RU on the Raritan Conference
Exploring an agenda for Rutgers’ stewardship of the Raritan River, basin and bay
Friday, June 10, 2016, Douglass Student Center, New Brunswick, NJ
8th Annual Sustainable Raritan River Conference
In celebration of Rutgers University’s 250th Anniversary, the conference showcased efforts of Rutgers’ faculty, staff and students, and Collaborative partners in the Raritan Basin, provided a forum for identifying a University-wide agenda for stewardship of the Raritan, and established a network for collaboration among University-based research, extension and outreach-efforts related to the Raritan Basin.
Mark your calendar for next year’s conference: Friday, June 9, 2017.
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Conference Sessions and Presentations
- Water Quality Panel
- Dr. Kristi MacDonald, Groundwater Trend Analysis in the Upper Raritan
- Dr. Robert Chant, Salt water intrusion and controls on sediment transport processes in the Raritan
- Dr. Nicole Fahrenfeld, Emerging contaminants in the Raritan River and Bay
- Dr. Steven Yergeau, EPA/Rutgers Raritan River Data Project
- Biotics and Ecosystems Panel
- Dr. Jean Marie Hartman, Forest Cover and Watershed Function in the Upper Raritan
- Dr. Jennifer Clear, Using Sediment Archives to Guide Wetlands Protection/Restoration in the Raritan Bay
- Kate Boicourt, Fish Ladder Feasibility Study for Weston’s Mill Pond Dams
- Dr. Beth Ravit, Raritan Bay Shoreline Stabilization an Protection Utilizing Eastern Oysters
- Watershed Panel
- Kimberly A. Cenno, NJ Integrated Water Quality Assessment Report for the Raritan
- Michele Bakacs, Manalapan Brook Watershed Management Plan
- Ken Klipstein, Land Acquisition for Water Supply Protection in the Raritan Basin
- Dr. Dan Van Abs, Watershed Education and Stewardship through the Raritan Scholars Program
- People Panel
- Dr. Wolfram Hoefer, Designing Resilient Parks in Perth Amboy
- Dr. Karen Lowrie, Health Impacts of the City of New Brunswick Municipal Public Access Plan
- Erin Stretz, StreamWatch and Citizen Science in the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed
- Frank Wong, Raritan Connections in the Rutgers Facilities Master Plan
- Resilience Panel
- Lisa Auermuller, Getting to Resilience in the City of Perth Amboy
- Dr. Qizhong (George) Guo, Modeling Impacts of Green Infrastructure on Flood Level Reduction for the Raritan River
- Dr. James (Ken) Mitchell, Historic evolution of public and private responses to flooding on the Raritan
- Dr. Christopher C. Obropta, Implementing Green Infrastructure for Stormwater Management in the Raritan
- Next Steps
- Dr. Oscar Schofield, Rutgers future is the Raritan River
- Dr. Richard G. Lathrop, Jr., Sustaining the Raritan River Watershed
- Dr. Oscar Schofield, Rutgers future is the Raritan River
Thanks to our Sponsors
The Sustainable Raritan River Initiative is independently funded. For information about the benefits of sponsorship or to become a sponsor, contact Sara Malone at sjmalone@ejb.rutgers.edu or by calling 848.932.2720. Thank you!