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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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Life Continues Beneath the Winter Snow
By: Trinity Eobbi, Outreach & Engagement Intern One of the biggest myths about winter is that nature shuts down completely. When the snow falls and the air turns sharp with cold, it can look like the landscape has gone silent. But ecological processes don’t simply pause for the season. Beneath that stillness, life carries on…
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The First Signs of Spring
By: Alyssa DeStefano, Social Media Intern As the unpredictable swings of late winter begin to settle, we transition into the beauty ofspring in New Jersey, where we have the privilege of witnessing the powerful occurrences that begin to unfold. If you look closely, life begins to return in a variety of meaningful ways. The dull…
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