Calling all Streamkeepers and Civic Scientists! A healthy stream is a complex place. Vegetation grows along its banks, shading the stream and filtering pollutants before they enter the waters. Wildlife find shelter and food near and in its waters. And within the stream itself are fish, insects, and other organisms with specific needs for oxygen, ... Read More
~SAVE THE DATE~ Join the Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership, Central Jersey Stream Team and friends for a clean-up of the Green Brook! WHAT: a clean-up of the Green Brook on Saturday December 5 from 10AM to 1PM WHERE: Green Brook Regional Center, 275 Greenbrook Rd, Green Brook Township, NJ 08812 This Event is Co-coordinated by ... Read More
TIRES. so. VERY. many. TIRES! WHAT: A clean-up of the Old Bridge portion of the South River floodplain WHEN: Sunday March 21, 9am-noon WHERE: Park at Miller Elementary School / 2 Old Matawan Rd / Old Bridge, NJ 08857, follow signs to the clean-up staging area behind the school WHO: The LRWP, our Central Jersey ... Read More
NEEDED!! Volunteer Water Quality Monitors to assist with bacteria monitoring during Summer 2021! WHAT: In-person training Workshop for Water Quality Sampling and Bacteria Monitoring (English/Spanish) WHEN: Wednesday May 12, 4-6 PM WHERE: TBD (either EARTH Center of Middlesex County, 42 Riva Avenue / South Brunswick, NJ OR Riverside Park in Piscataway, registrants will be emailed ... Read More
Registration is now open for the LRWP's first “Watershed Highlights and Hidden Streams” walking tour of 2021! Join us on Saturday July 24, 10-noon as we visit one of the northernmost areas of the Lower Raritan Watershed and explore the Watchung Reservation's Blue Brook and Lake Surprise. The walk, guided by our own David Tulloch, ... Read More
Please join us Saturday, August 14th for a three hour tour of the Headgates, Robert Street and Nevius Street dams. This tour will be led by the very wonderful and informative hydrogeologist John Jengo, PG, LRSP. The tour will include discussion of past and future dam removals, and will be a chance to see the ... Read More
Please join us Sunday October 3, 2-4 pm for our second "walk in the watershed" in South Bound Brook/Bound Brook with LRWP Board Member and Rutgers Professor David Tulloch! We also expect Green Brook Flood Control Commission Chair Raymond Murray to join us for part of our tour. Plan to meet at D&R Canal Lock ... Read More
Please join us Thursday May 12, 6-7:30pm for a special presentation by Isabelle Stinnette, Restoration Program Manager, NY-NJ Harbor and Estuary Program. Ms. Stinnette will speak on Restoring aquatic habitat through climate-ready infrastructure in the Lower Raritan. Aquatic connectivity is a key restoration goal for the New York – New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program ... Read More
Our wonderful boat build team of Captain Derek Hartwick, Amber Hennes and Colin Nickel will host an introductory Boat Build Workshop Saturday July 2 from 9-11am. We welcome you to join us! This is an “in person” build session at our new Boat House location at 101 Raritan Avenue in Highland Park. Volunteers will learn ... Read More
WHAT: A clean-up of the Old Bridge portion of the South River floodplain WHEN: Saturday March 2, 10am-noon WHERE: Park at Miller Elementary School / 2 Old Matawan Rd / Old Bridge, NJ 08857, follow signs to the clean-up staging area behind the school WHO: The LRWP, Middlesex County Division of Parks, and the Township ... Read More
