Outdoors

Phil Murphy signed the bill Friday, which codifies in law the state's public trust doctrine — meaning that waterways including the ocean, bays and rivers, are common property.

In a letter to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on Thursday, Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker say beach umbrellas can be dangerous. 

In Philadelphia, a series of 35 volunteer-led groups will traverse the city’s neighborhoods starting Friday and continuing through Sunday May 5.

Monday is the final day of the City Nature Challenge. Philly is competing with 100 other world cities to find and record the greatest number of living things.

North Wildwood Mayor Patrick Rosenello says the effort, which will continue for about a month and end before Memorial Day weekend, is more than just to create wider beaches.

New Jersey environmental officials are urging residents and visitors to be careful with fire. As peak fire season begins, they’ve already had 331 blazes this year.

Philadelphia defied the trend. The number of small farms within the city limits more than doubled to 38 between 2012 and 2017.

Hunters and preservationists clash on the best means for dealing with New Jersey’s bear population. And no one seems to agree with Gov. Phil Murphy’s decision to halt hunts.

Spring is prime time for sidewalks. Here’s why Philly’s walkways won’t see many fixes this strolling season.

Glen Onoko has been the scene of dozens of serious accidents over the years, and several deaths, straining the region's all-volunteer fire departments.

A new boardwalk in Slaughter Beach gives visitors a close-up look at an osprey nest and a tidal pool at a picturesque spot along the Delaware Bay.

We have a lot in common with Washington D.C. For a decade, before the U.S. capital found its permanent home along the Potomac Rive ...

New Jersey is the first state to offer the online purchase of annual park passes, Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Catherine R. McCabe announced. 

Work to demolish a 115-year-old dam in the Brandywine Creek in Wilmington should help restore the habitat of the American shad fish.

Any fires that spark in New Jersey on Wednesday could quickly get out of control, forecasters warn.