Article and Photos by Margo Persin, Rutgers Environmental Steward Editor’s Note: In 2018 Margo Persin joined the Rutgers Environmental Steward program for training in the important environmental issues affecting New Jersey. Program participants are trained to tackle local environmental problems through a service project. As part of Margo’s service project she chose to conduct assessments of a local … Read More
Article and Photos by Margo Persin, Rutgers Environmental Steward Editor’s Note: In 2018 Margo Persin joined the Rutgers Environmental Steward program for training in the important environmental issues affecting New Jersey. Program participants are trained to tackle local environmental problems through a service project. As part of Margo’s service project she chose to conduct assessments of a local … Read More
Article and Photos by Margo Persin, Rutgers Environmental Steward Editor’s Note: In 2018 Margo Persin joined the Rutgers Environmental Steward program for training in the important environmental issues affecting New Jersey. Program participants are trained to tackle local environmental problems through a service project. As part of Margo’s service project she chose to conduct assessments of a local … Read More
Article and Photos by Margo Persin, Rutgers Environmental Steward Editor’s Note: In 2018 Margo Persin joined the Rutgers Environmental Steward program for training in the important environmental issues affecting New Jersey. Program participants are trained to tackle local environmental problems through a service project. As part of Margo’s service project she chose to conduct assessments of a local … Read More
Article and Photos by Margo Persin, Rutgers Environmental Steward Internship Diary / June, 2018 So summer is in full swing – I made a visit to the Ambrose Brook immediately after the summer solstice, on 24 June 2018. The environs have changed in several ways, both passive and active. There are several aerating fountains that spray … Read More
Margo Persin, Rutgers Environmental Steward Editor’s Note: In 2018 Margo Persin joined the Rutgers Environmental Steward program for training in the important environmental issues affecting New Jersey. Program participants are trained to tackle local environmental problems through a service project. As part of Margo’s service project she chose to conduct assessments of a local stream for … Read More
The LRWP is often asked to identify top environmental issues facing our Central Jersey watershed communities, and every year we develop a “Top 10” list of concerns. Through 2019 we will feature one concern a month on our website, exploring that issue (and potential solutions) in more detail. This month we consider the problems caused … Read More
The Lower Raritan Watershed (LRW) /Watershed Management Area 9 (WMA9), is part of the larger Raritan Basin. HUC-11s The LRW/WMA9 is comprised of six major watersheds (or “HUC 11’s,” based on their 11-digit federal hydrologic-unit code)*: -Lawrence Brook Watershed -Millstone to the North Branch/South Branch (Peters Brook) -Lawrence to Millstone (Ambrose Brook, Green Brook, Mile … Read More
