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
Monday September 18 is World Water Monitoring Day! Join the LRWP and coLAB arts to celebrate with an after-work picnic (5:30-7:30pm) along New Brunswick's Boyd Park waterfront! Bring your dinner (or something to share). We'll supply beverages, paper products and dessert. RSVPs requested: hfenyk@lowerraritanwatershed.org The event will include water quality monitoring demos (ph, salinity, phosphorus, nitrate-nitrogen, ... Read More
The Original Raritan River Festival was started in New Brunswick by Pete Seeger and his fellow environmentalists 35 years ago! This now-annual event is part of the "Hub City Sounds" series, and includes a full day of family oriented events. Please plan to join the LRWP and friends on Sunday September 24, 2017 from noon-6 ... Read More
~VOLUNTEERS NEEDED~ Join the Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership and the New Brunswick Environmental Commission for a clean-up of Mile Run Brook WHAT: a clean-up of Mile Run Brook on Sunday October 15th from 10AM to 1PM WHERE: Corner Of Hamilton Street And Woodbridge Street, New Brunswick. This Event is Co-coordinated by the Lower Raritan Watershed ... Read More
The October 16 LRWP meeting will be held from 10-noon in the Middlesex County Planning Offices at 75 Bayard Street, New Brunswick, NJ – 5th floor mid-size conference room. The EPA has authorized release of findings from the Summer 2016 pathogens monitoring with NY/NJ Baykeeper and civic science volunteers. Meredith Comi from NY/NJ Baykeeper will join ... Read More
Come out and help Middlesex County Conservation Corps and Clean Ocean Action keep our shores beautiful and debris-free in this annual event held on the Raritan Bay Waterfront! Supplies provide. Registration required. Please contact Griffith Boyd #732.746.3064 or griffith.boyd@co.middlesex.nj.us to RSVP and for more information.
Join the LRWP, our Watershed Ambassadors, and Rutgers Professor Richard Lathrop (Director of the Rutgers University Ecological Preserve and the Sustainable Raritan River Initiative) for an afternoon ramble and macroinvertebrate sampling demonstration in Rutgers EcoPreserve. We will be sampling in Buell Brook, a headwater stream that flows through the Rutgers University Ecological Preserve before emptying ... Read More
On November 17 the Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership is joining with NOAA to co-host a day-long workshop: "Introducing Green Infrastructure for Coastal Resilience". This workshop is designed for planners, engineers and municipal leaders who are not yet familiar with GI for coastal resilience. Register now! Morgan Marina in Sayreville, NJ following Superstorm Sandy, Oct-Nov 2012 ... Read More
~VOLUNTEERS NEEDED~ Join the Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership and Central Jersey Stream team for a clean-up of the Green Brook! WHAT: a clean-up of the Green Brook on Sunday December 3 from 10AM to 1PM WHERE: Clean-up kick-off at the Green Brook Regional Center, 275 Greenbrook Rd, Green Brook Township, NJ 08812 This Event is ... Read More
Save the date! On Tuesday December 19, 6:30-8:30pm we will host our Annual Holiday Potluck in partnership with the New Brunswick Environmental Commission. The event will be held in the New Brunswick Free Public Library. Please join the LRWP and our New Brunswick Environmental Commission friends for a holiday potluck to celebrate 2017 accomplishments in ... Read More
