Creator, Producer, Host: Jean Lynch

In the first episode of Restoration Conversations, I speak with Michael Catania about the New Jersey Natural Lands Trust's great work stewarding Petty's Island, an island in the urban Delaware River, between Philadelphia and Camden, as it transitions from brownfield site to nature preserve.

NJ Natural Lands Trust: Petty's Island Preserve page

(History, documentaries, and species inventories, and a link to the programming page for the Center for Aquatic Sciences):

https://www.nj.gov/dep/njnlt/pettysisland.htm

Society for Ecological Restoration

SER advances the science, practice and policy of ecological restoration to sustain biodiversity, improve resilience in a changing climate, and re-establish an ecologically healthy relationship between nature and culture.

https://www.ser.org

SER Mid-Atlantic Chapter

https://chapter.ser.org/midatlantic/

SER membership includes a complimentary membership to a chapter, but you do have to select your chapter.

The mid-Atlantic chapter is currently accepting registration for our regional conference in Annapolis, Maryland, in October.

We'd love you to join us!

Geese Honking Loudly courtesy USFWS

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