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The Meadowlands Environment Center (formerly the Hackensack Meadowlands Environmental Center) is an educational facility in the New Jersey Meadowlands in Lyndhurst, New Jersey, located along the Hackensack River. It is operated by Ramapo College of New Jersey under the auspices of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority (NJSEA). [1]
19th century. Meadowlands Environment Center. New Jersey Meadowlands, also known as the Hackensack Meadowlands after the primary river flowing through it, is a general name for a large ecosystem of wetlands in northeastern New Jersey in the United States, a few miles to the west of New York City.
Manasquan Reservoir Environmental Center: Howell: Monmouth: Shore Region: 1,204 acre park, 5 mile perimeter trail around the reservoir, center focus is wetlands ecology and wildlife and habitat protection Meadowlands Environment Center: Lyndhurst: Bergen: Gateway Region: Operated by Ramapo College of New Jersey, wetlands trails and education ...
The Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission, later called the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission, was established by the state in 1968 to manage development and habitat preservation. [16] The commission was merged into the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority in 2015. [17]
The Meadowlands District is composed of 19,730 acres (79.8 km 2), approximately 31 mi 2, of 14 municipalities in Bergen and Hudson counties. [8] They are: Carlstadt, East Rutherford, Little Ferry, Lyndhurst, Moonachie, North Arlington, Ridgefield, Rutherford, South Hackensack, and Teterboro in Bergen County; and Jersey City, Kearny, North Bergen, and Secaucus in Hudson County.
Berry's Creek (sometimes referred to as Berrys Creek or Berry Creek) is a tributary of the Hackensack River in the New Jersey Meadowlands in Bergen County, New Jersey.The creek watershed contains a diverse array of wetlands, marshes, and wildlife.
Cape May Bird Observatory: The Northwood Center Nature Center of Cape May. The New Jersey Audubon Society operates staffed nature centers throughout New Jersey. Each of them offers an array of field trips, programs, lectures, exhibits on the natural world, a small bookstore and gift shop, and most have an attached wildlife sanctuary.
Visit Lyndhurst's DeKorte Park on Oct. 6 for the annual Meadowlands Birding Festival for walks, talks, music and of course birds.