During Spring Semester, 2019, Jenny Schneider, a candidate for the Rutgers Public History Program Certificate (School of Arts and Sciences, Department of History), developed a dynamic historic timeline of major events and happenings around the Raritan region. It is a project we hope to continue to develop in the coming semesters. View the timeline here. […]
history, SAS, Schneider, timelineThe Sustainable Raritan River Initiative (SRRI) produced Volume 1 of the State of the Raritan Report in December 2016 to update key indicators of water quality and watershed health for the Raritan River basin (Lathrop et al. 2016). The indicators in Volume 1 were originally assessed in the Raritan Basin: Portrait of a Watershed as […]
The Reinfelder lab and high school students from Malcolm X Shabazz High School (MXSHS) in Newark, NJ were awarded a Rutgers Raritan River Consortium Mini-grant to conduct field studies of ecoenzymes along the Raritan River Bay. Uptake experiments of the neurotoxic methylmercury (MeHg) into a freshwater phytoplankton using natural river water were conducted to evaluate […]
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The Department of Environmental Protection – in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association and other partners – is removing the obsolete Weston Mill Dam on the Millstone River between Manville and Franklin Township. The removal of the Weston Mill Dam, also known as the […]
A 6-acre former brownfield on the Raritan River in Perth Amboy is being converted into the new 2nd Street Park. The site, previously Harry S. Goldberg and Sons Scrap Metal Recycling property, was acquired by the City of Perth Amboy in 2003. The property contained hazardous materials including, chlorinated volatile organic compounds (VOCs), polycyclic aromatic […]
Eight individuals and organizations received Sustainable Raritan River Awards at the 8th Annual Sustainable Raritan Conference and Awards Ceremony at Rutgers’ Douglass Student Center on Friday, June 10, 2016. “The purpose of these awards is to recognize some of the more creative and impressive accomplishments by genuine leaders throughout the Raritan Watershed,” said Michael Catania, […]
The Two States: One Bay conference, convened on June 12, 2015 by the Sustainable Raritan River Initiative and the New York-New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program, brought together more than 200 representatives from federal, state and local governments, educational institutions, non-profit organizations, and businesses to focus on Raritan Bay. During plenary and working sessions where […]
The EPA Rutgers Raritan River Project was conducted to compile data related to point source and non-point source pollution and Superfund, Brownfield and other contaminated sites into a comprehensive database. In addition, the project developed an interactive tool that assists federal, state, and local stakeholders to make decisions related to environmental cleanup and site reuse, […]
On June 12th, 2015, the New York-New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program and the Sustainable Raritan River Initiative at Rutgers University co-produced a conference about the challenges and opportunities facing the bi-state waters of the Raritan Bay. To set the tone for the conference, the conference producers commissioned a short testimonial video featuring comments by […]
The Sustainable Raritan River Initiative helped launch the Rutgers Raritan River Project in January 2013 with a workshop in The Forum at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy in New Brunswick. This project is nearing completion (September 2015). When done, the Rutgers Raritan data project will provide a comprehensive understanding of […]
