Did you miss the chance to squEEEAL at the eel found in the “artificial eel habitat” during the Spring 2024 eel monitoring?

Want to learn more about our search for juvenile glass eels in the Green Brook during eel migratory season 2025?

Join the LRWP and New Jersey Americorps Watershed Ambassadors on Saturday May 10, 1pm for eel monitoring and to learn why we are so excited about these migratory superstars.

Working with our Dunellen DPW partners we will also provide a demonstration of clean-out of New Jersey’s first Bandalong Bandit “Litter Trap”. The Litter Trap project was selected for implementation as part of the Cornell-Dubilier Electronics Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) Restoration Plan. The Cornell-Dubilier NRDAR Plan is an example of how the nation’s strong Superfund Laws truly hold polluters accountable for environmental damages in our communities. A project seven years in the making, the LRWP appreciates the hard work and dedication of our project partners: Central Jersey Stream Team, the Boroughs of Dunellen and Green Brook, and the Cornell-Dubilier Superfund Site Trustees including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

Please wear footwear and clothing that can get wet and or muddy. If you have waders, bring them along!

With thanks to the NY/NJ Harbor & Estuary for funding to support the eel monitoring project.

Running from March-May 2025 the LRWP will monitor for Migratory “Spring Glass Eels” in the Green Brook. This civic science eel monitoring project will augment an on-going litter reduction project, including installation of a Litter “Trash Trap” device, along the waterway between Dunellen and Middlesex. More information about the project here.