Ramsey Environmental Commission

05/15/2026

05/15/2026

Household Hazardous Waste this weekend at Campgaw!

04/19/2026

🌿 Thank You, Ramsey! 🌿

A huge thank you to everyone who came out for the 22nd Annual Sam Wright Memorial Clean-Up Day! Your time, energy, and community spirit made a real difference in keeping Ramsey clean, green, and beautiful. It was wonderful to see neighbors coming together for such an important cause.

We’re so grateful to all the volunteers, organizers, and supporters who helped make the day a success, from those who picked up litter to those who helped coordinate, provide supplies, and serve breakfast. Your efforts truly reflect the heart of our community.

📸 We’d love to see your favorite moments from the day! If you took photos during the event, we’d really appreciate you sending them to [email protected]. They will be included in a report for a grant that supports the Ramsey Environmental Commission and its broader environmental initiatives.

Thank you again for showing up and making a difference. We look forward to seeing you next year!

04/11/2026

Come drop off your unwanted, old toys next Sunday to help children in need while keeping plastic out of our landfills!

Please arrive between 9AM and noon next Sunday, April 19, at the Ramsey Farmer's Market. Bring toys that are clean, intact, and have working batteries (if applicable).
You can make a positive difference this season!

04/10/2026

🌿 Sam Wright Memorial Ramsey Clean-Up Day – 22nd Annual! 🌿

***NEXT WEEKEND***

Spring into action and help keep Ramsey beautiful! Join us Saturday, April 18, 2026, from 9 AM to Noon for the 22nd Annual Sam Wright Memorial Clean-Up Day.
Rain Date: Sunday, April 19th
📍 Meet at: Ramsey Rescue Garage, Prospect Street
🧤 Gloves & bags provided
🥐 Breakfast provided by the Junior Woman’s Club & Shop Rite
This event is hosted by the Ramsey Environmental Commission with support from the governing body, Ramsey Rescue, Junior Woman’s Club, St. Paul’s Parish, and the Bergen County Clean Communities Program.
Help us protect our community and environment while connecting with neighbors!
📧 Contact:
Michael Morris – [email protected]
Pat Nerney – [email protected]

04/09/2026

Mark your calendars! The 4th Annual Ramsey EV Car Show will be Sunday, April 19th, from 9AM to 1PM at the Ramsey Farmers Market.

Join us at the Best of Bergen Ramsey Farmers Market for Cars and Coffee! Connect with fellow EV owners, enthusiasts, charging providers, and local dealerhips all showcasing the latest in low and zero emission EVs and Hybrids. Learn about utility incentive programs from Rockland Electric.

04/08/2026

🔄The next styrofoam collection has been announced!🔄

Next Collection Date:
Saturday April 18
9 am - 11 am

Ramsey Main Train Station Parking Lot
1 Erie Plaza (Enter lot via Cleveland Street)

Please bring your Styrofoam to our collection event in Ramsey. Collected material will be transported to a densifier in Ridgefield Park. Densified Styrofoam is then melted down and processed into small pellets, which can be used to create new products like picture frames, building materials, insulation panels, crown moldings, and other plastic components. This process keeps the material out of our landfills and gives the material a second life as a more compact
and usable form.

Please ensure that the Styrofoam is clean and dry, and that all labels and tape have been removed.

We DO NOT accept Packing peanuts or Food containers (to-go boxes or cups).

If you have any questions, contact Reeva at [email protected].

03/22/2026

Very interesting to learn how different species and their partners are "all in" raising their young and some not so much.

Same yard. Same week. Every model of fatherhood from full partner to absent. 🌿

03/20/2026

❤️

🌗 THE SWITCH FLIPPED. SPRING EQUINOX STATUS: MARCH 20, 2026 🌗

12 hours of light. 12 hours of dark. The threshold crossed. Here's where everyone stands tonight.

✅ ALREADY BORN:
→ Great Horned Owl chicks — 6 weeks old. BRANCHING. Left the nest this week. Walking on branches.
→ Bald Eagle chicks — 8-9 weeks. Flight feathers emerging. 3 weeks from first flight.
→ Gray Squirrel babies (1st litter) — 6-7 weeks old. Eyes open. Exploring outside the nest.
→ Fox kits — 1 week old. Eyes still closed. Nursing in complete darkness.
→ Cottontail rabbits (1st litter) — 2-3 weeks old. Fur in. Eyes open. Leaving the nest.

🤰 PREGNANT / BUILDING:
→ Raccoons — pregnant. Kits due in 4-5 weeks.
→ Skunks — pregnant. Babies due in 6-8 weeks.
→ White-tailed Deer — mid-gestation. Fawns in 10-12 weeks (late May/early June).
→ Robin — first clutch eggs in the nest THIS WEEK. Incubation starts now.
→ Cardinal — nest nearly complete. Eggs within days.
→ Bluebird — first clutch laid. Incubation active.

🔄 JUST ARRIVED (in the last 14 days):
→ Osprey — returned from South America. Nest repair underway.
→ Ruby-throated Hummingbird — Wave 2 reached Southeast. Wave 3 in transit.
→ Barn Swallows — first scouts reported in southern states.
→ Warblers — Yellow-rumped, Pine, Palm arriving in mid-Atlantic and Southeast.
→ Monarch Butterfly — Generation 1 dying in Texas. Generation 2 hatching.

🌱 ACTIVATED BY TODAY'S PHOTOPERIOD:
→ Dawn chorus = peak intensity. Loudest morning of the year.
→ Spotted Salamander Big Night — mass road crossing triggered.
→ Vernal pool breeding — explosive. Wood Frogs, Spring Peepers, Chorus Frogs all breeding tonight.
→ Ground-nesting bees — emergence wave. Mining bees, sweat bees, cellophane bees.
→ Caterpillar hatch — inchworms emerging on oaks. Baby bird food chain activated.
→ Spring ephemerals blooming — bloodroot, trillium, hepatica opening today.

⏳ COMING NEXT (March 21 – April 5):
→ Fox kits open eyes — within days
→ Owl chicks first flight — 2-3 weeks
→ Hummingbird Wave 3 — Mid-Atlantic feeders need to go up
→ Turkey nesting begins
→ Eastern Box Turtles emerge from brumation
→ Baby Season Status Week 4 — the surge

The countdown is over.
6 days ago we told you the switch was about to flip.
It flipped today.
Everything that was waiting just started.

03/18/2026

🔄The next styrofoam collection has been announced!🔄

Next Collection Date:
Saturday March 21
9 am - 11 am

Upper Saddle River Municipal Building

(Ramsey will hold the following styrofoam collection event on Saturday, April 18th, at the Ramsey train station parking lot)

Please bring your Styrofoam to our collection event in Ramsey. Collected material will be transported to a densifier in Ridgefield Park. Densified Styrofoam is then melted down and processed into small pellets, which can be used to create new products like picture frames, building materials, insulation panels, crown moldings, and other plastic components. This process keeps the material out of our landfills and gives the material a second life as a more compact
and usable form.

Please ensure that the Styrofoam is clean and dry, and that all labels and tape have been removed.

We DO NOT accept Packing peanuts or Food containers (to-go boxes or cups).

If you have any questions, contact Reeva at [email protected].