Jun 20, 2023
Meet Devon Patchel Devon Patchel joined The Wetlands Institute as the Administrative Coordinator in March 2023. She works closely with our Executive Director and the Development and Communications team, specifically focused on special event coordinating and...
Jun 20, 2023
by Rae Griffiths, Office Assistant Spring migration in Cape May holds many special moments. Whether it be Ospreys returning to nesting platforms; Red Knots scouring the beaches along the Delaware Bay; or colorful warblers traveling north from the tropics, the arrival...
Jun 20, 2023
by Dr. Lenore Tedesco, Executive Director Time – it keeps on slipping, slipping, slipping, into the future. Truer words are hard to find. And so, we are on the cusp of another busy summer season. There is comfort to the rhythm and I am surrounded by constant reminders...
Jun 20, 2023
by Jessica Ward, Wetlands Institute Supporter Every summer since I was born, I’ve stayed with my family in Stone Harbor, and in those twenty-one summers, there has never been a year that did not include countless days visiting The Wetlands Institute. When I was young,...
Jun 20, 2023
by Devin Griffiths, Marketing & Communications Specialist Saturday, May 13, 3:00 AM. Though the sun is still hours from rising, The World Series of Birding is on, and for The Marshketeers, our band of intrepid birders, it’s deja vu. They catch the first birds of...
Jun 20, 2023
by Dr. Lisa Ferguson, Director of Research and Conservation This summer we are lucky to have two Research Assistants adding to projects in our Coastal Bird and Diamondback Terrapin programs. They each bring experience and energy that is helping our team get all the...
Jun 20, 2023
Coastal Conservation Research Program We welcomed our 2023 CCRP interns in the Luing Family Internship Program just in time for the official start of summer. After several full days of training, they began their 10-week adventure conducting their independent projects...
Jun 20, 2023
by Dr. Lenore Tedesco, Executive Director Healthy marsh edges are sloped from the flat marsh plain down to the mud flat apron of the tidal channels. Shorter marsh grasses give way to taller grasses that are flooded more frequently by the tides. These edges teem with...
Apr 10, 2023
by Dr. Lenore Tedesco, Executive Director, and Devin Griffiths, Marketing & Communications Specialist What has eight arms, can change colors at will, and is an expert escape artist? An octopus, of course! Octopuses are remarkable, and in coastal New Jersey, the...
Apr 10, 2023
by Dr. Lenore Tedesco, Executive Director The Wetlands Institute opened its doors more than 50 years ago, and over the past half-century, much has changed – but much has remained the same. What hasn’t changed is the reliance of all species (us included) on a healthy,...
