On
|
10/23/19 |
Autumn Foliage |
Shades of Autumn
|
10/3/18 |
Black Cherry |
Opt for Native
|
04/27/22 |
Cranberries |
Pass the Sauce
|
11/25/20 |
Golden-club, orontium aquaticum |
Spring Prizes
|
04/8/20 |
Goldenrod |
Nothing to Sneeze At
|
09/11/19 |
Indian Pipe - Monotropa uniflora |
Indian Pipe
|
10/7/20 |
Invasive Clematis terniflora |
Sweet Autumn?
|
09/16/20 |
Jewelweed, Impatiens capensis |
A Gem or Weed?
|
06/12/19 |
Mistletoe - Phoradendron leucarpum |
Kiss and Tell
|
12/9/20 |
Native Plants and Roadsides |
Roadside Vistas
|
07/14/21 |
Nodding Ladies'- Tresses |
Fall Bloomers
|
10/27/21 |
Persimmon - Diospyros virginiana |
Pucker Up
|
12/16/20 |
Phytolacca americana Pokeweed |
Beware of this Plant
|
11/10/21 |
Poison ivy |
The Itch
|
04/6/22 |
Princess Pine (lycopodium) |
Evergreen Princess
|
12/17/21 |
Red Maple (Acer Rubrum) |
Sweet Memories
|
03/25/20 |
Spahagnum Moss |
Marvelous Moss
|
12/12/18 |
Sweet pepperbush |
Clethra alnifolia
|
08/26/20 |
The Gift of Trees |
CU Co-founder Berwyn Kirby
|
01/19/22 |
Typha/Cattails |
Cattails and “Crooks”
|
07/8/20 |
Fungus ● Lichen ● Allies |
Mycelium - mushrooms |
What Lies Beneath
|
11/4/20 |
Turkey Tail Fungus - trametes versicolor |
A Thanksgiving Tail
|
11/11/20 |
Usnea lichen |
Bearded One
|
09/30/20 |
Habitat |
Adding Native Plants to Your Garden |
TransGarden
|
04/17/19 |
Backyard Habitat |
Eat Like a Bird
|
02/13/19 |
Biodiversity |
Two Places, One Planet
|
01/30/19 |
Connection of Forest Community |
Mother Trees
|
10/13/21 |
Dead Trees as Habitat |
Wanted Dead or Alive
|
10/17/18 |
Exotic Animals and Plants |
Exotic Animals and Plants
|
04/10/19 |
Importance of snow |
White Christmas
|
12/18/19 |
Leaf Litter |
Leave the Leaves
|
11/17/21 |
Maurice River Wetlands |
Don’t Drain the Swamp
|
10/24/18 |
Monofilament |
Mind Your Line
|
07/31/19 |
Nature's Best Hope, a book by Douglas Tallamy |
Native Focus
|
07/15/20 |
Preserving the Holly Farm in Millville NJ |
Sharing the Wealth
|
12/11/19 |
Siting Wind and Solar Power |
Alternative Energy – Location, Location, Location
|
06/5/19 |
WheatonArts Annual EcoFair |
CU At the WheatonArts Ecofair
|
04/24/19 |
Wild Rice Marshes |
Fall Feast
|
09/26/18 |
Insects and Cohorts |
Acrobat ants, insects in nature |
Ant Amnesty
|
03/18/20 |
Antlions |
Funnels of Death
|
11/3/21 |
Assassin or Wheel Bug |
Beware of this Bug
|
09/23/20 |
Chiggers |
Having a Party? A Chiggers Gala
|
08/7/19 |
Cicada Killer |
Cicada Killer
|
09/9/21 |
Cicadas Brood X |
Cue the Chorus
|
04/21/21 |
Common Buckeye |
The Common Beauty
|
09/18/19 |
Dragonflies |
Dragons and Damsels
|
08/5/20 |
Dung beetles |
Every Day is Labor Day
|
09/1/21 |
Eastern Funnel-web Spider |
Eight Eyes Watching
|
10/20/21 |
Fireflies - Lightning Bugs |
Night Light
|
08/12/20 |
Insects Specialists Native Plants |
Butterfly Basics
|
05/27/20 |
Lady beetles |
Ladylike Invasion
|
12/1/21 |
Mantid |
A Prayerful Post
|
10/6/21 |
Mosquito Prevention/ Life History |
Pesky Mosquitoes
|
08/14/19 |
Phantom Crane Fly (getting children out-of-doors) |
Phantom On the Trail
|
07/10/19 |
Red admiral butterflies |
Red Admiral
|
06/30/21 |
Spider webs |
Designs on Spooky
|
10/9/19 |
Tiger swallowtail |
Nature’s Mimics
|
08/25/21 |
Walkingstick |
Stick Figures
|
05/8/19 |
Invertebrates |
Invasive earthworms |
Real Can of Worms
|
08/4/21 |
Terrestrial Snails |
A Snail’s Pace
|
08/18/21 |
Mammals |
A chipmunk's abode |
Let’s Get Cheeky
|
10/2/19 |
American Beaver -castor canadensis |
Busy Beavers
|
01/20/21 |
American mink |
Mink Encounters
|
03/9/22 |
Bats |
Halloween Icon
|
10/16/19 |
Eastern cottontail prolific breeders |
Cottontail
|
05/1/19 |
Eastern Gray Squirrel |
Nutty or Wise?
