Hackensack Spring 2020, Volume XXIII, Issue 1

® TIDELINESTIDELINESHackensackRIVERKEEPER — Celebrating over twenty years of clean water advocacy. NJ Legislature Shows Little Environmental Leadership in 2019 A Few Environmental Wins Do Not Make for Environmental Champions in Trenton

By Captain Bill Sheehan the most recent one in Trenton re- they did manage to pass a few There are times when the Leg- ally make that sentiment hit home unequivocally positive bills that islature is characterized as a place for NJ’s environmentalists. The serve to protect and preserve our where great ideas for good laws go NJ Senate and Assembly closed waterways and ensure equitable to get sliced, diced, amended, cut the 2019 session in mid-January access to those waters. However, off at the knees and (maybe) get but our pronounced disappoint- they fell far short of being the reconstituted into shallow versions ment over their inability to pass environmental champions we had of the original intent. Sessions like solid, bipartisan environmental hoped for… bills hasn’t lessened. In fairness,

Environmental Wins S-1074 The Public Right of Access S-1073 The Clean Stormwater and to Waterways and Beaches Flood Reduction Act After a long and challenging battle, we finally got We got the forward-thinking Stormwater Utilities the Public Access Law for which we spent years Bill passed, a huge step forward in providing the advocating. It passed both houses by overwhelm- tools necessary to combat stormwater issues. It ing margins (71-7-2 in the Assembly and 35-0 took fourteen months to pass both chambers on in the Senate) and was signed by Governor Phil January 31, 2019 and be signed into law by the Murphy on May 3, 2019. New Jerseyans’ right governor on March 18. Despite being unfairly to access the state’s natural resources including ridiculed as a “rain tax”, the new law authorizes beaches and waterfronts is NJ State Law. Based towns, counties and regional entities to establish firmly on the tenets of the Public Trust Doctrine, stormwater utilities to fund much-needed im- we have the right to enjoy those natural amenities provements to stormwater infrastructure. Similar and cannot be denied access by developers and/or agencies have already been established and are major property owners. on the job in over forty states; many of which are seeing positive results and improvements.

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Inside Passaic River Eco-Cruises 13 At the Helm 2 Watershed Field Notes 14 State Legislature Passed Fluff 4 Thank You to Donors 17 Real Science 6 Ambassador Update 30 Spotlight 8 World Series of Birding 29 Volunteers in Space 9 Spring Plastic Pledge 31 Eco-Program Schedule 10 Upcoming Events 32 Page 2 Hackensack Tidelines-Spring 2020

231 Main Street Hackensack, NJ 07601-7304 Phone: (201) 968-0808 Fax: (201) 968-0336 Hotline: 1-877-CPT-BILL At Captainthe Bill H Sheehanelm [email protected] www.hackensackriverkeeper.org Board of Trustees Another Historic Day in the Rob Gillies, President Dr. Beth Ravit, Secretary Meadowlands. Brendan Reskakis , Treasurer And Hackensack Riverkeeper was – and IS – Craig M. Dorsett Susan L. Golden there every step of the way Susan Gordon At a Special Hearing on tections, takes sea level rise and Virginia Korteweg Ivan Kossak, CPA February 6, 2020 another major climate change into account, and William R. Leggett milestone in the long saga of the takes a new proactive approach Kelly G. Palazzi Meadowlands was reached when to toward restoring and enhanc- Honorary Trustees the NJ Sports and Exposition ing the District’s wildlife habitats. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Authority unanimously approved I also used my time to urge the William “Pat” Schuber its 2020 Update of the 2004 Dis- agency to keep moving forward Executive Director trict Master Plan. In process for and that “while a unanimous vote Captain Bill Sheehan, Hackensack Riverkeeper about five years, the updated plan isn’t necessary, it would speak builds on groundbreaking work volumes”. And so it did. done by the then-NJ Meadowlands Of course the hearing wasn’t HRI Staff Commission that secured official all sunshine and rainbows, with Hugh Carola, Program Director protection for the region’s 8,400 a healthy dose of last-minute op- Caitlin Doran, Outreach Coordinator Jodi Jamieson, Project Manager acres of wetlands and adjacent position, which Captain Hugh ac- Michele Langa, Staff Attorney waterways. The 2020 document curately referred to in his remarks Mike Panos, Donor Relations both upholds those protections and as, “attempts to kick the (Master Lisa Vandenberg, Office Manager makes appropriate changes that Plan) can down the road,” being Russ Wilke, Paddle Center Manager help facilitate ongoing redevelop- aired. There was also some vigor- g ment in non-wetland areas. ous questioning of NJSEA staff by As the public comment period several commissioners, including Jodi Jamieson, Managing Editor began, I was among the first to former Bergen County Republican Hugh Carola, Copy Editor offer remarks to the NJSEA’s Chairman Robert Yudin, one of We gladly accept submissions of articles, Board of Commissioners, headed the board’s more vocal members. photography and advertisements from by CEO (and former NJ Assem- After everyone had their oppor- the community; however, we retain edito- rial discretion. We do not necessarily en- bly Speaker) Vincent Prieto and tunity to have their comments dorse any individual or company whose Chairman John Ballantyne. As entered into the record, Chairman advertisements are found in these pages. I’d been intimately involved in the Ballantyne called for the vote at Hackensack Tidelines original negotiations that led to about 12:30PM. One by one the is published quarterly on the historic 2004 Master Plan, and commissioners voted yes. recycled paper. Riverkeeper is a registered trademark and been continuously engaged since, Fifteen years ago on January 8, service mark of Riverkeeper, Inc. and is I had a unique perspective to share 2004 moments after then-NJMC licensed for use herein. with those on the dais. I thanked Chairwoman Susan Bass Levin Waterkeeper is a registered trademark and service mark of Waterkeeper Alliance, Inc. them and their staff for creating presided over that first unanimous and is licensed for use herein. a document that maintains pro- Continued on page 29 Hackensack Tidelines-Spring 2020 Page 3

Environmental Wins continued from page 1

S874/A1212 S258/A839 S2314/ The Global Warming A3723 Response Act

This legislation fully reestab- This legislation prohibits off- This act requires 50% of the lishes New Jersey’s participa- shore fossil fuel-related develop- state’s energy to come from tion in the Regional Green- ment (exploration, production, clean renewable energy by house Gas Initiative (RGGI), etc.) in state waters up to three 2030. This is a giant step from which former Governor miles out to sea. toward kicking NJ’s fossil fuel Christie pulled NJ. habit sooner than later.

Environmental Shortfalls

S-2776 “The Plastics Ban” S-3357 “The Liberty State S-1883/ “The Oil Train Park Protection Act” A-3783 Safety Bill”

This bill would prohibit the This bill would establish the This bill would require the own- provision or sale of single-use Liberty State Park Advisory er or operator of certain trains plastic carryout bags, single- Committee and requirements to have discharge response, use paper carryout bags, and concerning DEP actions related cleanup, and contingency plans polystyrene foam food service to Liberty State Park. It passed to transport certain hazardous products; as well as limit the the Senate 21-13 but died in the materials by rail; requires NJ provision of single-use plastic Assembly. DOT to request bridge inspec- straws. It passed the Senate 21- tion reports from US DOT. It 14 but was not posted and died passed the Senate 26-13 (June in the Assembly. 2018) but died in the Assembly after eighteen months of com- mittee wrangling. Had this passed, it would have Had it passed, this would have Had this third version of the been America’s most compre- prevented future attempts to bill – originally introduced in hensive single-use plastics ban. build or otherwise facilitate 2015 – passed, it would have Despite support from the NJ for-profit development within required rail operators that Food Council – which helped the park’s borders. The pro- transport hazardous cargoes craft the legislation – Assem- posed legislation was a strong, like Bakken crude oil to have bly Speaker Craig Coughlin inspired response to billion- discharge response, cleanup, (D-19) refused to post the bill aire Paul Fireman’s attempt and contingency plans. Those for the chamber to consider. to secure a lease from the NJ plans would be available only Speculation is that the inclusion Department of Environmental to state, county and local First of paper bags was the “poison Protection to expand his Liberty Responders and other appro- pill” that doomed it. While National Golf Course onto the priate agencies; not the general twenty-one senators get to pat park’s 21-acre Caven Point public. Unfortunately, this bill themselves on the back for section. What should have been again failed to make its way passing S-2776, their Assembly a public-lands-protection no- through the Legislature. colleagues dropped the ball and brainer instead devolved into an failed to secure a plastic-free unnecessary political stalemate. future for the Garden State.

