All posts from the 'CAPE MAY LORE' category:
New Jersey’s old growth forest is threatened by sea level rise and sand mining
Are Cape May County’s salt marsh sparrows indicative of future sparrow apocalypse?
Erosion may be an act of God, but it has been made worse by the actions of people.
The marsh pool cycle is sublime. In a coastal landscape where we are accustomed to seeing mostly habitat loss, the pond cycle is a source of regeneration and resilience.
A bait and switch post: I lure you in with quaint stories of wild foraging on the Delaware Bay in the 1950s and then lapse into a discussion of fisheries research.
Twice a year gannets make a dramatic appearance on our coastline.
Once upon a time in New Jersey, our piney flatlands were home to not one, but two wild chickens – the heath hen and the ruffed grouse. We lost the heath hen long ago, beyond living memory, but the ruffed grouse has disappeared right before our eyes in the last 20 years.
Bennett Bogs is a legendary Cape May botany spot. It holds a unique and diverse array of plants many of which normally occur further to the South.
This old house is one of the oldest in the county. In this post I put its original location on the map.
