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

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!

Photo Credit: “Rutgers’ women’s rowing team on the Raritan River” by Rutgers Athletics

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5	6	7	8	9 Bayshore Regional Watershed Council Meeting Bayshore Regional Watershed Council Meeting Starts: 8:00 pm Ends: May 9, 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... •	10	11 Stream School Stream School Starts: 9:00 am Ends: May 11, 2019 - 4:30 pm Description: This two day intensive classroom and field workshop will introduce participants to basic stream ecology and water quality monitoring techniques to prepare them for future volunteer monitoring at their local stream. Attendees will learn how to collect and identify benthic macroinvertebrates, a key indicator species used to detect overall stream health. Visual, physical, and habitat monitoring methods will also be taught, with ample time for practice along the stream. If you have any questions, please contact Erin Stretz at estretz@thewatershed.org Thanks, Rachael ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rachael Graham Citizen Science Coordinator US EPA Region 2 Email: Graham.rachael@epa.govPhone: 732-321-4438 Hours: Mon-Thurs 8:30am-6:00pm Every Other Fri 8:30am-5:00pm More details... •
12 Mill Brook Cleanup & LRWP Picnic Mill Brook Cleanup & LRWP Picnic Starts: 10:00 am Ends: May 12, 2019 - 1:30 pm Description: Please join the LRWP, our Americorps Watershed Ambassador Von Scully, Trash Troubadour Dave Seamon, and community partners including the Highland Park Environmental Commission, City of Highland Park, Reformed Church of Highland Park, Sustainable Highland Park, Highland Park Ecology and Environmental Group, Highland Park High School Environmental Club, Edison Environmental Commission, Middlesex County Parks & Recreation Conservation Corps and others for a multi-site clean-up of Mill Brook, culminating in a community celebration in Johnson Park (Grove 2)! (see here for a pdf version of our flyer to share: Mill Brook Flyer-compressed) WHAT: a clean-up of Mill Brook (Highland Park and Edison), followed by a community picnic and celebration WHEN: Sunday May 12, 2019 10:00 AM to noon – clean-up of multiple sites. 12-1:30 pm community gathering / picnic in Johnson Park, Grove 2 WHERE: Please register for one of three teams: Team Johnson Park (park near Grove 2, Cedar Lane): coordinated by the Middlesex County Parks & Recreation Conservation Corps Team Bridge & Culvert (meet in Johnson Park near Grove 2, Cedar Lane): coordinated by the Mill Brook Streamkeeper and Highland Park Ecology and Environmental Group Team John Marshall Elementary School (15 Cornell Street, Edison, NJ): coordinated by the Highland Park High School Environmental Club and friends Everyone is welcome to join us in Johnson Park for a community celebration and picnic from 12-1:30 PM. We will provide some foodstuffs (sandwiches, chips) and beverages to share. Please bring chairs, picnic blankets and your favorite picnic treats! Want to learn more about Mill Brook? Check out LRWP Streamkeeper Susan Edmunds’ StoryMap photo tour of this fascinating waterway. Mill Brook: Portrait of an Urban Stream tells the story Mill Brook, a tributary of the Raritan running through Edison and Highland Park. More details... Stream School Stream School Starts: 9:00 am Ends: May 12, 2019 - 4:30 pm Description: This two day intensive classroom and field workshop will introduce participants to basic stream ecology and water quality monitoring techniques to prepare them for future volunteer monitoring at their local stream. Attendees will learn how to collect and identify benthic macroinvertebrates, a key indicator species used to detect overall stream health. Visual, physical, and habitat monitoring methods will also be taught, with ample time for practice along the stream. If you have any questions, please contact Erin Stretz at estretz@thewatershed.org Thanks, Rachael ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rachael Graham Citizen Science Coordinator US EPA Region 2 Email: Graham.rachael@epa.govPhone: 732-321-4438 Hours: Mon-Thurs 8:30am-6:00pm Every Other Fri 8:30am-5:00pm More details... • •	13	14	15	16	17	18 Duke Island Park walking tour Duke Island Park walking tour Starts: 9:00 am Ends: May 18, 2019 - 11:00 am Description: Watershed Highlights: Duke Island Park walking tour May 18 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am Join LRWP Board Member Professor David Tulloch as he leads our second “Watershed Highlights and Hidden Streams” walking tour of 2019! Professor Tulloch will help us connect the old constructed landscapes of the canal at Duke Island County Park through a new greenway that has been developed along the Raritan and crosses over into the Duke Farms properties. Many area residents are likely familiar with individual pieces of these recreation spaces. Fewer have made the walk to connect them all. That’s what we’ll do from 9-11 AM on Saturday May 18. Learn more or register at http://lowerraritanwatershed.org/event/watershed-highlights-duke-island-park-walking-tour/ More details... •
19	20 Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership Meeting Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership Meeting Starts: 10:00 am Ends: May 20, 2019 - 12:00 pm Description: LRWP May Meeting May 20 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm The LRWP May 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 by Professor Emilie Stander and Stryker Schultz, Raritan Valley Community College, and Ayesha Dolasa, CDM Smith, on the topic: “mycoremediation.” 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-may-meeting/ More details... •	21	22	23	24	25
26	27 Stony Brook Regional Sewerage Authority Meeting Stony Brook Regional Sewerage Authority Meeting Starts: 7:30 pm Ends: May 27, 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: May 27, 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... • •	28	29	30	31