Duke Farms Mini-Conference

The Sustainable Raritan River Mini-Conference

Duke Farms
Coach Barn
Hillsborough

Thursday, December 5, 2013

This conference started with a guided bird walk and ended with a tour of the wetlands restoration work along the Raritan River. Packed in-between were a film on the removal of the Nevius Street Dam and informative workshops covering public access, climate resiliency, regional conservation planning, and wetlands restoration and stormwater.

Mini-Conference Summary
Mini-Conference Agenda
Speakers Biographies

Conference Workshops

Getting Close to the Raritan: Public Access
Raritan River Public Access Overview, Bill Schultz, Raritan Riverkeeper
Current Issues in Public Access, Debbie Mans, NY/NJ Baykeeper
Funding for Public Access in the Raritan Region, Patricia Ruby, Hunterdon Land Trust

What’s the Long-Range Forecast for the Raritan Region?
Climate Projections, Anthony Broccoli, Rutgers Climate Institute
Tools for Assessing Risk and Planning for Resiliency, Richard Lathrop, G.F. Walton Center for Remote Sensing & Spatial Analysis, Rutgers
Climate Resiliency and Communities, Jeanne Herb, Environmental Analysis and Communications Group, E.J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers

Preserving Priority Habitats: From Planning to Project Implementation
Comprehensive Conservation Planning, Anne Heasly, Raritan Piedmont Wildlife Habitat Partnership (RPWHP), and James Waltman, Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association
Stormwater, William Kibler, Raritan Headwaters Association
Restoration, Thom Almendinger, Duke Farms

Videos

Nevius Street Dam Removal
Video 1
Video 2

	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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