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EPA
TARGETED WATERSHED GRANT FOR THE RARITAN BASIN
Stream
Restoration Project Updates
Project
Partners: NJ Water Supply Authority, Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed
Association, South Branch Watershed Association, NJ Department of
Environmental Protection
Through
the EPA TW grant, NJWSA and SBMWA are conducting several stream
restoration projects within the target area.
NJWSA’s Old Farm Road riparian buffer project was featured in the
Summer 2005 Basin Bulletin.
During
Summer/Fall 2006, NJWSA implemented two additional projects:
the Crystal Springs
Project and the Hoffman Park Project.
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CRYSTAL
SPRINGS PROJECT
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HOFFMAN PARK
STREAM RESTORATION PROJECT |
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Natural
Bottom Culvert |
Stream
Channel Open |
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Crystal Springs is a preserved property near the headwaters of the
Spruce Run, one of the two main streams that feed Spruce Run Reservoir.
NJWSA staff replaced a pipe culvert under the park access road with
a 3-sided, natural bottom box culvert.
This will improve water and sediment passage through the system,
and will also improve fish habitat and passage.
Crystal
Springs is at the border of Lebanon Township, Hunterdon County and
Washington Township, Morris County.
The property was recently purchased by NJWSA and a consortium of
municipal and nonprofit entities and will be preserved as open space and
managed by Hunterdon County Parks and Recreation.
more...
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The
Hoffman Park project, on a branch of the Mulhockaway Creek, the other main
stream that feeds Spruce Run Reservoir, is a very ambitious restoration
project. Approximately 700 feet of stream were restored to improve
water and sediment passage through the system. more... |
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View
More Hoffman Park Project Pictures |
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Visit
NJWSA's
Website for More Information on Hoffman Park |
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Express-Times
Article - Sunday
July 30, 2006
Read
the Article...
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View
More Crystal Springs Project Pictures |
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Visit
NJWSA's
Website for More Information on Crystal Springs |
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For
more information on Stream Restoration Projects contact Kathy Hale at
khale@raritanbasin.org |
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