Posts Tagged ‘Palisades Interstate Park’
Snakes in a Park
Threatened or cornered, of course, any animal will try to defend itself. But left alone, none of the several species of snakes that live in this park is harmful to humans.
Read MoreChipmunks Ahoy!
Sometimes even the most commonplace wildlife has something to teach us about the richness of forest ecology.
Read MoreTurkey, Uncarved
The wild turkey has made a dramatic return to the forests of northern New Jersey.
Read MoreRequiem for a Nut
It may be tempting, then, to suppose that here, at least, a piece of New Jersey’s woodlands has been preserved as it has stood for centuries untold, a sliver of the Forest Primeval just as Henry Hudson came upon in 1609.
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