The Meadowlands Blog

GUIDED CANOE TOURS: Still room available

  The Meadowlands Commission has two upcoming guided canoe tours with room for a few more paddlers.
   These canoe trips are a great way to view scenery and wildlife that cannot be seen from land.
   Tours launch from Mill Creek in Secaucus and Sawmill Creek Wildlife Management Area in Lyndhurst.    
    All trips are led by an experienced NJMC tour guide. The commission supplies all of the equipment and give you helpful tips before setting out on the water.

 Guiided canoe tours are scheduled the following dates:
    * Sunday July 26, 8:30 a.m. from Sawmill Creek Wildlife Management Area.
    * Saturday, August 9, 8:30 a.m. from Mill Creek in Secaucus.
   Participants should be at least 10 years old and have some canoeing experience. Pre-registration is required. The cost is $15 per person.

        For directions to the canoe launches, a registration form or more information, contact NJMC Outreach Naturalist Gabrielle Bennett-Meany at 201-460-4640. 
    Registration forms may also be picked up at the NJMC offices at One DeKorte Park Plaza, Lyndhurst. 
   You may also download them from our Web site, www.njmeadowlands.gov.

 

MILL CREEK MARSH: Snowy egret heaven

   

Mill Creek Marsh is a little hard to find, but it is definitely worth the effort.
  It is the one place I'd go if I had to get a photo of a snowy egret in a hurry.
   They are abundant and are typically in range of a decent telephoto lens.

   Mill Creek Marsh is also amazing because it is home to a "forest" of cedar stumps -- including some that are hundreds of years old.

   Click here for directions and more information.
   I was there at low tide the other day and took a bunch of shots.

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