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Enviro Leadership 2019 The more of us that make the effort, the harder it is for continued from page3 them to ignore. It’s time that our leaders get down to At the end of the day, it is high time to hold our the business of protecting New Jersey’s environment elected officials accountable for the issues that mat- – something the vast majority of New Jerseyans want ter most. We can make our voices and the issues that them to do. drive us loud and clear by reaching out to our local Our environment cannot speak for itself and relies and state level officials and telling them exactly what on us to speak on its behalf; let’s not let it down by fail- you want them to do to earn or keep your support. ing to do so with the passion and vigor it deserves.

2019 Legislature Passed Way More Fluff Than Substance Senate and Assembly kicked the can down the road on hard and easy stuff alike By Hugh M. Carola • Clean Vehicle Task Force (S- tions on electric school bus sizes I doubt 24 hours had passed 1793) Passed the Senate (34-4). and allowed their overall width from the conclusion of the 2018- Would have established a Clean to be increased from 96 to 106 19 New Jersey Legislative session Vehicle Task Force to address inches. until the time our colleagues at and make recommendations All six passed either unanimous- the NJ League of Conservation about clean vehicle issues in NJ; ly or with strong bipartisan support, Voters (www.njlcv.org) released • Fracking Wastewater Prohibition with practically zero controversy. their 2019 Legislative Scorecard. (S-678/A-1329) Passed by the After all, it’s not as though there At first glance, it looks pretty good Senate (31-5). Would have pro- are PRO-fracking or an ANTI-safe with most senators and Assembly hibited the treatment, discharge, drinking water constituencies in members’ 2019 scores matching disposal, application, or storage the state. So, the question remains: or besting their lifetime records. of fracking wastewater – all of Why? What was it about these bills However, the closer one looks, a which contains harmful, toxic that scared off the Assembly? few red flags pop up. Here’s what chemicals; Among the bills that were I mean: • Fracking Wastewater and the passed by both houses and signed, While the NJLCV scored Delaware River Basin (SCR-150) one had virtually no direct en- twenty Senate votes, only four- Passed the Senate 33-2. Would vironmental benefit (Automatic teen Assembly votes were re- have urged the Governor to Voter Registration), one had a viewed. The reason was that six block proposed rules permit- very narrow scope in our heav- bills passed by the Senate and ting import of wastewater from ily-developed state (Prescribed referred to the lower chamber for hydraulic fracturing into Dela- Burning), one simply authorized consideration went nowhere. The ware River Basin (watershed) what the voters already approved appropriate Assembly committees and export of water from there (Corporate Business Tax Revenue took them up but either didn’t vote for fracking. It also would have Allocation for Open Space), and them out; or if they did, Speaker banned fracking in basin; one was more health-oriented Craig Coughlin (D-19) did not than environmental (Extended the post the bills for a vote. The six in • Resolution concerning the NJ Smoke-Free Air Act to pro- question were: interstate gas pipelines (SCR- hibit smoking on public beaches). • One-hour Boil Water Notices 118/ACR-154) Passed the Sen- Regarding the last one, fewer butts (S-1242) Passed the Senate unani- ate (30-3). Would have urged on the beach is a good thing, but mously. Would have required the President and Congress to be sure to keep your flip-flops on public water companies to notify hold pipeline companies to New in the parking lot! the mayor and municipality via Jersey’s more stringent public Of all the NJLCV-tracked telephone and email within one safety standards in our state; bills, only one was considered hour of a Boil Water Emergency • Electric School Bus Bill (S-721) anti-environmental: S-150, the with notice and detailed report of Passed the Senate unanimously. Partial Disclosure, or “Dark Mon- where and who is affected; Would have altered current regula- ey” bill”. All 501C(4) nonprofits Hackensack Tidelines-Spring 2020 Page 5 involved in policy and lobbying the 2019 Legislative season, while left to us by the inspired visionar- work are now required to disclose not exactly a joke, was nowhere ies who once sat where the people their donors. LCV opposed it near what it could have been. The who can’t even get it together to because it places no new disclo- Trump administration repeatedly pass an Electric School Bus bill sure standards on corporations or reverses hard-fought hard-won now sit. Will it be a heavy lift? trade organizations; and “severely environmental protections at the Yes. Will the more entrenched impacts nonprofits’ ability to fight federal level; therefore, it is critical Trenton insiders patronize you? against corporate interests”. To the to the protection of our environ- Probably. But will it be worth it? consternation of our colleagues ment that our state legislators hold Hell, yes! in 501C(4) groups, it passed both the line here in New Jersey – and Here’s how to get cracking: Go chambers unanimously. hold it at all costs. to: www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/ To be honest, the new law Yet the Assembly couldn’t legsearch.asp. On the right side affects only the small handful of even vote on a bill to give you fast of the page, click on Municipality. “enviros” that actively lobby and notice of a Boil Water Notice? On the resultant page, scroll down endorse/oppose candidates for While members of both chambers to your town (which includes your elected office. They include the congratulate themselves for a pro Legislative District number) and Sierra Club, NJ Outdoor Alliance, forma vote on Open Space alloca- click on it. Then, click on the link Recreational Fishing Alliance, tion and a meaningless resolution for your district and there they are: Clean Water Action (formerly NJ against the EPA? Nothing but names, addresses, phone numbers Environmental Federation) and empty actions. and email contact forms. Write, NJLCV. In contrast, the vast ma- Once again it is up to us – the call or click and say, “Hi, my jority of green groups in our state passionate citizens of New Jer- name is X and I’m your constitu- are, like Hackensack Riverkeeper, sey – to step up, speak up, and if ent. I want you to know that I care 501C(3) organizations to which necessary act up in the defense of deeply about…” And that’s how the new law does not apply. So… clean water, access rights, habitat real advocacy gets started and real Our point in all of this is that protections and the natural legacy advocates are made. Let’s go! Page 6 Hackensack Tidelines-Spring 2020 Real Science for Real People A Brief Story of Water Quality Monitoring in the Lower Hackensack River

Francisco Artigas escape boat owners who docked quality problem began on a hot If you tell friends and fam- their boats at marinas in the lower August day in 1970 when Drs. ily that you’ve been swimming Hackensack because barnacles and Edward MacNamara and George in the lower Hackensack River other marine growth couldn’t sur- Potera from Lehigh University they’ll most likely take two steps vive there to foul the boats’ hulls. “walked across the Meadowlands back, maybe three if they were The other part of the story marshes” as they described it. old enough to remember firsthand that makes people wary of tak- With knee-high boots and note- the water quality problems of the ing a dive in the Hackensack is books in hand they headed out to 1950s and 60s. the presence of heavy metals critically evaluate the water and Drinking water is not mined like mercury; along with herbi- the ecological condition of the anywhere in the Meadowlands cides and pesticides. Mercury newly-delineated Meadowlands District. The concern for water has always been a problem in the District. quality is for recreational use Meadowlands, especially in the What they observed that day and to protect wildlife. The river Berry’s Creek subwatershed where were tall grass marshlands that worked hard during the Industrial marshlands intercepted mercury provided food, habitat, nesting Revolution – and for many years draining from nearby “recovery and breeding space for an abun- afterward – and suffered severe and reprocessing” facilities during dant variety of avian, terrestrial degradation at every level. The much of the 20th Century. Those and aquatic organisms. They also flow of freshwater was sig- places recycled batteries, medi- noted that coastal wetlands with nificantly reduced in 1922 by the cal instruments, thermometers, their tall grasses, mudflats, and construction of the Oradell Dam. and numerous types of industrial creeks are natural buffers to Animal waste and the effluent equipment. It’s estimated that over coastal communities from storms from ten sewage treatment plants forty years in Berry’s Creek alone, and flooding. The information in compounded the problem. Pork more than 200 tons of mercury the field notes provided evidence processing waste was a particular was discharged directly into the to conclude that at under all the issue, as were dyes dumped from estuary’s waterways. On a brighter rubble, the fragmented Meadow- textile plants and runoff from note and backed by the EPA, well- lands estuary of the early 1970s exposed municipal landfills. funded pollution cleanup efforts was not a gigantic landfill as many Those were also the main are finally underway to correct the thought, but a highly impaired – sources of nitrogen and fecal coli- mercury problems of the past. yet still functioning – ecosystem. form bacteria. Too much nitrogen The 1940s-80s were times How do you design a water promotes algae growth that leads during which the eggs of Ospreys quality monitoring program for to low oxygen levels and fish kills. and other fish-eating birds could such a complex and dynamic sys- Some strains of fecal coliform not hatch live birds because of the tem? It’s a 32.4 square-mile area bacteria can cause severe sickness pesticide DDT. Before the Clean where the tides partially replace in humans. Their mere presence Water Act, there were few, if any the water of the estuary twice a shows that other disease-causing regulations regarding its use and day; where 6,900,000,000 gallons organisms may be lurking in the also a poor understanding of the of water move up the Hackensack water. Official reports from the new pesticides and herbicides that River with each incoming tide – a 1970s show that in some parts were being used. The stuff was volume that would fill MetLife of the estuary, dissolved oxygen everywhere. Many places where Stadium to the rim eight times averaged zero over 5 years – such chemicals were produced, over. which meant that nothing could stored and recycled became EPA- Science came to the rescue survive in its anoxic environment. listed Superfund sites. in the form of John Teal from The lack of aquatic life did not Work to start solving the water the Woods Hole Oceanographic Hackensack Tidelines-Spring 2020 Page 7

