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April 22 Clean-up in New Brunswick, with RHA, coLAB Arts

Boyd Park - 5 Memorial Pkwy, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 New Street and Route 18 North, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

The LRWP, coLAB Arts and the Raritan Headwaters Association are co-hosting a special Earth Day clean-up of New Brunswick's waterfront on Saturday April 22. Please park in the New Brunswick Landing Parking Lot, located at the crossroads of Route 18 and New Street (see directions below). There will be signs up to direct folks to ... Read More

Boyd Park Scavenger Hunt Clean-Up

Boyd Park - 5 Memorial Pkwy, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 New Street and Route 18 North, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

What is the most common type of litter in Boyd Park? Is there more paper or plastic in the grass? How many cigarette butts can you find? How many bottle caps? What is the most unusual item hiding in the bushes? Join the LRWP and coLAB Arts on Sunday September 10, 10-noon for a River ... Read More

Mile Run Brook Community Cleanup! (New Brunswick)

Mile Run Brook Parking - Sts Peter and Paul Church 285 Hamilton Street, Somerset, NJ, United States

~VOLUNTEERS NEEDED~ Please join the LRWP, our Americorps Watershed Ambassador and community partners including Friends of Mile Run Brook, Greater Brunswick Charter School, Esperanza Neighborhood Project, the New Brunswick Environmental Commission, Elmwood Cemetery and the New Brunswick Department of Public Works for a multi-site clean-up of Mile Run Brook, culminating in a community celebration in ... Read More

Raritan River Festival 2019!

Boyd Park - 5 Memorial Pkwy, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 New Street and Route 18 North, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

Stop by the LRWP table at the annual Raritan River Festival and Rubber Duck Race on Sunday, September 30! This is a free and family-friendly annual event celebrating our Raritan River. Tons of fun activities are planned, including live music, environmental exhibitors, food vendors, activities for children, pony rides and a petting zoo, cardboard canoe ... Read More

Rutgers Eco Preserve Walking Tour with Professor David Tulloch

Johnson Park 1030 River Road, Piscataway Township, NJ, United States

For the LRWP's inaugural "Watershed Highlights and Hidden Streams: Walks of the Watershed" Rutgers Professor David Tulloch will help us trace connections between Buell Brook and the Raritan River, starting at Johnson Park in Piscataway and traveling to Rutgers' Eco Preserve. Many people visit Rutgers’ Eco Preserve and don't think of its connection to the Raritan ... Read More

Mill Brook: Story of an Urban Stream

Highland Park Public Library 31 N 5th Ave, Highland Park, NJ, United States

Join us on Sunday March 24, 2PM at the Highland Park Public Library to learn about Mill Brook - a Tributary of the Raritan River.   LRWP Streamkeeper, Highland Park resident and Rutgers Environmental Steward Susan Edmunds will present on her internship work with the LRWP, through which she documented the history of this waterway ... Read More

May 9 – Bacteria Monitoring Workshop

Middlesex County EARTH Center 42 Riva Avenue, South Brunswick, NJ, United States

NEEDED!! Volunteer Water Quality Monitors to assist with bacteria monitoring during Summer 2019! WHAT: Training Workshop for Water Quality Sampling and Bacteria Monitoring WHEN: Thursday May 9, 1-3:30 PM WHERE: EARTH Center of Middlesex County, 42 Riva Avenue / South Brunswick, NJ WHY: Every Thursday from May 23 through September 26 the Lower Raritan Watershed ... Read More

May 18 – Watershed Highlights: Duke Island Greenway walking tour

Duke Island Park Old York Road, Bridgewater, NJ, United States

Join LRWP Board Member Professor David Tulloch as he leads our second "Watershed Highlights and Hidden Streams" walking tour of 2019! Professor Tulloch will help us connect the old constructed landscapes of the canal at Duke Island County Park through a new greenway / bikeway that has been developed along the Raritan and crosses over ... Read More

May 23 – Raritan River Bacteria Monitoring

Piscataway Riverside Park 430 River Road, Piscataway, New Jersey

NEEDED!! Volunteer Water Quality Monitors to assist with bacteria monitoring during Summer 2019! Every Thursday running from May 23 through September 26 the Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County, and Rutgers University will be in the field taking water samples from five public access (non-bathing, fishing, and recreational) sites along our ... Read More

Raritan River Monitoring via Facebook Live!

Want to know how citizen scientists take action to monitor the health of our waterways? Want to learn about the Raritan River and the tools and techniques used to gauge bacteria levels at sites along the Raritan River? Please join the Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership and Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County (RCE) for a ... Read More