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NJDEP/
Rutgers Partnership Receives Community Water Conservation Grant
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The
NJDEP in partnership with Rutgers Cooperative Research
and Extension has received a grant from the US EPA to
develop a model community-based water conservation
education program. The goal of this program is to
instill a responsible water use ethic in both the
private and public sectors and reduce overall water
waste.
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THE
RARITAN PLAN: FOUR YEARS LATER (Article 3)
As
noted in the Basin Bulletin, Spring 2007, the Raritan Basin
Watershed Management Plan (www.raritanbasin.org)
was released to the public in early 2003.
That article discussed the six key environmental issues
and the resulting stakeholder vision for the basin, while the
second article (Summer 2007) addressed surface water quality.
In this article, we focus on another of the six key
issues: loss of
riparian areas, with the related issue of biological stream
impairment. MORE...
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Highlands
Plan Closer to Public Study
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Members
Disagree Over Compensation, Whether the Revised Plan is
Complete
The
New Jersey Highlands Council voted 10-4 late Monday to
release a revised draft regional Master Plan to the
public but won't do so until some mostly technical word
changes requested by council members are made. MORE...
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CLEAN WATER, SEWERS, AND SEPTIC SYSTEMS
HAS
GOOD WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING GONE DOWN THE DRAIN?
The
Clean Water Act provided the foundation for ensuring an adequate
water supply for every community.
Today, misguided legislation and a new slate of proposed
government regulations could inadvertently pose a threat to
water quality. At
issue: how can New Jersey grow without threatening the state’s
precious environmental resources? MORE...
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NRCS
Watershed Assistance in Raritan Basin
| Communities
in the Raritan Basin have utilized USDA-NRCS watershed
assessment and planning assistance to help reduce flood damage,
develop water-based recreation, improve water quality and
wildlife habitat.... MORE... |
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THREATS TO THE DISMAL SWAMP
Right
in the middle of bustling Central New Jersey lies a natural oasis.
The 660-acre Dismal Swamp Conservation Area, which spans portions
of Edison, Metuchen and South Plainfield, is one of the largest
remaining viable ecosystems in this highly-urbanized part of the
state. MORE...
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Rutgers EARTH
Center Winter News 2007
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The home of Rutgers
Cooperative Extension in Middlesex County is called the
EARTH Center (Environment, Agriculture, Research,
Teaching, and Health). As always, our Extension office
emphasizes environmentally sound horticultural
practices, youth and adult leadership education plus
nutrition and health education. MORE...
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NEW
JERSEY MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING WORKING GROUP
The
bi-annual meeting of the New Jersey Microbial Source Tracking
(NJ MST) Working Group was held on November 7, 2007 at the
Monmouth County Agricultural Center in Freehold, NJ.
This latest meeting was held to update all Technical
Partners and Stakeholders on the latest developments on MST
Tracking Tools as well as regulatory issues concerning bacterial
contamination in surface waters caused by NPS stormwater runoff.
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Local Waterways
are Healthy According to Stream Critters
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On
Saturday, November 10, 2007, at Echo Hill Environmental
Education Area, the South Branch Watershed Association (SBWA)
presented the results of their 2007 river monitoring
season.
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STUDENTS
RECLAIM RARITAN
On
Sunday November 4th, students from Rutgers University
reclaimed their connection to the Raritan River.
With the organizational skills of the student interns of
New Jersey Community Water Watch, over 300 university students
hit the banks of the historic river to remove piles of trash
from the river and its flood zone. Just one week before, 35
Water Watch students plowed through New Brunswick streets,
cleaning up garbage and preventing litter from flowing into
storm drains that lead to the Raritan. MORE...
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Local
Watershed Association Receives ANJEC’s 2007 NJ Environmental
Achievement Award
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SBWA
has received Honorable Mention for the ANJEC 2007 New
Jersey Environmental Achievement Award.
SBWA was the only non-profit to receive the award
this year and was recognized for the award at ANJEC’s
2007 Environmental Congress held on October 12, 2007 in
West Windsor, NJ. MORE...
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TROUT
IN THE CLASSROOM
Our
inaugural year of Trout in the Classroom (TIC) was quite
successful. To recap, we received applications from 22 interested
teachers, but were limited to providing six with the necessary
equipment. A full set-up, from tank to chiller (valued at $1,000
each) was provided to: Fords Middle School, St. Stanislaus Kostka,
South River Middle School, Communications High School, Summerfield
School and Middletown High School South. We also hosted a tank in
our office to educate developers, builders, engineers and
residents about fragile
trout habitat. MORE...
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South
Branch Watershed Association Receives Environmental Quality
Award from E.P.A.
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Branch Watershed Association has been selected to
receive the Environmental Protection Agency’s
prestigious Environmental Quality Award for 2007. In
making the announcement, Alan J. Steinberg, EPA Regional
Administrator, said "The Environmental Quality
Award is the highest recognition presented to the public
by our office." MORE... |
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NEW
HIGHLANDS ACT WATER DATA RELEASED SOUTH BRANCH WATERSHED
SPECIFICS
At
the Highlands Council meeting on November 1 st a draft version of
the "Calculation of Net Water Availability"
was released. The document lists the subwatersheds* in the highlands
that have no further room for
growth based solely on water availability. The process used
to obtain the net water
availability was first to calculate the ground water availability
for each subwatershed. This was
compared to the estimates for combined consumptive / depletive uses
and the estimates for domestic
well and septic system use. Where existing uses were greater than
ground water availability, the
net water availability is a deficit. MORE...
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Hunterdon
Group Honored for Water Research
A
Hunterdon environmental group has been recognized for
its work keeping rivers healthy. MORE...
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ANJEC's
Upcoming Events
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New
Jersey Water Supply Authority Employment Opportunities
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Upper
Raritan Watershed Association Calendar of Events
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Stony
Brook Millstone Watershed Association Employment Opportunities
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Stony
Brook Millstone Watershed Association Upcoming Events
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F.X.
Browne, Inc. Employment Opportunities
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Rutgers
Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County
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National
Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) Employment Opportunities
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South
Branch Watershed Association Calendar of Events
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NJAPA
- Classifieds
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NJ
Audubon Environmental Education Programming
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Hunterdon
County Employment Opportunities
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HAPPY
HOLIDAYS AND
HAPPY NEW YEAR
FROM THE STAFF OF NJWSA! |
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If
you would like to provide information for the
newsletter, please forward it to Sally
Kean at
NJWSA, at
skean@raritanbasin.org
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Although
the information in this document has been funded
wholly or in part by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency, it has not gone through the
Agency's publications review process and, therefore,
may not necessarily reflect the views of the Agency
and no official endorsement should be inferred. |
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