10.00 Institute and Dr. Richard Trattner 9.00 from the New Jersey Institute of 8.00 Technology. Together and under 7.00 the then-Hackensack Meadow- lands Development Commission 6.00 (HMDC) they devised a plan. The 5.00 strategy was to sample at various 4.00 locations and repeat the sampling seasonally and sample for an 3.00 extended period. The program (mg/L) Oxygen Disolved 2.00 Average DO would have two purposes: first, to 1.00 HR 1 - HR5 for serve as a basis in which to base one Year the land use planning that would 0.00 later guide the development of the Meadowlands District and second, to establish a base-line for future comparisons as well as to us? For starters, there has been since the 1970s. Progress is real identify emerging environmental a steady increase in salinity as a and it’s thanks to individuals who problems. result of more freshwater diverted believed that (and I borrow the Back then, Chester “Chet” to drinking water and the effect lyrics from a jazz song) “what Mattson was named Project Man- of sea-level rise. It’s even more seems to be need not be”. Orga- ager on behalf of the HMDC and concerning to see that salinity nizations like Hackensack River- worked under Director William D. increased faster in the last five keeper, New York/New Jersey McDowell. It’s because of Chet’s years compared to the last ten. We Baykeeper, the New Jersey Sports written records and reports that we also see a significant and steady and Exposition Authority, and know this story. Sampling started decrease in heavy metal concen- MERI through Rutgers Universi- in earnest in the summer of 1971 trations of Copper, Cadmium, ty-Newark are all involved in find- with eleven sampling stations. The Chromium, Zinc, Nickel, Lead, ing a solution to the problem. effort was headed by Dr. Trattner’s and – of course – Mercury. Finally, I praise the foresight lab at NJIT. Students in their Similarly, E. coli, a main pub- of the scientists that preceded us junior year spent their summers lic health concern, has also seen for establishing the monitoring sampling at the different pre- a steady decline because of better program. The ongoing measure- established locations, and in some sewage treatment. On the other ments help us better comprehend cases spent up to 14 hours a day in hand, Nitrite, the main source of the consequences of our busy the field. nitrogen to the system, is increas- lives and measure the improve- Having water quality datasets ing. The five-year (2014-2019) ments that result from our deci- that go back thirty+ years shows average concentration in the water sions and actions. Aquatic life is clear trends over time. With the column is 3.9 mg-N/L, which back to the river. This summer a prospects of sea-level rise and exceeds the “poor water quality boat owner that keeps his boat at climate change, it’s important to threshold” of 0.5 mg-N/L several the River Barge Park marina in understand what the data is saying times. Carlstadt was complaining of the and find ways to respond to the While substantial challenges bushels of barnacles, shellfish and coming changes. still remain, conditions in the other critters he had to scrape off So, what is the data collected water column of the lower Hack- the hull of his boat. Not a bad over the past thirty years telling ensack River have truly improved thing I’d say. Page 8 Hackensack Tidelines-Spring 2020 SPOT Volunteer-of-the-Year Anton Getz Talks Trash LIGHT By Caitlin Doran As often as possible, we like to shine a spotlight on an individual doing great work to support the mission of Hackensack Riverkeep- er and a cleaner, healthier Hacken- sack River Watershed. In “light” of the fact that Anton Getz has just been honored as one of our 2019 Volunteers of the Year, we thought – who better to acknowledge than this awesome, new-ish member of our volunteer corps, who really “gets” the job done! 1. How and when did you first hear about Hacken- sack Riverkeeper? Anton “Getz” it done at our Oradell Reservoir Cleanup! I first heard about Hackensack Riverkeeper in the spring of 2017. the expense of the environment, Caitlin motivated and optimistic A “junk” email came through at using the excuse that “trees don’t over a long cleanup season – she work for an environmental-related pay taxes”. Someone needs to be looks forward to those big group cause and Hackensack Riverkeep- the environmental defender, and photos at the end of every cleanup! er was a sponsor / supporter of the Hackensack Riverkeeper does that. 5. Please share a personal event. The logo was eye-catching, 3. What is your personal vi- experience or anecdote from so I clicked on it. I saw all these sion for our river? your time as a Hackensack great pictures of water-related My vision is for the river to Riverkeeper Volunteer. programs Hackensack Riverkeeper be respected and admired. I want At the very upper end of Or- organized, including the River people to see the river – not the NJ adell Reservoir, at a cleanup this Cleanup program. Caitlin was pic- Turnpike, Pulaski Skyway nor the past year, my canoe partner and I tured with a bullhorn at a cleanup Northeast Corridor – as the heart came back to shore with a full boat and I thought, “that’s the kind of of Bergen and Hudson counties, of trash, piled as high as could be. person I could follow!” but the Hackensack River. We were greeted by what I’ll call 2. What is it about River- 4. Do you feel your support is “the trash paparazzi”, volunteers keeper’s work that resonates making a difference? How? snapping pictures left and right. with you? Just do the math: a dumpster of Who would have known that trash Hackensack Riverkeeper gives trash x forty-one cleanups per year in a boat could be so enthrall- a voice to the silent - the fish, the = hundreds of dumpsters of trash ing? We didn’t do it for the glitz crabs, the egrets, the herons, the removed from the river over just a or glamour – we were just being turtles - all the creatures who call few years. Even though I can only practical! We simply didn’t want the river ecosystem home and make a handful of cleanups and to paddle back out again to pick up depend on it being clean to sur- other events each year, the results a second boatload. Takeaway: do vive. Far too often, even today, I see are awe-inspiring. I also it right the first time, and you’ll be municipalities will choose devel- like to think that I am somewhat rewarded with fame (but probably opment over preservation, often at personally responsible for keeping not fortune)! Hackensack Tidelines-Spring 2020 Page 9 Volunteers in Space To the Elks Lodge – and beyond!

By Caitlin Doran Just under 100 volunteers gathered at the Bergen- field Elks on February 6 to celebrate a banner year of volunteer-led initiatives in 2019, like river cleanups, outreach events, and a first-ever litter survey of the watershed. In between chowing down on spaghetti and meateorites, unidentified frying objects, eclipse Caitlin and Captain Bill present Bill Meier and Anton cookies and Moon Pies, volunteers jammed out to Getz, two-thirds of our Volunteers-of-the-Year, with the a playlist that included Space Oddity, Life on Mars, prestigious Lisa G. Ryan Award. Charlie Stelling was busy Walkin’ on the Sun, and other cosmic hits and tried making his “rotations” around the room! their luck at everyone’s favorite thrifty tricky tray. All were “star struck” when we announced our Volunteer of the Year Award recipients, Anton Getz, Bill Meier, and Charlie Stelling. All three have made big impacts to the watershed and to Riverkeeper, cleaning up the reservoirs, the river, and The Mead- owlands. And Bill and Charlie have spent count- less hours making our IT and database systems (the means by which we are able to stay connected to so many people) hum. Always going above and And those costumes! We had aliens, Trekkies, beyond, Team Gillies brings Wookies, astronauts, “Open Space”, and Space Force new meaning to the phrase – all out in full force! Who knew our volunteers “Extraterrestrials.” “clean up so good”? It was a nice change of pace from Jeff Raskin represent- cleanup season, where most of us are mud-splattered, ing “Open Space”.. sunscreen-slathered, layered-up, and dressed-down. The Volunteer Appreciation Night always precedes our program seasons announcement, wherein we pub- lish our upcoming season’s cleanups, events, and other Mayors Emeriti Ray initiatives, at which we are always looking for more Cywinski, Norman volunteers. We can’t wait to see you all in 2020, and Schmelz, and John thanks for being so generous with your time in 2019. Birkner join us under Our volunteers are truly out of this world! the stars

