In the news today
National Parks, including the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, are under threat of development and degradation, says a study released yesterday by the National Parks Conservation Association.
Two bald eaglets were banded for tracking reasons and returned to their nest overlooking the Manasquan Reservoir. They hatched from eggs laid Jan. 11 — the earliest recorded eagle eggs in state history, says the Asbury Park Press.
In Ringwood, a dispute (borough vs. landowner) over who should pay to secure boulders that loom over another family’s home.
New FEMA flood-zone maps have residents in and around Middletown complaining.
In Delaware, train cars are sunk to become artificial reefs — “luxury condominiums” for fish, says an official from the state’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control.
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