HISTORY & BACKGROUND
- Record Article (6/8/79)
- Record Article (6/7/88)
- Record Article (6/9/88)
- NJDEP Register of Natural Areas
- Register of Natural Areas Map
- Registry of NJ Old Growth Sites
- Map of 1988 Condo Plan (Defeated)
- City Resolution (1989)
- Letter to Sierra Club
- Letter from NJ Assembly
- Letter from NJ Assembly 2
- Letter from Con. Robert Torricelli
- Letter from Passaic River Coalition
- Letter to Borgs Woods Preservation Coalition
- Pat Schuber Poster
Save Hackensack Flyer (1988)
Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4

OTHER PROJECTS:
- Endangered Salamander Reintroduction
- Reintroduction of Black Walnut and Eastern White Pine
- Field Trips – Nature Education Program for local schools
- Conservation Easements
- Private Land Trust
- Volunteer to Help

SPECIES
- Trees of Borgs Woods
- Animals: full list
- Plants & Shrubs: full list

VARIOUS PHOTOS
- Ponds and Brooks
- Plants: photos
- Trees: photos
- Animals: photos
- Miscellaneous Photos

Borg's Woods Page
http://www.hackensacknow.com/Borgswoods.html

by Eric Martindale
martindale@optonline.net

The Borg’s Woods Effort, 1986-1995


Above: corner of Fairmount Ave. and Allen St. (May 2004)


Click here for the Borg's Woods Message Boards

State Champion Trees in Hackensack

New: Bergen County Environmental Database

INVASIVE SPECIES
N.J. Preparing to fight harmful alien species
Record 3/6/04

Governor’s Executive Order to create a
N.J. Invasive Species Council

Plant Invaders of Mid-Atlantic Natural Areas
(a computer database)

INVASIVE SPECIES THREATS
TO BORG’S WOODS
Parasitic Ivy vs. the Natural Ecology
Statewide Campaign Needed against Parasitic Ivy
Official Species Description – Parasitic Ivy
How to eradicate parasitic ivy
Other Invasive Species in Borg’s Woods

 

 

 

CHILDREN’S NATURE TRAIL
(AN EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT)
- Ecosystem map 2004
- Trail Map 9/05
- Proposed Trail Map
- Trail Design Criteria

PICTORIAL TOURS
-Landmarks of Borg’s Woods
-Improvements Needed

PROPOSED POLICIES
- Tree Mortality, Logs, & Trails
- Fences and Dumping of Yard Waste
- No removal of native ferns, plants, & rocks
- Continuation of County Ownership
- End the draining of central wetland
- Summit Avenue Zoning and Land Use
- Native Wildflower Garden Maintenance Plan

BORG'S WOODS STUDIES
- Oldest Woodlands in NJ
- Hutcheson - compared
- Forest Health Report 2005

ACTIVITIES IN BORG'S WOODS
- Junior Live Action Guild
- Winter Sports
- 11/18/06 Cleanup - Text
- 11/18/06 Cleanup - Photos

 

 

 

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