Outdoors

With New Jersey allowing marinas to operate during the COVID-19 pandemic, New Jersey State Police have issued tips on how boaters can properly socially distance. 

As boating season nears in New Jersey, marinas, boatyards, and marine manufactures will be allowed to operate amid the ongoing pandemic.

The Franklin Institute has started a nature scavenger hunt for people to engage with nature and outdoors during the coronavirus pandemic.

The federal government has ordered the immediate closure of Sandy Hook a day after New Jersey closed all county and state parks. 

City and state officials are weighing the risks of keeping parks open as they work to enforce social distancing rules triggered by the coronavirus pandemic.

About 1 in 7 city courts are now unplayable, and more takedowns are planned.

Walking outdoors is allowed. The American Birding Association has tips to help start you on a hobby.

More New Jersey municipalities are closing their beaches and boardwalks amid the coronavirus pandemic. 

Many people have become interested in growing their own vegetables during this pandemic, to try and feed themselves and those around them.

An Ocean County municipality has closed its ocean and bay beaches as coronavirus cases increase in New Jersey. 

A housing development planned for a gentrifying area was hit with a firestorm of resistance from neighbors who will lose land that they use as gardens.

After 11 years of negotiations, Pennsylvania completed the acquisition of over 1,700 acres of land for preservation in southern Chester County.

The new field will be 45,000 square feet and, according to a presentation made to the Philadelphia Art Commission, will require no city or state funding.

The invasive spotted lanternfly is continuing its westward march across Pa., with state agriculture officials nearly doubling the number of counties in a quarantine zone.

Forecasters say strong wind gusts Thursday at the Jersey Shore might spur power outages.