Environment

The Franklin Township Griggstown Geo Cache Trail will have its inaugural event at 1 p.m. Oct. 27. Between 50 and 75 “geo cachers” are expected at the event, to be held at the Griggstown Native Grassland Preserve, 1091 Canal Road. Members of the Northern NJ Geo Cachers Association will be at Griggstown to give GeoCache 101 tips and have GPS …

The township has won a $2,000 grant which will be used for a new plastic bag recycling program. Franklin is one of four Somerset County towns – along with the county – being awarded grants through the  Sustainable Jersey small-grants program, which is funded in part by Walmart. The grant will be used for a recycling program for “soft” polyethylene …

Apparently, single young men at 80s dance parties aren’t the only creatures on Earth who talk a lot and strut their stuff to attract the opposite sex. Turns out wild turkeys, do it, too. That and other facts about eastern wild turkeys were offered during a presentation at the Oct. 21 Environmental Commission meeting. Tony McBride, a biologist with the …

There may be a new park in the township’s future. Preliminary plans for a new township park on the Catalpa farm property were presented Oct. 15 to the Open Space Advisory Committee. Under its current configuration, the park – as yet unnamed – would feature two cricket pitches, six tennis courts, two softball fields, three soccer fields, a picnic pavilion, …

The next First Saturday of the Month drop-off day is Sept. 7, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Somerset County Recycling Center, 40 Polhemus Lane, Bridgewater. Accepted at the event are up to eight tires – with or without rims, scrap metal, used motor oil, oil filters, antifreeze and usual curbside materials, including chipboard items and plastic bottles …