Accepting Nominations for 2019 Sustainable Raritan Awards

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Sara Malone in Event, Initiative Activities, News, R&D Posts, R3C News, Uncategorized

Each year at our Annual Conference we give awards to recognize outstanding achievement in efforts to revitalize our region, restore and protect our resources and promote our area as a premiere place to live, work and raise a family. The Sustainable Raritan Awards were established in 2010 to promote innovation and energize local efforts to […]

Assessing Exposure of Water-Dependent Uses to Coastal Flood Hazards

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Sara Malone in minigrant, News, R3C News, RU on the Raritan, Uncategorized, Water Quality

Water-dependent uses along the New Jersey coast rely on access to the water that increasingly threatens to damage their facilities and support infrastructure in the surrounding community. Mal-adaptive planning strategies to enhance resilience could fail to recognize the interrelated systems of benefits and risks that face water-dependent uses, including the spatial constraints that limit the […]

Bloustein, Campo, Flood, mini-grant, resilience

Take out the Rutgers’ research vessel!

Posted on April 1, 2019 by Sara Malone in News, R3C News, RU on the Raritan, Uncategorized

The R/V Rutgers is back in the water! We are now taking reservations for spring and summer excursions. The Rutgers is capable of supporting a wide range of educational and scientific needs. This fully equipped 20 passenger vessel can navigate through the lower river and estuary, providing passengers with the opportunity to experience the Raritan ecosystem firsthand and participate […]

Students Collect NJDEP Qualified Data on R/V Rutgers

Posted on November 3, 2017 by Sara Malone in minigrant, News, RU on the Raritan, Uncategorized, Water Quality

A new research vessel, R/V Rutgers, has given undergraduate and graduate students from a variety of academic programs at Rutgers the opportunity to get out on the water and learn valuable data collection methods from members of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP). Throughout the months of April, May, and July, Dr. Josh […]

Save the Date – First Consortium Meeting of Academic Year

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Sara Malone in Uncategorized

Join us for lunch and to kick off another great year of working with other Rutgers faculty, staff and students on Raritan related research, academics, community engagement and more. The Rutgers Raritan River Consortium will meet on Monday, October 2nd, at 11:30 am in the Alampi Room of the Marine and Coastal Sciences Building, 71 […]

10th Annual Conference

Posted on June 30, 2017 by Sara Malone in Uncategorized

Save the Date – Friday, June 8, 2018 The 10th Annual Sustainable Raritan Conference and Awards Ceremony All Raritan Stakeholders — Watch this site for information about our 2018 conference.

Tell us about your work on the Raritan

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Sara Malone in Uncategorized

One of the key reasons to develop the Rutgers Raritan River Consortium is to facilitate joint projects and multidisciplinary problem resolution, as well as to facilitate opportunities to share vital resources for work on the Raritan. In order to help us help you, we ask that you take a few minutes to answer some questions […]

