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EPA Rutgers Raritan Data Project

Posted on October 27, 2019 by Sara Malone in Data Portal, News, R&D Page Content, Remediation, Resources, RU on the Raritan, Water Quality

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, […]

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SRRI releases State of the Raritan Report, Volume 2

Posted on June 4, 2019 by Sara Malone in data, Initiative Activities, Johnson Chair, News, Public Access, R&D Posts, R3C News, Remediation, Resources, RU on the Raritan, Stewardship, Water Quality

Rutgers University’s Sustainable Raritan River Initiative has released a second report on the status of watershed health for the Raritan River.  The State of the Raritan Report, Volume 2 continues efforts to update key indicators of water quality and watershed health for the Raritan River basin.  The health of the Raritan basin was originally assessed […]

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History of the Raritan River Timeline

Posted on May 6, 2019 by Sara Malone in data, Initiative Activities, News, Public Access, R&D Posts, R3C News, Remediation, Resources, Resources Page Content, RU on the Raritan, Stewardship, Water Quality

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. […]

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Undergraduate Profiles Water Column for NJDEP Project

Posted on November 3, 2017 by Sara Malone in minigrant, News, R&D Posts, R3C News, Resources, RU on the Raritan, SOTR_StreamIntegrity, Water Quality

This summer, Rutgers undergraduate student Laura Wiltsee, advised by Dr. Josh Kohut, worked with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to produce a profile of the water column at different sites along the Raritan River, as marked on the map (click to view full map). The profiles of the temperature and salinity shown on […]

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Restoring the Manalapan, Video 3

Posted on August 13, 2017 by Sara Malone in News, Resources, RU on the Raritan, Stewardship, Video, Water Quality

The third video in a series on Restoring the Manalapan Brook is now available. This video focuses on shoreline restoration along a lake or pond. Manalapan Lake in Middlesex County’s Thompson Park received an ecological makeover this past fall when 600 feet of bare shoreline were planted with native plants. Early this summer, volunteers came […]

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State of the Raritan Report, Volume 1

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Sara Malone in Johnson Chair, News, R&D Posts, R3C News, Resources, RU on the Raritan, Water Quality

The Sustainable Raritan River Initiative (SRRI) produced Volume 1 of the State of the Raritan Report (Lathrop et al. 2016) to identify trends in key indicators of water quality and watershed health for the Raritan River basin that were originally assessed in the Raritan Basin: Portrait of a Watershed as developed by the New Jersey […]

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Rutgers Raritan River Consortium Summary

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Sara Malone in Resources

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Two States: One Bay Conference Summary is Available

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Sara Malone in 2015 Conference, News, Public Access, Remediation, Resources, Stewardship, Water Quality

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 […]

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Climate Resilient Green Infrastructure for the Raritan Basin

Posted on October 3, 2015 by Sara Malone in News, Resilience, Resources, RU on the Raritan, Water Quality

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) Climate Resilient Green Infrastructure project will lay the foundation to reduce future flooding impacts from impervious surfaces, improve water quality, enhance wildlife habitat, and increase resiliency.  Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Station (NJAES) Water Resources Program will conduct impervious cover assessments and reduction actions plans for communities in the […]

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Raritan Bay Bibliography

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Sara Malone in 2015 Conference, News, Resources

In preparation for our 7th Annual Sustainable Raritan Conference, entitled “Two States: One Bay”, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s Office of Science compiled a selected bibliography of ecological and land use studies of the Raritan Bay.  You can access the bibliography here.

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News

  • R3C Webinars on Recent Raritan Research

  • 2020 and 2021 Raritan River Conferences Canceled

  • Rutgers Raritan River Initiative to partner with NY-NJ Harbor & Estuary Program on Coastal Watershed Grant

  • Influence of biogeochemistry on the availability of toxic metals in iron-replete New Jersey sediment

  • New video on removal of Weston Mill Dam highlights preservation of historic artifacts

  • A Watershed-Based Approach to Flood Hazard Mitigation in the Raritan Region

Click here for more news! and be sure to check out the Calendar for upcoming activities.

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  • World Wetlands Day
    World Wetlands Day
    Starts: 12:00 am
    Ends: February 2, 2023 - 11:59 pm


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    2 February each year is World Wetlands Day. This day marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea.

    Each year since 1997, the Ramsar Secretariat has provided materials to help raise public awareness about the importance and value of wetlands.

    - See more at: http://www.worldwetlandsday.org/about

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  • Stony Brook Regional Sewerage Authority Meeting
    Stony Brook Regional Sewerage Authority Meeting
    Starts: 7:30 pm
    Ends: February 27, 2023 - 9:30 pm

    Location: 290 River Road, Princeton, NJ


    Description:

    Authority Board Meeting Schedule

    ­A RESOLUTION SETTING REGULAR MEETING DATES FOR THE STONY BROOK REGIONAL SEWERAGE AUTHORITY FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2016
    IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT

    Resolution No. 2015-78

    BE IT RESOLVED by the Stony Brook Regional Sewerage Authority:

    That the regular meeting day of the Authority be held on the fourth Monday of each month, except in November, when it will be held on the second Monday, and June and December when the meeting will be held on the third Monday of the month.

    http://www.sbrsa.com/

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  • Somerset Raritan Valley Sewerage Authority
    Somerset Raritan Valley Sewerage Authority
    Starts: 7:30 pm
    Ends: February 27, 2023 - 9:30 pm

    Location: 50 Polhemus Ln, Bridgewater, NJ 08807, USA


    Description:

    Meetings of the Somerset Raritan Valley Sewerage Authority are held the fourth Monday of each month. Meetings are held in the Authority conference room located in the Administrative Office. Open session meetings begin at 7:30 p.m. and there is an opportunity for public participation. Anyone from the public wishing to be heard should arrive promptly for the start of a meeting as the public participation portion is early on the agenda.

    http://srvsa.org/

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