Learn woodworking with the Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership as we construct cedar strip and other wooden boats for use on the Raritan River! This is an “in person” build session at our Boat House location at 101 Raritan Avenue in Highland Park. Volunteers will learn through hands-on activities. Registration is FREE and is limited to ... Read More
Due to persistent snow on the ground and ice in our streams we are POSTPONING our eel mop installation until we get a bit more of a thaw. We will provide a new date/time soon. Happy Spring! Help the LRWP team install an "Eel Mop" at our Green Brook eel monitoring site in the Green ... Read More
Learn woodworking with the Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership as we construct cedar strip and other wooden boats for use on the Raritan River! This is an “in person” build session at our Boat House location at 101 Raritan Avenue in Highland Park. Volunteers will learn through hands-on activities. Registration is FREE and is limited to ... Read More
Learn woodworking with the Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership as we construct cedar strip and other wooden boats for use on the Raritan River! This is an “in person” build session at our Boat House location at 101 Raritan Avenue in Highland Park. Volunteers will learn through hands-on activities. Registration is FREE and is limited to ... Read More
Historic preservation is underway “Down the Brook” at Wallace House & Old Dutch Parsonage State Historic Sites for Revolution NJ, the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution in New Jersey and New Jersey’s first Constitution! For this workshop the LRWP will join Paul Soltis, New Jersey State Park Service's historian for Wallace House & Old Dutch ... Read More
The Lower Raritan Watershed lies in the heart of the I95 Corridor between Boston and Washington, the most densely populated region of its size in the US. With all this density and development, it’s no surprise that to many who live in the area the idea of wildlife seems distant and alien. Wildlife belongs to ... Read More
Join the LRWP and our hosts the Highland Park Environmental Commission for a two hour walking exploration of "The Meadows" - an 18-acre recovering urban forest along the Raritan River in Highland Park that demonstrates how former degraded land can become an ecological treasure! We will learn how this conservation-zoned site became listed on the ... Read More
Since its inception in 1970, Earth Day has brought millions of people together to celebrate our world’s environment. The day has also focused our attention on environmental problems such as pollution, flooding and littering. Join the Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership, Franklin Township Environmental Commission, Watershed Ambassador Stephen Greenwood and others for our annual Earth Day ... Read More
NEEDED!! Volunteer Water Quality Monitors to assist with bacteria monitoring during Summer 2026! WHAT: In-person training Workshop for Water Quality Sampling and Bacteria Monitoring (English/Spanish) WHERE: EARTH Center of Middlesex County, 42 Riva Avenue / North Brunswick, NJ (continue past the gate/sign labeled "authorized vehicles only" to the EARTH Center offices) WHY: Every Thursday from ... Read More
Join the LRWP and paddle guides Anton Getz and Gregg Bucino for a guided morning paddle of the upstream portion of Weston's Mill Pond! For this adventure we will travel from Ryders Lane at Westons Mill Pond upstream to Main Street Milltown (approximately 3 miles RT). Saturday June 6, 8:30-11:30am. REQUIREMENTS: $25 if you bring ... Read More