The Bogerts representing our newest military Bartender Gregg Bucino, serving Caitlin poses with Volunteer branch: Space Force! up Tang and other liquid astronaut Super Star, Veronica Leone refreshment! Page 10 Hackensack Tidelines-Spring 2020 OUR 2020 ECO-PROGRAM SEASON Once again, we’ve got plenty of opportunities for you, your family, friends and colleagues to get out on the river. We’re offering forty-three Open Eco-Cruis- es, plus twelve Moonlight Guided Paddles out of Laurel Hill Park, and ten Community River Cleanups. So check it all out, give us a call (or click) and meet us at the river. We know you’ll love it! © Jonathan Green © Jonathan 2020 Eco-Cruises

OPEN ECO-CRUISES: PRIVATE ECO-CRUISES: COMBINATION PROGRAMS: Open (public) Eco-Cruises are Private group Eco-Cruises for Combination Environmental open to individuals, couples, etc. large groups can be arranged for Education programs can be ar- NEW! You can now register for any available date/time other than ranged for school, Scout and them online. Visit the Eco-Cruise those listed below. Adult (up to 10 camp groups of up to 30 persons. page on our website; click the link persons max per boat) and Youth “Combos” include a pair of 1.5- for the trip you want and register (up to 15 persons max per boat) hour Eco-Cruises backed with via eventbrite. OR if you prefer, trips can be conducted May thru age-appropriate landside activities call us at 201-968-0808 to reserve October. Call Captain Hugh at over a 3-4 hour period. Call Capt. your seat(s). 201-968-0808 to book. Hugh for more details.

PLEASE NOTE: 100% of every program-related donation we receive supports environmental education and clean water advo- cacy – and is 100% tax-deductible. Info about donations is available online or by speaking with Capt. Hugh or any staffperson.

WE OFFER THREE DIFFERENT ECO-CRUISE ITINERARIES MEADOWLANDS DISCOVERY (M) BOATING THROUGH BERGEN (B) EXCURSION AROUND THE BAY (E) The original Hackensack River Travel from the southern Mead- We motor down the Hackensack environmental education tour! owlands to the heart of Hack- River to Newark Bay, passing Watch wildlife, explore wetlands ensack following the route once busy Ports Newark & Elizabeth, and learn all about the natural traveled by schooners carrying to Staten Island, NY. On the way and human history of the Hack- cargo to and from Bergen County back we explore the Bayonne ensack Meadowlands. Bring your a century ago. Plus we’ll see Bayshore, home to many parks binoculars and cameras! some great birds along the way. and unique historic sites.

2020 Open Eco-Cruise Schedule Sat May 2 Noon M Fri July 2 6PM B Sun Aug 23 5PM M Sat May 9 Noon B Mon July 6 6PM M Sat Aug 29 5PM M Sun May 10 Noon M Wed July 8 6PM E Sun Aug 30 5PM E Sun May 10 3PM M FriI July 10 6PM M Sat May 16 10PM M Tue July 14 6PM B Sat Sept 5 5PM E Sat May 23 5PM E Thu July 16 6PM B Sun Sept 6 5PM M Sun May 24 5PM M Mon July 20 6PM E Sat Sept 12 3PM B Sun May 31 5PM E Wed July 22 6PM M Sun Sept 13 2PM E Tue July 28 6PM M Sat Sept 19 3PM M Sun June 7 6PM M Sat Sept 26 Noon M Sat June 13 5PM B Sun Aug 2 10PM M Sun Sept 27 Noon E Sun June 14 6PM E Wed Aug 5 6PM M Thu June 18 6PM B Tue Aug 11 6PM M Sat Oct 3 Noon M Tue June 23 6PM E Sat Aug 15 5PM B Sun Oct 4 Noon E Tue June 30 6PM E Sun Aug 16 5PM B Sat Oct 10 Noon M Sat Aug 22 5PM E Sun Oct 11 Noon B Hackensack Tidelines-Spring 2020 Page 11 Overpeck Park Kayak Center, Teaneck, NJ Spend an enjoyable time paddling Last rentals are 2 hours before the calm, quiet waters of Over- closing. peck Lake. With neither tides nor Program donation: $20 per pad- currents, Overpeck is the perfect dler for up to two hours; $10 per paddling destination for novices, paddler for each additional hour. families, and the out-of-practice. Reservations are not required but Center Manager Russ Wilke can you can call the Center (201-957- also arrange an adult or youth 3085) to check on conditions & group paddle; call Captain Hugh at boat availability. • Children 8-12 yrs. can paddle 201-968-0808 for more details. Overpeck Notes: a TANDEM KAYAK or CANOE CANOE & KAYAK RENTALS • Rentals can only be arranged by with an adult in the rear seat. Starting April 17, the Center is an adult, 18 or older. • Children 5-8 yrs. ride FREE as open Mon. & Fri. 10AM-6PM; • Children 12 yrs. and up can a CANOE passenger with two and weekends 9AM-7PM. Starting paddle a SINGLE KAYAK when adult paddlers. (two max) on Fathers Day, it will be open accompanied on the water by a • All Paddling is weather 7 days a week for the summer. parent or adult guardian. permitting.

Paddling Center @ Laurel Hill Park, Secaucus, NJ Head out with a friend(s) or join DAYTIME GUIDED PADDLES THERE’S MORE a guided tour and explore the On almost every Sunday from You can now reserve boats via Sawmill Creek Marsh, Ander- May 17 thru September 13 we’ll eventbrite for Saturday rentals. son Creek Marsh & other great be leading two trips a day – at No guides, just a nice head start. wildlife areas. Treat yourself to 9AM and Noon – focusing on Laurel Hill Notes: a heron’s eye view of our amaz- either birds or the Meadowlands • Rentals can only be arranged ing urban wilderness – the real itself. There are thirty-six in all. by an adult, 18 or older. Meadowlands! Check the list on our Website for • All paddlers MUST be the trip that’s best for you. Just 16 years or older. CANOE & KAYAK RENTALS • All boats MUST have The Center is open weekends and one more way we’ll get to see one adult aboard. holidays 9AM-7PM and rents YOU at the river! • We cannot accommodate boats to parties of 2 or more from Registration: Visit the Paddling children under age 7. April 18 through mid-October. page on our website, scroll down, • All Paddling is weather permitting. Last rentals are at 3PM. click the link for the trip Call 201-920-4746 to check on you want & register via conditions and boat availability. eventbrite It’s just $30 2020 Moonlight Paddle Schedule Donations: $25 per paddler/ $15 per per paddler; $15 per @ Laurel Hill Park canoe passenger for up to 4 hours. paddler with your own Thu May 7 7:30PM Full Moon boat(s). Call Capt. Hugh Fri May 8 7:30PM Post-full Moon MOONLIGHT PADDLES at 201-968-0808 with Bring a headlamp and explore the Thu June 4 8PM Pre-full Moon any questions. river and wetlands by paddling a Fri June 5 8PM Full Moon Remember: Our guides kayak under the guidance of our work to ensure your Sat July 4 8PM Pre-full Moon experienced staff. Clouds permit- Sun July 5 8PM Full Moon safety while on the wa- ting, enjoy a sunset and moonrise ter. They cannot main- Sun Aug 2 7:30PM Pre-full Moon over the Meadowlands. “Moon- tain a running commen- Mon Aug 3 7:30PM Full Moon ers” are great for experienced and tary but they will guide novice paddlers alike. Tue Sept 1 7PM Pre-full Moon you back safely to the Nighttime paddles Wed Sept 2 7PM Full Moon Please note: dock. are adults-only events. Fri Oct 2 7PM Post-full Moon Sat Oct 3 7PM Post-full Moon Page 12 Hackensack Tidelines-Spring 2020 2019 River Cleanup Program

