Join the Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership at the May meeting of the Middlesex County Water Resources Association for a presentation on 2019 Water Quality Monitoring Findings and Next Steps for 2020! Monday May 11, 1:30-3:30 pm. We will meet in the Middlesex County Administration Building, Freeholder Meeting Room 75 Bayard Street / New Brunswick, NJ 08901 ... Read More
How should we assess areas for habitat connectivity in our urban watersheds? How can we build support for biodiversity planning in our urban core? In this half day workshop we will learn how to use tools developed by NJDEP to help assess habitat connectivity needs, and hear from NY/NJ Harbor Estuary about findings from recent ... Read More
The LRWP June meeting will be held from 10-1 PM in the Middlesex County Planning Offices at 75 Bayard Street, New Brunswick, NJ – 5th floor mid-size conference room. We look forward to a special presentation Americorps Watershed Ambassador Von Sully on "Water Quality Monitoring Findings in Watershed Management Area 9." We will be joined ... Read More
The LRWP April 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. We look forward to a special presentations by Raíces Cultural Center co-founder Nicole Wines. Nicole will speak on "EcoCulture as Innovation." Parking is validated for those parking ... Read More
The LRWP November 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. Parking is validated for those parking on floors 5 and higher in the RWJ Wellness Parking Deck located at 95 Paterson Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. Be ... Read More
At our monthly meeting on May 21 (10-noon) we will welcome Zack Greenberg with the Pew Charitable Trusts for a special presentation on forage fish and ecosystem-based fisheries management (EBFM). Zack is a Senior Associate at The Pew Charitable Trusts, focusing on marine conservation issues as a part of their U.S. Oceans, Northeast team. At ... Read More
At our April 16 meeting we will catch up on partner activities and provide status updates for on-going projects. We will also dedicate time on the agenda to discuss ways to link Raritan River activities to energies around the East Coast Greenway. Mike Kruimer with the East Coast Greenway Alliance, and other ECGW advocates have ... Read More
Our October 18 meeting will include a follow-up discussion on Green Infrastructure management with CDM Smith and members of the JerseyWaterWorks Green Infrastructure sub-committee. For background please see the video/audio from our September webinar on the NYC GreenHUB tool, which will frame on-going discussions. The meeting will be held from 9:30 – 11 am in the Middlesex ... Read More
Throughout 2016 the Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership, with input from the Middlesex County Department of Planning, is spearheading development of a Natural Assets Map for the Lower Raritan Watershed (Watershed Management Area 9). On July 19 we will continue our discussions our regional assets with a special presentation by Raritan RIVERKEEPER Bill Schultz who will ... Read More
The Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership (LRWP) and project partners including the Raritan Riverkeeper, Middlesex County Office of Planning, the Sustainable Raritan River Initiative, New Brunswick Environmental Commission and New York-New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program will host a public workshop to discuss access to the Raritan River in the context of the NY-NJ Harbor & ... Read More
