Ecological Preserve

Building on prior years of student projects, we upgraded the Monarch Waystation & Pollinator Patch near the entrance to the EcoPreserve gravel parking lot. The site has been invaded by bush clover and creeping blackberry.  So after clearing out the woody competitors, we rototilled and then rolled out an exciting new product called wildflower sod grown by a new company called MeadowLab. The fringing bare earth areas were seeded in with milkweed seed foraged from local milkweed plants growing elsewhere…

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The 2025 Trail Crew has been hard at work replacing several bridges that span gullies that intersect the Blue Trail in the southeast section of the EcoPreserve.  

Come celebrate National Trails Day on Sunday June 8 2025 11AM-1PM at the Rutgers EcoPreserve.  There will be guided hikes of varying duration and abilities, including on the handicap accessible trail. Free, no sign up needed. Parking at EcoPreserve Parking lot Road 3, Livingston Campus.

Doctoral candidate Heidi Herb showing off a mouse hotel, part of a tick research program. Ticks can transmit a variety of pathogens that can make people ill, including the bacteria that causes Lyme disease and the blood parasite that causes babesiosis. These pathogens persist in the environment in wildlife hosts. One of the most important reservoirs of tick-borne pathogens in the northeastern United States is the white-footed mouse, which is commonly found in forests. Researchers at the Center for Vector…

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