These active conservation activi- or trustees? Join our Corporate ties enable you to give back to the River Stewardship Program and environment and your community. conduct a cleanup event with us – Despite anti-littering laws and your choice of date and times. We stormwater management rules, arrange upwards of twenty such tons of debris still wind up in cleanups each year with companies and along our waterways. And Group participation: Civic and and civic groups that fundraise a that doesn’t even take into ac- student groups are welcome at program donation for us. our Community Cleanups; we ask count illegal dumping. We need Additionally, we are always looking that leaders preregister to ensure volunteers like YOU to stand up for partners to help sponsor our we have enough supplies on hand. for clean water! We provide all community cleanups. For addi- Got a BIG group? We can help the necessary equipment (tools, tional info on cleanup sponsor- you organize your own cleanup. gloves, bags, etc.) and refresh- ship, call us at 201-968-0808 or ments; all you have to do is show Corporate River Stewardship: Look- email outreach@hackensackriver- up! More info on our website. ing for a green team-building activ- keeper.org. ity for your employees, co-workers

2020 Community Cleanup Schedule * Indicates cleanup with canoes Sat March 28 10AM – 2PM Lincoln Park Cleanup, West Side Ave, Jersey City Sat April 25 9AM-1PM “Bi-State Watershed Cleanup”, Locations TBD Sat April 25 9AM-1PM “Slam Dunk the Junk” 102 State Street, Hackensack Sat May 9 10AM-2PM Kenneth B. George Park, 600 Riverside Way, River Edge * Sat June 20 Time TBD “Solstice Cleanup”, Laurel Hill Park, Laurel Hill Road, Secaucus * Sun July 19 9AM-1PM Foschini Park, Hackensack, 278 River St, Hackensack * Sun August 23 8:30AM-12:30 Rutkowski Park, 440 South, Bayonne * Sat Sept.19 International Coastal Cleanup 10am-2pm * October Date TBA River Sweep * Sun Nov. 1 Noon-3PM Mitzvah Day Ben Ponat Yosef School, Paramus

One last thing: Please call or visit our website for info about personalized, guided Bird Walks led by Capt. Hugh Carola; and indoor presentations – including our popular slideshow: “From High Tor Mountain to Newark Bay - The Hackensack River and its Waterkeeper” – offered by Hugh and Capt. Bill Sheehan for your group’s meeting. Hackensack Tidelines-Spring 2020 Page 13 Join us on the Passaic, too! We’ve got another great season of Eco-Cruises & kayaking on our sister river

We’re once again partnering with our good friends at Newark Riverfront Revival to offer a series of special Eco-Cruises and Kayak Days on the Pas- saic River. All events begin and end by the “Orange Sticks” at Riverfront Park located down neck on under the watchful eyes of the Newark Fire Depart- Raymond Boulevard in Newark’s historic Ironbound ment Marine Division. section. We hope to see you there. Please note that ALL reservations for Passaic At press time we were still working out kinks River events are made through Newark Riverfront in the schedule but you’ll be able to check out the Revival, not Hackensack Riverkeeper. To reserve dates and times on our Website as well as at www. your seat(s), contact NRR Program Director Marcy newarkriverfront.org. Passaic River Eco-Cruises are DePina at [email protected] or call her two hours in length and include excursions to the at 201-341-8311. Visit www.newarkriverfront.org for mouth of the river at Newark Bay and upriver to the more information about these and all programs of- city’s border with Bellville. We scheduled fourteen fered at Riverfront Park. trips in 2019 and expect to offer a similar number this Our Passaic River programs are grant-funded and season. offered at no cost. However, donations to support We also expect to conduct three Kayak Days, the ongoing work of Newark Riverfront Revival and each of which will include three one-hour paddling Hackensack Riverkeeper are gratefully expected and sessions where adult kayakers can paddle the river most appreciated. See you at the Sticks!

Help Wanted

Hackensack Riverkeeper is looking for part-time, seasonal staff for our two Paddling Center locations for the 2020 season. Both locations will require most weekends from mid-April through October. Laurel Hill Park in Secaucus- This center is open weekends and weekday Holidays. Some evening hours are required for special paddles. Overpeck Park Kayak Center in Teaneck- This location Extraordinary Service from has weekday and weekend hours including holidays. Extraordinary Realtors Some evening hours are required. Working at the Paddle Center can be fast-paced and strenuous at times, but provides many hours of splendid Office: 201-881-7900 summertime relaxation in a beautiful spot by the water! Fax: 201-881-7917 Interested? Please send your cover letter and resume to Russ at: [email protected] OR www.VikkiHealey.com for more information: www.HackensackRiverkeeper.org and click WORK WITH US. 25 West Plesant Avenue, Maywood Page 14 Hackensack Tidelines-Spring 2020

Hackensack Watershed Field Notes

By Hugh M. Carola Black Skimmers nesting in Far roosting eagles were observed In December I attended the Rockaway, NY produced just 21 along Overpeck Creek in Ridge- annual conference of the Harbor fledglings in 2019. And in the field Park, NJ on 1/9. Herons and Colonial Waterbirds entire region there were only 466 Black-headed Gull – One Working Group of the NY/NJ Har- Herring Gull pairs recorded on of these birds, whose tiny North bor Estuary Program. The event four islands and 118 pairs of Great American breeding population is took place December 10-11 at the Black-back Gulls found on six. centered in western Newfound- Fort Wadsworth Visitor Center To put things in perspective, in land, was IDed at River Barge located on Staten Island. It was 2015 650+ pairs of Herring Gulls Park in Carlstadt on 1/5. Normal- packed with presentations focus- nested at Riker’s Island; since ly, the birds range no further south ing on the colony-nesting wading then the colony has decreased to than southwest Nova Scotia. birds, cormorants, gulls, terns and just about 250 pairs. The ques- Blue-winged Teal – A pair of shorebirds that inhabit the metro tion is: where did the other 800 these now-uncommon ducks was area, as well as the multifaceted gulls go? It appears that at least observed on 11/20 at Overpeck results of the recent triennial full some are nesting in nontraditional County Park in Teaneck. region survey. From May through places, like the nearly 150 pairs Brown Bat – One effect of the July 2019, teams working under that nested on the roof of the insidious White Nose Syndrome the direction of Dr. Susan Elbin Javits Center in Manhattan. is that affected bats sometimes from NYC Audubon and Dr. Nellie Not all news was bad – or wake from hibernation during an Tsipoura from the NJ Audubon badly perplexing. Snowy Egrets unseasonably warm winter day. Society surveyed eighteen island increased (+14%), as did Yellow- We received two reports of this and three mainland sites. crowned Night Herons (+66%) happening in our area during De- The camaraderie was great while Double-crested Cormo- cember; one of which resulted in but we couldn’t ignore the fact rant numbers increased to 2,416 the bat being caught and eaten by that many species are in trouble. pairs – a 31% rise since the last a Great Horned Owl near Borg’s For example, the total number full survey in 2016. Regarding Woods in Maywood, NJ on 12/15. of herons, egrets, and ibis fell to cormorants, their increase does Canvasback – 275 of these 1,305 from a record high of 2,047 not appear to be the reason for the large diving ducks were observed pairs in 2010. The drop is fuelled drop in nesting herons. We also at Richard W. DeKorte Park in in large measure by decreases learned that the Forster’s Terns Lyndhurst on 1/7. in Black-crowned Night Herons that visit the Meadowlands each Cooper’s Hawk – A Secaucus (-13%), Great Egrets (-21%) and spring and fall are in all likelihood resident was treated to the sight of Ibis (-50%), which translated into some of the roughly 400 counted one of these accipiters feeding on a the precipitous 700+ pair regional annually at Joco Marsh in Jamaica pigeon underneath his bird feeder loss. The research also showed Bay Wildlife Refuge. For the full on 12/28 – and again on 1/27! that eleven of the eighteen nest- story, visit www.nycaudubon.org/ Double-crested Cormorant ing islands surveyed showed no issues-of-concern/harbor-herons. – One of the most common birds evidence of recent nesting. Worse, In the meantime… in our area in spring, summer and only two islands – North Brother Bald Eagle – Photos of the fall but usually absent in winter; and Hoffman – hosted the most. Kearny Point pair on and about nonetheless four were seen in While gull, tern and shorebird their nest were taken and shared Overpeck Creek off McGowan counts were not as thorough as in late November. Around the Park in Ridgefield, NJ on 1/9. those of waders and cormorants, same time overwintering eagles Eastern Meadowlark – One by every indication all are in began being noted along the river of these large grassland species the midst of long-term popula- near the Metropolitan campus of was seen on and around the great tion declines. For example, 463 Fairleigh Dickinson University in lawn at Overpeck County Park in Hackensack/Teaneck, NJ. Seven Ridgefield Park, NJ on 1/6. Hackensack Tidelines-Spring 2020 Page 15

