Outdoors

Park and trail use skyrocketed during our stay-at-home period. Social science gives us reason to believe these healthy habits will stick.

Supporters of Michael “Gagz” Gagliardi are incensed the city didn’t give him any credit.

The agency managing certain city land sales will launch new online platforms to allow formal applications to buy land for side yards or community gardens.

"The health and safety of everybody who loves Ocean City will always be our top priority," Mayor Jay Gillian said in a statement.

In 2019, blue-green algae bloomed in freshwater lakes, and toxins affected wildlife, boating and swimming. A new initiative aims for better in summer 2020.

With warmer temperatures and a recent full moon, the annual nesting season for northern diamondback terrapins is beginning at the Jersey Shore. 

A $32.5 million beach replenishment and dune building project in Cape May County that was scheduled to begin earlier this year will soon be underway, officials said.

A quick-thinking New Jersey state trooper rescued three from a sinking boat in a dangerous Jersey Shore canal, officials say. 

An initiative to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in Cape May County coastal communities has been successful and will be expanded, officials said. 

The state conducts water sampling at 188 ocean beaches, 20 bay beaches and eight river beaches weekly to determine bacteria levels.

‘We’re all connected by water’: Here’s how a Philly environmental org is thriving in the time of coronavirus by prioritizing neighborhood engagement.

There have been widespread reports of damage as hurricane-force winds blow through neighborhoods in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

A study finds rising temperatures and climate-driven disasters transform the very makeup of forests, with major implications for biodiversity and more warming.

A humpback whale was spotted in a Jersey Shore river on Friday morning, authorities said. 

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