|
12/26/18 |
Eastern Moles |
A Dog Named Blue
|
07/28/21 |
Exploring Scat |
The Real Poop
|
05/5/21 |
Gray Fox |
Sly as a Fox
|
02/10/21 |
Groundhogs |
Winter… into Spring
|
03/17/21 |
Muskrats |
Key Player
|
03/30/22 |
North American River Otter |
A Hobnob With Otters
|
02/24/21 |
Skunks |
Raising a Stink
|
08/28/19 |
Virginia Opossum |
Oh-Possum
|
11/21/18 |
White-Footed Mouse & Christmas |
Chris Mouse
|
12/19/18 |
White-tailed Deer |
Deer Me!
|
10/31/18 |
White-tailed deer communication |
In the Mood
|
11/6/19 |
Natural History |
A March Snapshot of the NJ Delaware Bayshore |
March Madness
|
03/23/22 |
Website Seasonal Natural History Calendar |
Eventful August
|
08/29/18 |
Recreational Opportunities |
Bayshore Heritage Byway- A NJ Scenic Byway |
What’s Your Sign?
|
01/16/19 |
Bayshore Heritage National Scenic Byway |
National Recognition
|
03/3/21 |
Cox Creek WMA & Cape May Peninsula Migratory Funnel |
Funnel of Fun, Cox Creek WMA
|
04/29/20 |
CU's First Hike of New Year |
Kickoff Hike
|
01/2/19 |
Dressing for cold weather |
Staying Warm, Head to Toe
|
02/9/22 |
Fieldtrips with CU |
Tuesdays on the Fly 2019
|
02/28/19 |
Natural Lands Tatnall Starr Trail |
Idyllic Retreat
|
05/4/22 |
NJ Delaware Bayshore Sunsets |
Meow of a Sunset
|
04/13/22 |
NJ's Long Trail |
On the Trail
|
01/13/21 |
Open Space Use Increases During Pandemic |
Solace in the Storm
|
06/3/20 |
Using binoculars |
Focus on ‘Binocs’
|
04/7/21 |
Walking Out-of-Doors is Therapeutic |
Go Take a Hike
|
03/27/19 |
WheatonArts Nature Trail |
A Good Trail Mix
|
09/19/18 |
Reptiles and Amphibians |
Black rat snake |
A Bit of Black Magic
|
10/28/20 |
Eastern Box Turtle |
The Box Turtle
|
11/7/18 |
Frogs - Winter Survival |
Freeze Frame
|
03/4/20 |
Frogs and their calls |
The Dating Game
|
05/12/20 |
Ghost Traps Kill Animals |
Save a Terrapin
|
11/20/19 |
Gray Treefrogs |
Cue the Chorus
|
05/25/22 |
Red Belly Turtle Brumation |
Red Bellied Turtles, Surviving Winter
|
01/15/20 |
Tiger Salamanders |
Year of the Tiger
|
02/2/22 |
Water Quality |
Mercury - Dragonfly Sampling |
Mercury Study
|
08/21/19 |
Plastics litter oceans |
Bottom Dwellers
|
03/20/19 |
R. Dorer -Trees, Soil Conservation, Wetlands |
One Man, Many Trees
|
04/20/22 |
Riparian Buffers |
Riparian Buffers
|
03/13/19 |
Urban eco-landscape WheatonArts |
Circle Oasis
|
05/19/21 |
Water Quality and Conservation- Restoration |
Watershed Moment
|
09/9/20 |