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Seasonality of Crops in New Jersey
By: Leslie Gunnett, Advisory Board Member I recently attended an event hosted by the Cork Biodiversity Hub titled From Plate to Planet: Seasonal Eating Workshop for Climate Impact. This was part of a nationwide series of workshops during EU Green Week. The Cork Biodiversity Hub is a local community group that supports local rewilding planting…
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The View from 3rd Mountain: Anarchism
By: Derek Polzer, Advisory Board Member When we hear the word anarchy or anarchism, we tend to associate it with violence, chaos, or disorder most often used in a political context. Too often anarchism is mistaken for nihilism! I’d like to suggest that Anarchism is neither “Right nor Left”, as understood in our current political…
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View from 3rd Mountain: Folk & the Old Ways
By: Derek Polzer, Advisory Board Member I build “Folk” instruments, 5-string banjos & variations on the dulcimer. There are times when I’m building these instruments it feels sacramental probably due to their cultural origins. These instruments are what I call “earth informed”, because the materials used are wood, gourds, metal, & animal hide, & that…
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Composting Modernity
By: Arthur Veilleux, Rewild NJ Movement Member A recent article in Science Advances, “Legacies of foundation species shape life after death”, explored an interesting ecological question: What happens after the dominant organisms in an ecosystem die? The researchers examined forests, grasslands, coral reefs, oyster reefs, marshes, and mangrove systems. Their conclusion was surprisingly simple. Death is…
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The View from 3rd Mountain: Tempering the Zealots
By: Derek Polzer, Rewild NJ Movement Member It’s becoming crucial, I believe, that we temper the frantic & panicked demands of the “Green” zealots who are promoting high-tech solutions & broad-brush remedies as ways to address our present planetary “climate crisis” without considering its actual impact of these technologies on habitat & wildlife, nor do…
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Jane Goodall Revisited “Think Local, Act Local”
By: Vincent Palmieri, Advisory Board Member Jane Goodall is widely recognized as a pioneer and the godmother of modern environmentalism in American culture and beyond. Nearly eight months after her passing on October 1, 2025, at the age of 91, much has already changed in the societal trajectory before us. Her influential publications speak for…
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The View from 3rd Mountain: Economics of a Watershed
By: Derek Polzer, Rewild NJ Movement Member –Economics (archaic): of or relating to a household or its management.–Household: a social unit composed of those living in the same dwelling. –The Wild: a place that is self-organizing, self-disciplining, & a self-maintaining system of life that is inherently orderly & free. (Gary Snyder) Spring has arrived, &…
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Spring Thoughts at Tioga State Forest
By: Arthur Veilleux, Rewild NJ Movement Member A recent trip to Tioga State Forest in Pennsylvania helped strengthen my connection to nature, while also deepening my willingness to accept loss and practice grief. Tioga, meaning “the meeting of two waters,” is a 160,000-acre woodland of old-growth forest, maturing woods, and recently cleared sections wheretimber is…
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The View from 3rd Mountain: Springs Slow Advance
By: Derek Polzer, Rewild NJ Movement Member It’s mid-March & my wife Jacky & I were walking one of the boardwalk trails here in the Great Swamp when we finally heard the song of the Red-Winged Blackbirds. It’s not officially Spring, but by now Spring Peepers & Chorus Frogs would have begun singing & turtles…
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Stepping Back into the Sun
By: Anna Bergen, Outreach & Engagement Intern After so many months of gray skies, heavy winter coats, and snowy grounds, spring has finally arrived. The days have become brighter, and there seems to be a sort of cheer in the air. If you’re anything like me, winter has put me into “hibernation mode” where I…
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