November 19, 2014

The NJDEP Division of Fish and Wildlife is notifying boaters, recreational and commercial fishermen and divers that thirty-six thousand cubic yards of dredge rock obtained from the Port Authority of NY & NJ, Howland Hook Marine Terminal Berth Deepening Project, will be deployed on the Shark River Reef Site beginning November 24 through December 31, 2014. The shale rock will be transported to the site and deployed by hopper scow at predetermined locations.In total, 10 hopper scow loads of rock will be deployed on the reef site as part of the division\’s Artificial Reef Program.

English: crop of File:Bgforhunting.jpg Taken by Dr. F Eugene Hester. Picture supplied by Fish and Wildlife Service Website. http://www.fws.gov/hunting/ (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Youth Firearm Deer Hunt is one of New Jersey\’s eight special youth hunt days provided each year through the Division\’s Take a Kid Hunting Program. Youth hunt days are designated for upland game, waterfowl and turkey in addition to a Youth Archery Deer Hunt Day and the Youth Firearm Deer Hunt Day.

New Jersey\’s eagle population continued to climb in 2014, to 156 pairs. The number of young broke the 200 mark, with 201 fledging from 145 known-outcome nests. Eagles nest in all counties except Essex and Hudson.

Congress writes our laws. Not the President.

President Obama is considering nothing less than an unprecedented power grab that ignores the Constitution, rejects common sense, and scorns the American people.

He plans to use executive authority to unilaterally grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants. This cannot stand.

The Heritage Foundation is launching an urgent national drive to secure at least 200,000 signed open letters demanding that Congress act to defend the Constitution and reject this bad amnesty plan. And I’m asking for you to take action now.

The simple fact is that our Constitution’s under attack. There is no time to wait. I urge you to sign this open letter to prove you don\’t approve of this Imperial Presidency.

Sign the open letter today.

For the sake of the country we love, we must be successful. It is time to be brave, do the right thing and stand up for America. With the stakes this high, will you help us by signing the open letter?

New Jersey Department of Health Commemorates National Hospice and Palliative Care Month

In observance of National Hospice and Palliative Care Month and to mark the 40^th anniversary of the opening of the first hospice in the United States, New Jersey Health Commissioner Mary E. O\’Dowd commends the work of palliative care and hospice services providers throughout the Garden State and encourages New Jerseyans to plan ahead for the treatment and care they would prefer near the end of life.

Bringing the topic of end-of-life care into the national discourse and raising public understanding of the hospice mission to help patients and their families deal with advanced illness have been the focus of the hospice community since the first hospice opened its doors in Connecticut in 1974.

English: Canada Geese (Branta canadensis), on pond in Mer Bleue Conservation Area, Ottawa, Ontario (Photo credit: Wikipedia)