	June 2019
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						1 Visual Habitat Assessment with Jon Dugan Visual Habitat Assessment with Jon Dugan Starts: 8:00 am Ends: June 1, 2019 - 5:00 pm Description: June 1 – Visual Habitat Assessment with Jon Dugan! June 1 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Calling all Streamkeepers and Citizen Scientists! Please join us for our June 1 visual habitat assessment training with the LRWP’s Volunteer Monitoring Manager Jon Dugan! (Here’s more on the LRWP’s water quality monitoring programs). This FREE training on Saturday June 1 will run from 9 AM – 1 PM at the Middlesex High School, located at 300 John F Kennedy Dr, Middlesex, NJ 08846 We will start the morning with a lecture indoors, and then get out in the field to test our knowledge of streams and stream habitat. Please wear clothing and footwear that you don’t mind getting wet and dirty. Registration required. Learn more or register at http://lowerraritanwatershed.org/event/save-the-date-visual-habitat-assessment-with-watershed-ambassador-von-scully/ More details... Green Eggs and Sand Workshop Green Eggs and Sand Workshop Starts: 12:00 am Ends: June 2, 2019 - 11:59 pm Description: Educator Workshop June 1-2, 2019 at The Wetlands Institute The Wetlands Institute and NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife are partnering to offer a Green Eggs and Sand workshop. Green Eggs and Sand is a curriculum (developed by Maryland DNR, Delaware Fish & Wildlife and NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife) centered around the horseshoe crab. At the workshop participants learn from experts about the biology of the horseshoe crab, their relationship to shorebirds, their importance to humans, and how the species is managed. Participants also get to run through several of the activities found in the Green Eggs and Sand curriculum, as well as get into the field during peak horseshoe crab spawning. For more information, or to register, please visit NJ Fish and Wildlife: https://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/greeneggs.htm More details... • •
2	3	4 NE Sustainable Communities Workshop NE Sustainable Communities Workshop Starts: 12:00 am Ends: June 4, 2019 - 11:59 pm Description: This year’s theme is “BUILD”ing SUSTAINABLE REDEVELOPMENT: GETTING IN THE OPPORTUNITY ZONE” because new laws invite more investment in brownfields and distressed communities. Northeast Sustainable Communities Workshop (NSCW) on June 4, 2019, in Newark, NJ Learn more about NSCW here > https://www.brownfieldcoalitionne.org/nscw-2019 NSCW is the premier metropolitan workshop on identifying sustainable goals and strategies for revitalizing communities and brownfields. NSCW is like no other conference you've attended. PowerPoint presentations are sparse and image-only; speakers are concise, yet informative; and, there is plenty of time in each session for dialogue between attendees, speakers, and moderators. Come be a part of the conversation! More details... •	5	6	7 Sustainable Raritan River Conference - Save the Date! Sustainable Raritan River Conference - Save the Date! Starts: 12:00 am Ends: June 7, 2019 - 11:59 pm Description: 11th Annual Sustainable Raritan River Conference and Awards Ceremony Friday, June 14, 2019 www.raritan.rutgers.edu or raritan@ejb.rutgers.edu for more information More details... •	8 BioBlitz in New/North Brunswick BioBlitz in New/North Brunswick Starts: 6:00 am Ends: June 8, 2019 - 8:00 pm Description: Save the Date! June 8 BioBlitz in New/North Brunswick June 8 @ 6:00 am - 8:00 pm A BioBlitz is an event that focuses on finding and identifying as many species as possible in a specific area over a short period of time. At a BioBlitz, scientists, families, students, teachers, and other community members work together to get a snapshot of an area’s biodiversity. On June 8 the LRWP and partners including the Americorps Watershed Ambassadors Program, New Brunswick Environmental Commission, North Brunswick Environmental Commission and Elmwood Cemetery will host a day long BioBlitz of Elmwood Cemetery in North Brunswick. Elmwood Cemetery is a special forested habitat refuge nestled between the urban New and North Brunswick communities. The Cemetery was established in 1868 as a “Victorian Garden Cemetery” during the rural cemetery movement, and to this day all of Elmwood’s lanes and paths are lined with evergreens and flowering native trees. Cemetery managers are building on this legacy of careful planning and land protections to secure Arboretum accreditation, which will allow them to further advance the planting, study, and conservation of woody plants and trees in the area. Our May 12 BioBlitz will include public talks by expert naturalists about local natural history, and a chance for the public to work with these experts in an active survey of mammals, fish, plants, insects, aquatic invertebrates, birds and fungi. Registration will open April 1. Learn more at http://lowerraritanwatershed.org/event/save-the-date-june-8-bioblitz-in-new-north-brunswick/ More details... •
9	10	11	12	13 Bayshore Regional Watershed Council Meeting Bayshore Regional Watershed Council Meeting Starts: 8:00 pm Ends: June 13, 2019 - 10:00 pm Location: Hall Place, Hall Pl, Keyport, NJ 07735, USA Description: Monthly Meeting of the Bayshore Regional Watershed Council The watershed council is an all-volunteer organization. Since 2000, we have been dedicated to improving water quality and restoring wildlife habitat along Raritan Bay and Sandy Hook Bay. Please consider joining the watershed council. Membership is always free. We depend on the time and generosity of volunteers for everything we do. Join us for a watershed meeting. Meetings are always informal and a great way to learn about your watershed. We meet the second Thursday of every month at 7:30pm inside Keyport Borough Hall located on Front Street. www.restoreraritanbay.org More details... •	14	15
16	17 Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership Meeting Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership Meeting Starts: 10:00 am Ends: June 17, 2019 - 12:00 pm Description: LRWP June Meeting June 17 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm The LRWP June 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 presentation Americorps Watershed Ambassador Von Sully on “Water Quality Monitoring Findings in Watershed Management Area 9.” 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 sure to bring your ticket to the meeting for validation. Learn more at http://lowerraritanwatershed.org/event/lrwp-june-meeting/ More details... •	18	19	20	21 River Rally by River Network River Rally by River Network Starts: 12:00 am Ends: June 24, 2019 - 11:59 pm Description: River Rally Hosted by River Network June 21 – 24, 2019 \| Cleveland, Ohio River Rally, hosted annually by River Network, is a national conference for river and water champions. Unique in its focus on providing practical education, inspiring courage, and celebrating achievements, River Rally brings together hundreds of people from across the United States and the world who care about rivers and water issues. Join NGO staff and volunteers, academics, agency and foundation representatives, industry innovators, and community leaders for the biggest (and most fun) water-focused event of the year! Visit https://www.rivernetwork.org/events-learning/river-rally/about/ for more information More details... •	22
23	24 Stony Brook Regional Sewerage Authority Meeting Stony Brook Regional Sewerage Authority Meeting Starts: 7:30 pm Ends: June 24, 2019 - 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/ More details... Somerset Raritan Valley Sewerage Authority Somerset Raritan Valley Sewerage Authority Starts: 7:30 pm Ends: June 24, 2019 - 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/ More details... • •	25	26	27	28	29
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