NEEDED!! Volunteer Water Quality Monitors to assist with bacteria monitoring during Summer 2021! WHAT: In-person training Workshop for Water Quality Sampling and Bacteria Monitoring (English/Spanish) WHEN: Wednesday May 12, 4-6 PM WHERE: TBD (either EARTH Center of Middlesex County, 42 Riva Avenue / South Brunswick, NJ OR Riverside Park in Piscataway, registrants will be emailed ... Read More
This FREE six-week woodworking class for women ages 13+ will take place on Saturdays at the Community Boat House in downtown New Brunswick from 11am-12:30pm starting Saturday April 17 and running to Saturday May 22. Participants will learn several aspects of woodworking, including: preparing and laminating wood for construction; transferring the pattern and cutting the ... Read More
This FREE six-week woodworking class for women ages 13+ will take place on Saturdays at the Community Boat House in downtown New Brunswick from 11am-12:30pm starting Saturday April 17 and running to Saturday May 22. Participants will learn several aspects of woodworking, including: preparing and laminating wood for construction; transferring the pattern and cutting the ... Read More
Registration is now open for the LRWP's first “Watershed Highlights and Hidden Streams” walking tour of 2021! Join us on Saturday July 24, 10-noon as we visit one of the northernmost areas of the Lower Raritan Watershed and explore the Watchung Reservation's Blue Brook and Lake Surprise. The walk, guided by our own David Tulloch, ... Read More
Please join us Saturday, August 14th for a three hour tour of the Headgates, Robert Street and Nevius Street dams. This tour will be led by the very wonderful and informative hydrogeologist John Jengo, PG, LRSP. The tour will include discussion of past and future dam removals, and will be a chance to see the ... Read More
Please join us Sunday October 3, 2-4 pm for our second "walk in the watershed" in South Bound Brook/Bound Brook with LRWP Board Member and Rutgers Professor David Tulloch! We also expect Green Brook Flood Control Commission Chair Raymond Murray to join us for part of our tour. Plan to meet at D&R Canal Lock ... Read More
Please join us Thursday May 12, 6-7:30pm for a special presentation by Isabelle Stinnette, Restoration Program Manager, NY-NJ Harbor and Estuary Program. Ms. Stinnette will speak on Restoring aquatic habitat through climate-ready infrastructure in the Lower Raritan. Aquatic connectivity is a key restoration goal for the New York – New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program ... Read More
Our wonderful boat build team of Captain Derek Hartwick, Amber Hennes and Colin Nickel will host an introductory Boat Build Workshop Saturday July 2 from 9-11am. We welcome you to join us! This is an “in person” build session at our new Boat House location at 101 Raritan Avenue in Highland Park. Volunteers will learn ... Read More
Please join the LRWP and paddle guides Anton Getz and Gregg Bucino for a guided paddle of the South River! Paddlers will travel from Varga Park/Pacers Field in South River to the main stem of the Raritan River and back. Total trip distance is 4-5 miles round trip. WHEN: Saturday, August 13, 2022, 8:30 am-noon. ... Read More
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN OUR APRIL 13th EVENT - WE ARE AT CAPACITY FOR VOLUNTEERS! PLEASE JOIN US MAY 19 for our MULTI-SITE CLEAN-UP IN GREEN BROOK 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 ... Read More
