A Newcomer Comes Home

by Devin Griffiths, Marketing & Communications Specialist Perhaps you’ve seen them soaring over Seven Mile Island, foraging within the verdant salt marsh grasses, or bathing in the freshwater pools nestled in the Avalon high dunes – exotic white birds, wings...

The Marhsketeers Close Out Another World Series of Birding

by Devin Griffiths, Marketing & Communications Specialist Saturday, May 14, 3:00 AM. Hours before sunrise, and The Marshketeers are already on the hunt. After two years of socially distant birding, The Wetlands Institute’s team of obsessed birders is finally back...

Welcome to the Team – Summer 2022

Meet Meghan Kolk Meghan Kolk joined the Research and Conservation Department at The Wetlands Institute as the Conservation Scientist in early May. Prior to joining us, Meghan spent five years as a wildlife biologist with Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey. For...

Reflections From a Seasonal Naturalist

by Steve Scheff, Seasonal Naturalist I am a lifelong educator, having been an elementary school teacher for 30 years. Upon my retirement, I decided to leap into another passion of mine… nature! Having always been interested in the natural world, coming of age during...