This hike loops around the park, paralleling a scenic stream for part of the way, with interesting ruins of a dam and bridge.

The federal Environmental Protection Agency has told the state that “essential environmental protection measures” must be taken before allowing The Chesapeake Energy Corporation to drill for gas within the 2,000- square-mile Catskills watershed that provides drinking water to millions of NYC residents.

In a press release, the Wilderness Society assessed the past 10 years of public lands management, saying it had a Jekyll-and-Hyde flavor. Their release provides a good overview of public lands issues and goals for the next decade.

When do you throw in the towel and concede that a rare species has gone extinct? A new study presents a methodology for helping conservationists answer this difficult question…

The federal Environmental Protection Agency has been petitioned to stop New Jersey from implementing its Licensed Site Remediation Professional program, which was approved by the legislature and governor earlier this year to let private engineers oversee the long-delayed cleanups of more than 20,000 toxic sites.

The Ramapo Mountains of northern NJ are a hiker’s paradise, thousands of acres in public hands, crisscrossed with well marked trails, and very close to a population of millions. Most likely you haven’t heard of Rocky Mountain and Drag Hill. I hadn’t either. But the New Jersey 1K Club is trying to change that.

After five years in the “dead zone,” SierraActivist.org is getting a design makeover. The Sierra Activist started its run in the mid-ninties as a newsletter to help keep track of the many issues in play, provide timely alerts, and sharing information among the greater environmental community. During this time I created the original Sierra Activist [...]