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Timberdoodle Broods at MCR Forest Treatment Areas

Timberdoodle Broods at MCR Forest Treatment Areas

by Merrill Creek Reservoir | Jul 30, 2026 | Animals, Birds, Habitat, Merrill Creek Reservoir

The American Woodcock (AKA The Timberdoodle) is a small plump semi-migratory shorebird that unlike its coastal cousins lives in young forests and shrubby old fields across eastern North America. Typically, wildlife enthusiasts and birders equate seeing Woodcock in...
Rare Plant Found at MCR – Ecological Forestry Practices Helping Biodiversity at MCR

Rare Plant Found at MCR – Ecological Forestry Practices Helping Biodiversity at MCR

by Merrill Creek Reservoir | Jul 21, 2026 | Habitat, Merrill Creek Reservoir, Plants

While performing vegetation regeneration survey work at one of MCR’s ecological forestry cuts recently, surveyors from New Jersey Audubon found a very rare plant for NJ.  The plant, the Wood Lily (Lilium philadelphicum) is an endangered native wildflower in New...
Finding Balance in the Forest -Young Forest and Old Growth, its not as “Clear-Cut” as You Think

Finding Balance in the Forest -Young Forest and Old Growth, its not as “Clear-Cut” as You Think

by Merrill Creek Reservoir | Jul 26, 2023 | Animals, Merrill Creek Reservoir, Plants

Merrill Creek Reservoir implements ecological forest stewardship under our State approved Forest Stewardship Plan (FSP) (for a list of what must be included and address in a FSP please see this link). Based on data collection, on average our forests at Merrill Creek...

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