Go take a hike…in New Jersey

Terrace Pond and Paulinskill Valley Trail,

Terrace Pond – West, Circular, North

Rocky scrambles, a pretty pond, a floating bridge, and a ladder packed into 5 scenic miles.

Have you ever crossed Terrace Pond’s floating bridge? It’s on this route and replaced a dicey water crossing. This nearby ladder was added to help with a rock scramble.

5.2 miles round trip. This is 1 of 4 hike guides we have to Terrace Pond. Passaic County, NJ.

Hike Terrace Pond…

Paulinskill Valley Trail, Upper

Hike, bike, or jog a shady rail-trail along the Paulins Kill river from Warbasse Junction to Cedar Ridge Road.

Easy hiking, but for biking the surface is a bit more rugged than other NJ rail-trails such as the D&R Canal or Columbia Trail.

This is the upper section of the trail that was featured last month. The guide describes a 22-mile round trip route but you can turn around at any time. The entire PVT is 27 miles one-way.

Warren County, New Jersey

Hike Paulinskill Valley…

If you need hiking gear or clothing, you might want to scoop it up during REI’s annual Labor Day clearance running through Sept 2!

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Pitch in, pick up, to keep Jersey beaches clean

At New Jersey's largest volunteer environmental event, guests clean up harmful litter while collecting impactful data. Sweeps take place Oct. 19 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. — At New Jersey’s largest volunteer environmental event, guests clean up harmful litter while collecting impactful data. Sweeps take place Oct. 19 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Shutterstock)

By Veronica Flesher, Patch Staff

LONG BEACH ISLAND, NJ — Calling all volunteers! Clean Ocean Action’s Fall Beach Sweeps are set for Oct. 19 at more than 80 locations statewide, and registration opens on Sept. 3.

At New Jersey’s largest volunteer environmental event, guests clean up harmful litter while collecting impactful data. Sweeps take place Oct. 19 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Registration opens Sept. 3 at 12 p.m. and is required in order to participate. Visit Clean Ocean Action’s website for more information.

“The beachy-clean fun continues ever onward as we get ready for Fall Beach Sweeps! With each Sweeps, we’re able to gather collectively to make change in the state of NJ through research, education, and citizen science. Join COA and many other like-minded individuals to give back to the beautiful ocean and other watersheds we enjoy year-round!” said Kira Cruz, Clean Ocean Action’s Debris Free Sea Coordinator and coordinator of the Beach Sweeps.

Sweeps provides people with an opportunity to “give back” to the ocean by helping remove litter, which pollutes our land and water and is harmful and lethal to marine life. The data collected by volunteers participating in the Beach Sweeps turns a one-day event into a legacy of information to increase public awareness and change wasteful habits, enforce litter and waste production laws, and improve policies to reduce sources of marine debris.

“Overall, the Summer of 2024 was beautiful, great waves, crystal waters, and marine life was putting on a show with whales breaching and dolphins splashing! Now you can give back, join us for the Fall Beach Sweeps to rid beaches of debris and collect valuable data to help us reduce sources of marine debris!” said Cindy Zipf, COA Executive Director.

These are the Long Beach Island locations being cleaned:

Brant Beach Pavilion (68th Street; 39.61556, -74.19806; additional parking at Bayview Park)
Wally’s Restaurant in Surf City (712 Long Beach Blvd, Surf City NJ 08008) In partnership with Alliance for a Living Ocean

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Bill would require fed study of Jersey Shore erosion hotspots

By Benjamin J. Hulac, NJ Spotlight

Federal experts may soon be required to examine the effects of rapid coastal erosion in New Jersey and then provide recommendations about how to limit it.

Lawmakers included language that directs the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to study “hot spot” erosion — the loss of sediment from a concentrated location more swiftly than the surrounding area — in legislation the House passed in July.

That bill is one of the few remaining pieces of legislation likely to become law before the new Congress begins in January.

The Corps, under the legislation, is required to identify specific areas in New Jersey where “hot spot” erosion is present and how that erosion could relate to coastal storms.

Coastal erosion is a perpetual issue in New Jersey, where erosion is eating away at beaches and coastlines faster than the Corps can replenish them with new batches of sand.

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Chris Christie’s is going to Yale

To teach a course on running for office

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Former New Jersey governor and unsuccessful Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie will teach a course on running for office at Yale University this semester.

The weekly seminar taught by Christie is titled “How to Run a Political Campaign” and is open to undergraduates as well as graduate students at Yale’s Jackson School of Global Affairs.

The course description says it will examine issues such as communications, fundraising “and the most important question of all: If I do win, what do I want to accomplish and what kind of leader do I want to be?”

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Look what’s raising its ugly head again–COVID

By Katie Kausch | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

No state has low levels of COVID activity anymore, as New Jersey’s rates climb, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data shows.

Wastewater data from samples taken on Aug. 22 shows “high” or “very high” levels of disease activity in 46 states, two more than the previous sample period.

Related News:
Data shows we may have to return to 2020 pandemic measures (The Hill)

No states have low wastewater levels. Michigan and New Jersey were the last two states reporting low levels; both now have “moderate” levels. Vermont and West Virginia round out the four states still reporting “moderate” levels.

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New Jersey bids a final farewell to its ‘Son of Paterson’

An honor guard escorted Rep. Bill Pascrell’s casket down the steps of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson, following an emotional funeral Mass Wednesday. His family remembered with love and gentle humor the veteran politician, who died last week at the age of 87.

Members of Pascrell’s family addressed a congregation packed with friends and dignitaries, including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and Gov. Phil Murphy and his wife Tammy Murphy.

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Terrace Pond and Paulinskill Valley Trail,

To teach a course on running for office

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