2020 Mary Allessio Leck Award for Volunteer Service
On behalf of the Friends for the Abbott Marshland, Mary Leck presented the Mary Allessio Leck Award for the year 2020 to Warren Libensperger in appreciation for his exceptional volunteer […]
Newsworthy: Earth Day 2020
Earth Day Recollections for 2020* While I don’t recall much about the first Earth Day 50 years ago except that I was at Rutgers –Newark and that it was a […]
Marsh Meanderings IV: Tree Bark
March 2020. It is the last day of February, albeit a leap year, as I write this. Now is time to watch for signs of spring if you haven’t already […]
Marsh Meanderings III. Ice (a)
2 December 2019 Ice – Information Ice Flowers (b) There’s much to marvel about as low temperature changes the state of water from liquid to solid. Ice is amazing! My […]
Marsh Meanderings III Ice – Flowers (b)
Ice Flowers are another frozen water phenomenon. These are associated with specific plants. In the Abbott Marshlands, we have two such species. These are Wingstem (Verbesina alternifolia) and Frost Weed […]
Marsh Meanderings II. Jewelweed
22 August 2019 Jewelweed, a common Abbott Marshlands plant, is found in marsh and swamp as well as moist upland locations. In the tidal marsh it can reach 6 feet […]
