Monica Cardoza

The 35,000-acre Pequannock Watershed Recreation Facility covers portions of Morris, Passaic and Sussex counties.

New Jersey is an essential stop for the fragile-but-intrepid monarch butterflies each fall.

The adults don’t survive winter, but come next summer, areas affected this year could see even higher numbers of the invasive pest.

Here’s where to spend a day getting to know some feathered creatures.

New Jersey is a major stopover for birds migrating north every April and May.

Liana Romano, a dementia-care specialist and speech-language pathologist, volunteers with the Bergen County Audubon Society.

Serena Celestino enlists eateries to donate used oyster, clam and mussel shells, which are then spread along local shorelines. Here’s why.

Justin Bailey’s hand-hewn utilitarian goods don’t blend into the woodwork.

Get growing!

New Jerseyans all over the state are chipping in to help butterflies thrive as monarch numbers are dropping due in part to habitat loss.