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Reducing Fishing Line Litter

Reducing Fishing Line Litter

by Merrill Creek Reservoir | May 14, 2019 | Blog, Images, Merrill Creek Reservoir

March 2019 On Saturday morning, March 9th, a small group of people were gluing together pieces of PVC piping in one of the classrooms at the Merrill Creek Visitors Center. Starting with a two-foot section of four-inch piping, volunteers attached a cap to the bottom,...
Forest Management in MCR Environmental Preserve

Forest Management in MCR Environmental Preserve

by Merrill Creek Reservoir | May 14, 2019 | Merrill Creek Reservoir, Plants

February 27, 2017 Merrill Creek Reservoir (MCR) staff is working with New Jersey Audubon Forester, Don Donnelly to re-forest an area of the Environmental Preserve.The area encompasses a peninsula of land where volunteers and other naturalists conduct ecological...
Bald eagle fledged from MCR seen in PA

Bald eagle fledged from MCR seen in PA

by Merrill Creek Reservoir | May 14, 2019 | Animals, Blog, Eagles, Images, Merrill Creek Reservoir

Michael Rucci photographed an immature bald eagle at the Octoraro Reservoir in Chester County, PA. After seeing that his subject had a green band on one of his feet, he emailed his photograph to the NJDEP Fish and Wildlife biologist who looked up the band number,...
February 23, 2016

February 23, 2016

by Merrill Creek Reservoir | May 14, 2019 | Blog, Images, Merrill Creek Reservoir, Migration, Plants

February 23, 2016 – Merrill...
October 22, 2015

October 22, 2015

by Merrill Creek Reservoir | May 14, 2019 | Blog, Images, Merrill Creek Reservoir, Plants

October 22, 2015 – Merrill...
Photo by John Pagani

Photo by John Pagani

by Merrill Creek Reservoir | May 14, 2019 | Animals, Blog, Images, Merrill Creek Reservoir

October 6, 2015 Raccoon in tree – Photo by John Pagani – Merrill...
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