Great Cormorant – On 1/8 are Red-winged Blackbirds several were observed perched or Grackles around – one along the river in Little Ferry, NJ sharp-eyed birder noted a across from Overpeck Creek. dozen on 1/9 at Teaneck Creek Eastern Coyote – Several Conservancy. ‘yotes were reported near the river Snow Goose – If you want to in Little Ferry in mid-January, see massive flocks in winter, go Great Horned Owl – Always to Forsythe Refuge in Brigantine, a great bird to see, a single owl NJ. Closer to home on 1/9, a pair was observed in flight near Losen was IDed at Schlegel Lake. Slote in Little Ferry on 1/6. Yellow-breasted Chat – A Greater White-fronted Goose true rarity in our watershed region, – Breeding on the southwest coast especially in late fall – nonethe- of Greenland, a few overwinter less one was observed and pho- along the US mid-Atlantic coast. tographed near Lake Tappan in Eastern Meadowlark One was observed at the Henry River Vale, NJ on 11/22. Hoebel Area of Overpeck Park in Thanks to our contributors the USA. A subsequent study of Leonia, NJ on 11/21. Two were and a tip o’ the naturalist’s hat to: cat predation on small mammals noted at Oradell Reservoir on Anonymous, Joe Augeri, Daniel by the Smithsonian and the U.S. 12/16 and at Schlegel Lake in Carola, John Coyle, Ray Duffy, Fish and Wildlife Service found Washington Township on 1/9. Maryann Fahey, Pat Hilliard, that up to an astounding 20.7 bil- Long-billed Dowitcher – Two Sue Kaufman, Ivan Kossak, Jim lion are killed annually. And note of these uncommon shorebirds Macaluso, Drew McQuade, Doug that the predation is being done by were observed at Richard W. Morel, Mike Panos, Mike Rus- an invasive species. Neither Felis DeKorte Park in Lyndhurst, NJ on cigno, Bill Sheehan, Don Torino catus nor any of its progenitors an uncommon date: 11/25. & Chris Takacs. (e.g. Norwegian Forest Cat, Asi- Monk Parakeet – Some Postscript: To a one, all of us atic Wildcat, etc.) is native to the friends in Secaucus were treated here at Hackensack Riverkeeper Americas. As a result, none of our to several of these bright garrulous are animal lovers. Me, I’m a cat native fauna evolved the necessary birds at their feeder on 1/12. person. It’s not that I don’t like defenses against them. Osprey – The unofficial 2019 dogs. I do. Sadly, bad experiences Some well-intentioned people tally of nesting Osprey in the NY/ (being chased, cornered, bitten) wrongly argue that feral cats take NJ Harbor Estuary region stands when I was a kid in the 1960s put the place of extirpated bobcats or at 105 pairs, of which 79 suc- me off canines for a long time. Canada Lynx. Nothing could be cessfully fledged 142 young for a But I’ve liked cats ever since I further from reality because do- success rate of 1.8 fledglings per met Pierre – the McNamara’s big mestic cats are nothing like North nest. Such was the “bottom line” tuxedo – in 1964. While it wasn’t American’s native wild felines. of my Harbor Herons conference until in my 20s when I adopted Zoologists list Eurasian small cats presentation on 12/10. “Lodi”, I’ve had cats for most of as “fast cats” for the way they Pied-billed Grebe – A single the past 35 years. Currently, Doro- stalk and catch prey. They also dif- grebe was observed 10/28 through thy and I share our home with fer from their larger cousins in that 11/7 on the pond at Greenbrook Baby, Cubby and Beau Brummel. they are generalists, while native Sanctuary in Alpine, NJ. However, this isn’t about any pets cats tend to be more dependent on Red-headed Woodpecker – or me; it’s about feral cats and the particular prey species. And as all Slightly outside our watershed, yet toll they take on wildlife. cat-owners know, even the most always great to see, two were seen According to a 2013 study well-fed house cat will instinc- at Saddle River County Park in published in the journal Nature tively hunt and kill. Ridgewood, NJ 11/21-11/26. between 1.4 and 3.7 billion birds I get that people who feed feral Rusty Blackbird – Easily are killed each year by free-roam- cats do so out of compassion but overlooked – especially if there ing cats – both feral and pets – in I have nothing but contempt for Continued on page 16 Page 16 Hackensack Tidelines-Spring 2020

Field Notes And I have zero use for orga- and dangerous concentration of continued from page 15 nizations that use animal lovers’ animals where rabies, distemper, anyone who dumps unwanted pets feelings to push “TNR” (trap, mange and other diseases can run or abandons captured strays in so- neuter, release) as the answer to rampant. In my opinion (and note called feral colonies. Unfortunate- feline overpopulation. Many feral it is my opinion, not an official po- ly there are several such places cats I see on a regular basis are in sition of Hackensack Riverkeeper) within our watershed region where very rough shape. And no way are it’s a question of what’s more im- the unscrupulous do just that. One all of them neutered. Even worse, portant: maintaining populations of the saddest sights one can ever fly-by-night pest control compa- of non-native predators; or making see is a former pet abandoned to nies illegally release raccoons and tough but necessary decisions to its fate. Even the toughest feral other animals they trap in attics, protect native wildlife and their cats can themselves fall prey, as basements, etc. Piles of kibble habitats? As a conservation pro- happened in Hackensack ten years left for cats attract them – and fessional and a cat person, I know ago when coyotes killed and ate often foxes and coyotes as well – there’s only one right answer. the entire Staib Park “colony”. creating an unnatural, unhealthy, Wildlife must come first.

Vendors, Sponsors, and Regatta Entrants there is still time to get ready for the 7TH Annual Bergen County Parks Enter Overpeck County Park at 50 Fort Lee Road, Leonia, NJ EarthFest Overpeck EarthFest opens Sunday, May 17 at 12 NOON • Bash the Trash band • Green Vendors • Children’s Activities • Fishing Derby • Mad Scientist • Food and More!

EarthFest Overpeck is hosted by the Bergen County Department of Parks and Hackensack Riverkeeper Inc.; more info on the parks@ www.co.Bergen.nj.us/parks

