Meadowlands Environment Center

The Meadowlands Environment Center (formerly the Hackensack Meadowlands Environmental Center) is an educational facility in the New Jersey Meadowlands in Lyndhurst, New Jersey. It is currently operated by Ramapo College of New Jersey. Ramapo College operates the center under the auspices of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority as of the February, 2015, when legislation placed the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission which pioneered the center, under the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority's control.[1][2]

Meadowlands Environment Center
Typeeducational facility
Location324 Forest Drive South
Lyndhurst, NJ, USA
Coordinates40°47′6″N 74°6′12″W
Websitemoodle.rst2.edu/meadowlands

The center is at the Richard W. DeKorte Park, named after Richard W. DeKorte, a resident of Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, who as majority leader of the New Jersey General Assembly sponsored legislation that established the commission.

It is home to an observatory.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Christie Urged to Turn Down Medowlands Legislation". 28 January 2015.
  2. "Christie signs controversial Meadowlands overhaul, but says bill will be revised". 5 February 2015.
  3. http://www.northjersey.com/news/education/eye-on-the-sky-reopens-in-june-at-meadowlands-1.1578606
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