Ecological Preserve – Page 22 – Rutgers University Ecological Preserve Located on Livingston Campus

Deer Damage Management Program

December 12, 2012 RU Eco Preserve

There is an over population of White-tailed Deer occupying the Rutgers Ecological Preserve. The deer are causing increasing damage to the plant life and causing a danger to vehicles traveling on the perimeter roads. Over 85 deer-induced vehicle collisions in the vicinity of the EcoPreserve have been reported to police between 2010-2012. Recent vegetation inventories conducted by Rutgers University faculty and students document a change in the natural ecological characteristics of the EcoPreserve when compared to studies conducted in the 1970’s….

SuperStorm Sandy smacks EcoPreserve

December 3, 2012 RU Eco Preserve

Superstorm Sandy on October 30-31 1012 caused a lot of blowdown timber in the EcoPreserve. Students in Natural Resources Management are undertook an inventory of the damage (see map above). We will be clearing the trails over the next several months.

Stream Corridor Clean-up

October 3, 2012 RU Eco Preserve

A joint clean-up event was on Saturday September 29 with participation of 2 dozen students from the RU Outdoors Club, the Naturalist Club, Principles of Natural Resource Management class and local homeowners through the Friends of the Rutgers EcoPreserve. The stream corridor to the east of the Ross Hall neighborhood was our target. We hauled out a ton of dumped trash – a lot of metal and glass was recycled. Other junk was trashed. Its amazing what you can do with many…

RU Muddy Run

October 3, 2012 RU Eco Preserve

MUDRUN-2012 The RU Recreation Program ran the 2nd annual RU Muddy Run this past Friday (September 28). The course wound its way through the EcoPreserve and finished up in the nearby rec park with a series of hurdles, a wall, barbed-wire army crawl and of course, the mud pit. Over 500 students participated.