Fort Dix Environmental Happenings

Earth Day 2010

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For those of you who haven't heard, we have become a Joint Base with McGuire and Lakehurst.

Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst

Earth Day Finale Celebration

April 24, 2010 9:00am-3:00pm

Laurel Pond, Fort Dix, NJ

Open to the public-registration email below

Join us for an Earth Day Festival including green living booths and demonstrations, crafts, hikes, canoeing, tree climbing, Woodland Creature Puppet Theater, a hybrid car, Planet Pirates show, nature centers, pollination station, visit real wildlife, and much more!

If you do not have a military id card you must pre-register by April 14th, 2010

To register you must e-mail Jen at jennifer.armento@mcguire.af.mil.

Include the name and drivers license number & expiration date for

each adult coming in your group.

Save the Date

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Earth Day Program Update

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Wondering what to do with all your old clothing and shoes???

Donate them at the Planet Aid booth and give your clothes a second life.

The objective of Planet Aid's Clothes Collection is to establish an efficient reuse system for second hand clothing. It is a locally based activity benefiting Planet Aid's development aid objectives, while also contributing to local and national goals for increased recycling. Learn more at their Earth Day booth or at http://www.planetaid.org/

Earth Day Updates

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Don't forget to REGISTER for Earth Day if you do not already have a military id card. You must e-mail Jen at fortdixearthday@yahoo.com or call 609-562-5428 to register.

~Jen will need your name, address, date of birth, last 4 digits of your social security number, and the make, model and plate number of the vehicle you will be driving onto Fort Dix.
~Registration packets will be mailed to you & will include directions & your security pass.

~Deadline for registration is April 21, 2009 at close of business (5:00pm). Due to security precautions we will not be able to honor late registrations as per Department of Defense Police Policy requirements.

Cell Phones for Soldiers Community Drop Off Locations:

Fort Dix: Environmental Division-Building 5317

Army Community Service Office

Transportation Motor Pool

Main Chapel

New Egypt: Plumsted Library

Julio's Barber Shop

Moorestown: CSC Office on Rt. 38

You can also bring your old cell phones to Earth Day and drop them in the

bin at the Registration Tent.

Don't miss our new Woodland Creature Puppet Theatre Performance:

"A Story of Stuff" by Roger Smith

Performed in the big tent at 10:00, 12:00, & 2:00. Starring "Ricky" the raccoon,

"Squirrely" the squirrel, "Baldy" the Eagle, and other woodland creatures.

Special Earth Day Programs

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Contact Jen at 609-562-5428 or fortdixearthday@yahoo.com to organize a cell phones for soldiers recycling drive in your community

Earth Day 2009

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To register for Earth Day please e-mail fortdixearthday@yahoo.com

New for Earth Day 2009:

*Donate your used cell phone for our cell phones for soldiers recycling drive

*Bring in a used conventional lightbulb to turn in for a new compact fluorescent lightbulb at our Operation Change Out Pledge booth

*Don't miss the all new Woodland Creatures Puppet Theatre performance in the big tent

NPLD A Huge Success

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Thanks to Everyone

who got

"Down & Dirty" for Fort Dix!

National Public Lands Day was a huge success thanks to all of our volunteers who braved the weather and came out to the lake.
Over 80 volunteers teamed together to remove countless invasive plants at Lake of the Woods, restore eroding banks at Amphibious Lake by installing erosion mats and biologs, plant over 1,500 native grasses shrubs & aquatic herbs, remove truckloads of litter, and eat 30 pizzas! Not bad for a "rainy" day

Here are some photos of our volunteers hard a work:

Thanks to all our NPLD 2007 Volunteers!!!

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Public Lands Day 2007-A Huge Success!

A special thanks to our 150 volunteers!

Together we spent 586 hours:

~repairing an eroded shoreline

~planting 220 native plants

~removing 520 invasive non-native plants

~clearing out 7,100 pounds of trash & debri

~hauling 60 tires and a boat out of the woods

~installing 8 bird nesting boxes

~rebuilding a footbridge

~installing split rail fence

~putting up educational signs

& eating 20 pizzas!!

Fort Dix Natural Resources and Environmental Office Thanks you all for your hard work and dedication to keeping America's Public Lands Beautiful!

We Look Forward to Seeing You at Earth Day!!

Eaglet Banding, May 5, 2006, chick one

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On May 5, 2006 we were fortunate to have New Jersey Fish and Wildlife come to Fort Dix to band our two eaglets.

Mick, a Fish and Wildlife Employee, ascends the 60 foot pitch pine tree that holds the nest.

Once Mick is able to "grab" the eaglets their talons are wrapped, a leather hood is placed over their eyes and they are placed in a bag. The bag is lowered to the ground.

The eaglet in the bag!

Roger Smith, Natural Resources Scientist, holds one of the chicks during their exam.
This is what happens during the exam:

1. the bird is weighed
2. the primary wing feathers are measured which tells us about the birds age
2. blood is drawn
3. the beak is measured to determine the birds sex
4. the feet are measured
5. federal and state identification tags are put on (one on each ankle)

Tommy Trembula of the Fort Dix Fire Department and Roger Smith pose with the 5 1/2 week old boy!

Next the eaglet is placed back into the bag and returned to the nest.