Jun 20, 2025
by Dr. Lenore Tedesco, Executive Director As we roll into another summer down at the shore, I am reminded once again how lucky we are. Summer is a time of incredible energy, and The Wetlands Institute is buzzing with excitement and discovery. Our education programs...
Jun 20, 2025
by Dr. Lisa Ferguson, Director of Research and Conservation They bark. They merp. They hang out in large groups by the water in the summer heat, and when they lift and swirl as a flock they can catch your breath. In a unique approach to fishing, they glide over still...
Apr 28, 2025
Stone Harbor, NJ – The Wetlands Institute is pleased to announce a new board member and a returning board member to its Board of Trustees, chaired by Deborah A. Hays, CEO of Archer Greiner LLC. Liz Thomas of Mount Laurel and Avalon, NJ is joining the board for the...
Mar 19, 2025
by Annie Ulichey, Institute Supporter and Board Member There is a village in Vietnam where a respected elder lost his beloved wife to an extended illness and became destitute and stricken with depression. After a long isolation, his village decided to support him as a...
Mar 19, 2025
by Elizabeth Hefner, Development Team The Wetlands Institute is pleased to announce that Garrett Maggio, a Ph.D. student in the Biology, Biomedicine, and Chemistry Program at East Carolina University, has been awarded a fellowship through the Jeannie Morris Graduate...
Mar 19, 2025
by Dr. Lenore Tedesco, Executive Director These past few months have seen a lot of changes in policies and priorities coming down from the federal level and rippling through society. Some view these as good; others see them as detrimental. I have always been crystal...
Mar 19, 2025
by Dr. Lenore Tedesco, Executive Director We are pleased to report that the construction phase of the marsh rehabilitation project on Scotch Bonnet Island was successfully completed this fall. This project beneficially used clean sediment dredged from the NJ...
Nov 5, 2024
by Dr. Lenore Tedesco, Executive Director This past winter, NJDEP and The Wetlands Institute were awarded a two-year planning grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, National Coastal Resilience Fund through the Department of the Interior. Funds from the...
Nov 5, 2024
by Devin Griffiths, Marketing & Communications Specialist The number of challenges facing the natural world today can be overwhelming, and caring for it often seems daunting. Sometimes just deciding where to focus is a Herculean effort. What’s most important, and...
Nov 5, 2024
by Brian Williamson, Research Scientist Each year at The Wetlands Institute we incorporate new projects designed to investigate emerging and long-standing questions about the organisms we study. While we have been working with terrapins for decades, much remains to be...