For more information call 201-968-0808; or go to EarthFestOverpeck.com Hackensack Tidelines-Spring 2020 Page 17 Sincerest Thanks to All Our 2019 Supporters! SPOT The following includes monetary, in-kind, event, and program donations. 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BCB Community Bank Oakwood Counselors Westy Self Storage Helen & William Mazer Becton Dickinson Orange & Rockland Whole Foods Market Foundation Benzel Busch Motor Car Corp. Utilities Inc Ridgewood Henry and Marilyn Taub In Memoriam of: Better Health Labs Inc Palisades Park Meditation Wholesale Copies Inc Foundation Irwin Hirshoren Beveridge & Diamond PC Palsi Corp/Redd’s Restaurant Wild Birds Unlimited Hudson River Foundation Theresa Crusius Bistro Cucina Italiana PVH Corp. WNBC 4 News Investors Foundation Inc Rev. Toney Jackson, Sr. BMW Park Ave Motor Prudential Woodridge Productions Inc Izzo Family Charitable Fund Toney Jackson, Jr. Corporation Panasonic Corp of North World Finer Foods Jamieson Family Trust Constance and David Leich Bohler Engineering NJ LLC America Yankee Linen Inc Johanette Wallerstein Institute Donald Leich Cafe Tivoli Parisian Beauty Academy ZipSprout John & Wendy Neu Foundation Margarete Meyers Caffe Anello Perfect Reflections Marta Heflin Foundation Carole Meyers Calvert Investment Perkins Eastman Architects Education Polo Ralph Lauren Foundation Marty Muller Distributors Inc Pet Spa A to Zoom Round River Foundation Florence Muller Camdrew Productions LLC PIU Management Corp Bergen County Academies Russ Berrie Foundation Rosaleen Cerami & Associates PSE&G Services Corp Bergen County Technical HS Seimei Foundation Martin and Laurie Charissa H Yong Purich Inc Bergen County Technical The Beatman Foundation Lomascola Photography LLC Ramsey Outdoor School District The Prudential Foundation Lorraine Sadowsky Crownpoint Group LLC RCM Ceberio LLC Bloomfield College Biology Vermont Community Elna Mukaida Donald Nuckel and Company Regeneron Department Foundation Raymond Sauter Dynamic Engineering Ridgefield Food Court Inc Bogota Public Library Victoria Foundation Anonymous Edison Properties LLC River Terminal Development Chatham School District Randy Sanford Ernst & Young LLC Robin’s on Broadway Dwight Englewood School Government Cynthia Sanford EZ Docks Unlimited LLC Roxbury Diner Eastern Christian School Bergen County Child Lead Agnes Schug Finishing Touch Salon Ruth’s Chris Streak House Elisabeth Morrow School Screening Program Anonymous Five Star Premier Residence Samsung Electronics America Englewood Public Schools Bergen County Clean of Teaneck Lynne Smith Santander Bank Hawthorne High School Communities Freedom Bank Diane T. Bairamian Sanzari’s New Bridge Inn Hudson County Community Bergen County Deptartment FSC Leak Detection Scott Morris Productions Inc College Chris J. Campbell of Parks Gattefosse Corporation USA Sedona Taphouse Montclair Cooperative School Bergen County Environmental Marianne Egan Glenpointe Spa & Fitness Segovia Meson Montclair Public Library Council Donald Filicetti Greener by Design LLC Signature Flight Support Montclair State University Bergen County Utilities Anthony and Kathleen Gill Hackensack Meridian Health Silverman Building LLC Ramapo College of New Jersey Authority Christine Gill Haftek CWS Inc Solaaron LLC Rutgers University City of Hackensack Josephine Jarolmen Home Depot, Hackensack Sorce Companies South Orange - Maplewood City of Newark ING Financial Services LLC Debra Rosenblatt SUEZ Water New Jersey Adult School Clifton Environmental Inserra/LML Supermarkets Inc. SUEZ Water New York Teaneck Public Library Commission Karri VanDell Investors Bank Sussex County Rental Center Tenafly Middle School County of Bergen Christine Yang J Crew Takasago International Corp The Elisabeth Morrow School Hackensack Clean Mark Zimkind Jigging World (USA) The Hudson School Communities John Dull Music TD Ameritrade Clearing Upper Saddle River Board of Hudson County Improvement Businesses Jones Lang LaSalle Teaneck Marriott at Glenpointe Education Authority A Self Storage of Little Ferry Brokerage Inc Valley Health Systems William Halloran School #22 NJDEP Adventures for Women JP Morgan Chase & Company Thomas Loman Attorney New Jersey Sports Exposition Alementary Brewing Just Wood Floors at Law Authority Alkazone Kessler Rehabilitation Corp. TIAA NJ Legislature District 34

A special thank you to the 1,352 volunteers who donated an estimated $133,523* worth of time and talent removing 13.5 tons of trash and tires from our Watershed! *Based on Independentsector.org estimated value of $24.69 per hour. Page 18 Hackensack Tidelines-Spring 2020 NJ Legislature District 37 New Jersey Audubon Society Soobin Ahn Jill H. Arbuckle Cathy and Juliann Barbella NJ Legislature District 39 Newark Riverfront Revival Byung Aiv Jeff Archibeque Nelson Barbosa Oradell Environmental NJ Conservation Foundation Raziye Akbulut Marianne Ardito William and Anne Baretz Commission NJ Society of Women Derek Akridge Peter Ardito Amanda Barie Park Ridge Green Team Environmental Professional Arthur, Faye and Olga Akselrod Kelsey Ardizzone Mable and Mercedes Barile Pascack Valley Mayor’s NY/NJ Baykeeper Carlos Alazar Victoria Arellaro Hilary Baris Association Ocean Church HSA-UWC Larry Alba Nelson Arevain Sheri Barishanky River Edge Environmental Partners in Prevention Sean Albert Luke Argueta Jessica Barite Commission Passaic River CAG c/o Forum John D. Aldredge Sandra Arias Tamar Barkay Town of Secaucus Facilitation Group LLC Rajath Alex Anthony Armeli Tara Barker Tedesco For County Executive Peace Corps Volunteers of NJ Aster Alexander Jamen Armendariz Rodney Barlo Village of Ridgefield Park Rotary Club of Hackensack Robert Alexiou Gloria Arminio Timothy Baron RPI Alumni Association Kahtan Alhanshali Don Arnstein Nicole Barounis Organizations Rutherford Garden Club Brenden Alhaydor Marinao Arocho Carolyn M. 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Basralian Bergenfield Elks Lodge #1477 Tenafly Nature Center Barbara Alper Mark Aston Freddy Basto Boy Scout Troop 3 The Wildlife Conservation and Mohammed Alsargy Felix Astudillo Alexander Batash Community of God’s Love Education Center Mansour Alsaud Denise Astuto Andrea Batista Congregation Adas Emuno USCG Aux Flotilla 10-08 Marc Alster Joseph Augeri Enmanuel Batista EarthShare New Jersey, Inc. Utility Workers Union of Jonah Alt Latisha Auguste Ankit Batra East Coast Greenway America Local 534 Chaya Altaman Jussauhe Aurelia Teresa Battaglia East Jersey Trout Unlimited Volunteer New York Darwin Altamirano Goffredo and Nick Avagliano Sae-Young Bau Edison Greenways Group Wanda Canoe Club Jayden and Vivian Altamura Anthony Avallone Seung Baue Emmaus Community of Wyckoff Garden Club Ezzeddin Altaouil Bernardo Aviles Joel and Janet Bauer Christian Hope Adam and Elffi Alter Samantha Avina Ira Bauman First Presbyterian Church of Individuals Cristina Alvarado Andrea Awarado Karina Bautista Hackensack Anonymous Elsa Alvarado Amalfi Ayala Maya Bautista Flat Rock Brook Nature Center Gary Abalsamo Alexa Alvarez Iris Ayala William Bauzia Friends of Hackensack River Michael Abanzo Efrain Alvarez Magdalena Ayed Andriy Baylo Greenway Wagdy Abdou Irene Alvarez Ammar Ayemany Paul Bechtel Friends of Liberty State Park Rahul Abgad Camilo and Juan Alzate Gilberto Aymar Carole Bechtold Friends of the Oradell Library Carol and Sari Abolafia Kimberly Alzate Donald F. 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Anderer Semina Badnjevic Ashley Beitre Chamber of Commerce Oecetalica Acaniriger Andrew Anderson Christy Bae Stan and Dianne Bekritsky Hackensack River Canoe & Carlo Accattato Carol Anderson Vikram Baghel Corrado Belgiovine Kayak Club David Aceski Margo Beller-Anderson Rosemary Bagwell Jack Bell Hackensack Volunteer Paul Acevedo Nanny Andia Janne Bail Kriselle Belleni Ambulance Corps Inc Syed Acirgri Carlos Andrade Sean Bailey Christine Belli Hackensack Yacht Club Inc Richard Adami Herman Andrade Lara Bairamian Barry Bellin Haworth Cub Scout Pack 373 Soondis Adbelaziz John and Joyce Andrew Dany Balaskovits Revnia Bello HoHoKus Garden Club Juliana Addi Jason Andriopoulos Carly Baldwin Viktoria Belman Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Michael Addis Donna Annazone Barbara Baletti Yanet Beltran Hudsonia Ltd. Kerry Adkins Joe Antebi Rhonda Balka Joseph and Patricia Beltrano Ironbound Community Corp. 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Montella Changmin Na Marlena Nurse Andy and Paula Matuson Joseph Menduni Robert W. Montgomery Jr. Jangmin Na John Oa Lorraine L. Matys Susan Mengers Jessica Montoya Nanyoung Na Allison O’Braza Gianfranco Maucione Arthur Menta Dolores L. Moody Michael Nagy Joseph O’Brien Bart Maulwicz Eileen R. Mercer Dae Moon Pankita Naik Richard and Ingrid O’Brien Maureen E. Verbeek Lisa Mermekstum Seong and Anna Moon Nilesh Nanavati Ruth O’Brien Mark Maurer Gerard R. Merritts Tom and Elizabeth Mooney Mamesh Napa Tim O’Brien Joseph Mauricio Stephen Mershon Victoria Mooney Gerardo Naranjo Christopher Obropta Tomas Mawad Kenneth and Jennifer Merz Ellen S. Moore Rosa Narvaez Lawrence Obstere Ben and Jill Mawhinney Ross Mescher Elliot Morales Ari Nat Sandra M. O’Byrne Dov May Jonathan Messier Hector Morales Andrea Natalie Nydia Ocasio Hackensack Tidelines-Spring 2020 Page 25 Susan O’Connell Lou A. 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Peck Varvasi Pokeeva Michael Ramerez Richard Rio Leila Ostadhashemi John Pedler Kiara Polanco Brandon Ramirez Sarah Risog Eugene Ostrovsky Luis Pedras Carmen Polifronio Christina Ramirez Cristina Pimenteo-Rivas The O’Sullivan Family Rachel Pekarsky Theodoros Poliogidy Fernando Ramirez Betty River Jane Osuna Christine Rutz-Penna Barbara Polkovitch Nelson and Susan Ramirez Alejandro Rivera Sheila O’Toole Ken and Cathy Peoples Howard Polonjesky Thomas Ramirez Eric Rivera Gustav and Jodi Ovarsi Juan Peralta Luis Pomaguiza Angelo Ramos Jackie and Kaylee Rivera Nupur Oza Maria Peralta Dina Pomarico Danitza Ramos Nolan Rivera Maribel Padilla Marina Peralta Joshua and Marta Pomerantz Winton and Theresa Ramsay Christina Rizedo Richard and Deborah Padilla Anne Percoco John Ponticorvo Allen and Jodi Rapaport Areeb Rizwan Joanna Pak Michell Perez Salazar Nina Popova Jeffrey S. Rapaport Libia Rizza Rael Palao Carolyn Perez Taylor Porcelli Mary Rapuano Anne Rizzi Kelly G. 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At the Helm has grown and developed into an important step towards what continued from page 29 a fruitful, collegial relationship will ultimately be the End Game vote, I stood up in that auditorium based on mutual respect between for the District and the entire – before friends, allies, rivals and the agency, Riverkeeper and all region. You can rest assured that opponents alike – and declared to groups willing to put past conflicts Hackensack Riverkeeper will be all that, “The war of the Meadow- aside and work together for a new there. Every. Step. Of. The Way. lands is over and we (Riverkeeper) day in the Meadowlands. are now policing the peace.” In What took place on February 6 the intervening years that peace was not the end of the process, but

