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The Wild Within!
By: Anna Bergen, Outreach & Engagement Intern I have recently found myself wondering what exactly community rewilding truly means to me. At its core, community rewilding could be defined as the act of reconnecting people with nature and their local environments to foster resilience, community empowerment, and sustainable self-sufficiency. Community Rewilding is a unique approach…
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An Idea Takes Shape in New Jersey: Founding the Appalachian Trail
By: Richard Federman, Rewild NJ Movement Member On the morning of April 18, 1921 a woman named Betty Hardy Stubbs, one of the nation’s leading women’s suffrage activists, ran from New York’s Grand Central Station to a bridge spanning the East River, and jumped. Her husband, a kindly and idealistic former Professor of Forestry named…
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Finding Home in Saddler’s Woods
By: Acer Paiste, Saddler’s Woods Conservation Association, Rewild NJ Network Member When I first moved from the sprawling forests of Medford to the Haddon Hills apartments on Pyle Avenue, I felt displaced. Medford’s dense woods had always felt like a second home to me. It was a stabilizing presence in my life, nurturing me into…
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Rewilding the People: Honoring the Original Peoples of Turtle Island: Upcoming Indigenous People’s Day
By: Ty “Dancing Wolf” Ellis, Advisory Board Member Soon, we commemorate Indigenous People’s Day (& the upcoming Native American Heritage Month), previously and adjacently known in parts of the country as “Columbus Day”. The origins of the previously observed holiday was in celebration of the day that Christopher Columbus ‘discovered’ the Americas in the year…
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The Women & Their Woods: A Retreat by Ridge & Valley Conservancy
By: Francesca Mundrick, Founder & Executive Director After a long journey from South Jersey, I finally made it to the Princeton-Blairstown Center for the Women & Their Woods Retreat. The Princeton-Blairstown Center is nestled at the heart of the Ridge & Valley Physiographic Province of New Jersey. This region is lesser known to most, characterized…
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Responsible Development vs. Irresponsible Development: The Future of Communities
By: Francesca Mundrick, Founder & Executive Director Balancing economic development, human prosperity, and the conservation of nature has been a looming challenge for American society, New Jersey communities, and beyond. Modern conservation broadly functions through the frameworks provided by Sustainable Development. According to National Geographic, “Sustainable Development is an approach to growth and human development that aims to…
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How Rewilding Yourself Can Reduce Energy Costs
By: Isabel Molina, Rewild NJ Movement Member 2024 was the hottest year on record since 1880, breaking the previous top record-holding year, 2023. 2025 is on track to receive second place for hottest year recorded. With temperatures consistently climbing, it has never been more important for people to have access to a cool environment during…
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Summer Symphony
By: Dare Euler, Rewild NJ Movement Member Summer nights. Seasons bring more than just changes for our eyes and clothing. More than just temperature and daylight hours. Nights in summer are layered with sound. One August night, I sat on my back deck. Initially the woods seem quiet compared to the constant streaming of daytime…
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Blooming Highways
By: Anna Bergen, Outreach & Engagement Intern Imagine you are driving down the highway surrounded not by concrete buildings and asphalt, but by beautiful native floral habitats. This vision is becoming a reality in New Jersey as organizations such as the South Jersey Transportation Authority have begun to plant pollinator gardens along major roadways. The…
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“And The Corn Remembered The Land”: Utilizing Indigenous Ingredients
By: Ty “Dancing Wolf” Ellis, Advisory Board Member Food sovereignty is among one of the top priorities as far as Indigenous People are concerned. And in a time where the markets are continuously fluctuating, relearning and reconnecting to the ways of utilizing what the Earth provides becomes critical. Not onlydoes it bring us closer to…
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