Help us Make 2020 a Year for the Birds Last year was a record-breaker. With your help, this one can be one, too! On Saturday, May 9 from about 4AM until 9PM, your WSB supporters to step up in a big way. Here’s how you Hackensack RiverCreepers will once again take to can do just that (without even leaving the house): the habitats of our watershed region to list as many bird species as we can to support the ongoing work of *Make a Per-species Pledge. Clip the coupon below or Hackensack Riverkeeper. 2020 marks our eighteenth year email Hugh your contact info and amount of your pledge. participating in NJ Audubon’s World Series of Birding After the WSB, we’ll send you our species list, acknowl- (WSB). Help us make it a winner! edgment letter and a SASE for your tax-deductible dona- The ‘Creepers are sponsored by the good folks at Shop tion (our count X your pledge amount). OR… Rite Supermarkets, whose support allows us to partici- pate as a Level One team alongside some of the world’s *Make a WSB-earmarked donation. Send in the coupon best birders. And once again our partners at Toyota of with a check or credit card info; or do so from the home Hackensack have loaned us a vehicle so we can travel in page on our Website. Just be sure to check the World Se- comfort & safety. ries of Birding option. We’ll send you the list & acknowl- And remember: 10% of the funds we raise will be edgement letter after the fun is over. dedicated to our Utzinger-Vellekamp Scholarship, which awards $1,000 each year to a high school graduate who However you choose to support us, you’ll be helping demonstrates a strong commitment to the environment. Hackensack Riverkeeper protect, preserve and restore our Now in its 20th Anniversary year (!) we’re counting on our watershed’s myriad bird and wildlife habitats.

Sign me up to support the Hackensack RiverCreepers in the 2020 WSB! Name ______Address ______City, State, Zip ______My pledge is $______per bird * – or – I’ve enclosed a donation of $______I’d like to pledge/donate by plastic! Here’s my credit card info: (circle one) Visa M/C Amex Card Number:______Expiration Date:______CVV code:______

Phone # (required) :______Mail to: Hugh Carola, Hackensack Riverkeeper, 231 Main St., Hackensack, NJ 07601. Thanks! “FYI, last year we listed 131 species, so a $1 per-species pledge equaled a $131 WSB donation.” Page 30 Hackensack Tidelines-Spring 2020

WMA 5 Ambassador Update Halfway Highlights

Hello Tidelines readers! Last issue, I was able to introduce myself to you all. Since then, time has really flown by. In fact, I am almost exactly halfway through my AmeriCorps service-term as your Watershed Ambassador. Here are some highlights so far that I’d like to share with you all: Favorite Presentation While I have presented at many schools across our water- shed, one classroom in particu- lar was really special to visit. I had the opportunity to teach my Jenny introducing AmeriCorps to 5th grade students at North Vale Public School. sister’s students in Northvale all about their “watershed address” (the Sparkill Brook), how humans affect water quality, and how they can be part of the solution and not the pollution. Students were enthusiastic about becoming watershed stewards, suggesting solutions such as: picking up litter, not releasing balloons into the sky, picking up their pets’ waste, and reusing water bottles and bags. Since I visited, they have even started a campaign to track, reduce, and repurpose the amount 2019-2020 Watershed Ambassador Group tree planting along the Paulins Kill. of single-use plastics that are used at their school. Go Eagles! densely populated watershed. To- portant “River-Friendly” practices Best Resources gether, we can significantly reduce from native planting, to green I held an environmental stew- residential non-point source pollu- infrastructure like rain barrels and ardship training in River Edge on tion. I highly recommend that you rain gardens. Most of these prac- how to have a “River-Friendly” checkout these resources: tices are not only environmentally yard. This included learning how • JerseyYards.org positive, but also economically sound and aesthetically pleasing - fertilizers affect water quality, the • NJRiverFriendly.org a win-win-win! benefits of planting native species, • CleanWaterNJ.org landscaping to reduce stormwater Team Effort • Water.Rutgers.edu runoff, and more. This is impor- Although I serve the majority tant information for anyone in our of my time in WMA 5, I have also They will help you learn more on state, but especially for residents helped other Watershed Ambas- how you too can implement im- in WMA-5 as ours is the most Continued on page 31 Hackensack Tidelines-Spring 2020 Page 31

Continued from page 30 sadors across New Jersey with important projects. Some of my favorites included planting 215 trees and shrubs along the Paulins Kill, removing inva- sive vines to “free trees” at Raritan Headwaters’ pre- serve, and leading a team of volunteers to help plant over 2,000 new dune grasses on Island Beach State Park. If you’re interested in participating in any of the dozens of events our program puts on through- out the year, especially during “AmeriCorps Week” (which is March 13th-18th), follow our social media page at Facebook.com/NJWAP. Happy Birthday! What do Earth Day, the NJDEP, and my supervisor Captain Hugh Carola all have in com- mon? Their birthdays are April 22nd! The New Jersey Department of En- vironmental Protection was created on April 22nd, 1970, the same day as our country’s first official “Earth Day.” So, both the NJDEP and Earth Day are celebrating their fiftieth anniversaries this year! Visit EarthDayNJ.org to learn more! NON-PROFIT ORG U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 451 231 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601-7304 • 201-968-0808 • HackensackRiverkeeper.org HACKENSACK, NJ 07606

HackensackRIVERKEEPER® Mark your calendars & join us at these fun Member of Hackensack Riverkeeper Special Events Show your support for a fishable, swimmable Hackensack River!

MAY 5/17 SUNDAY EarthFest Overpeck Recycled Regatta: 10AM • Fair: Noon-5PM Overpeck County Park, Teaneck, NJ JUNE 6/13 SATURDAY Oradell Reservoir Challenge HackensackRIVERKEEPER®- Mayors Race • Corporate Cup • Protecting The 5 & 10k Races • Open Paddles SUEZ, Lake Shore Dr., Haworth, NJ Public’s Right to: JULY • Clean, Plentiful Drinking Water 7/27 SATURDAY Lake DeForest Day • Public Access To Local Waters New City Little League Field, Clarkstown, NY • Open Space Preservation AUGUST • Wildlife & Habitat Conservation 8/1 SATURDAY Lake Tappan Paddle Day • Safe Boating, Swimming, RAINDATE: 8/8 Little Mountain Rd., Old Tappan, NJ Paddling, Fishing SEPTEMBER 9/12 SATURDAY RiverFest Laurel Hill County Park, Secaucus, NJ OCTOBER 10/14 WEDNESDAY Annual Gala, River Vale, NJ