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Appendix by Organization 2011 Annual Raritan Report: Appendix by Organization Sustainable Raritan River Initiative Table of Contents Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions .............................................................................................. 2 Bound Brook, NJ ......................................................................................................................................................... 2 Central Jersey Trout Unlimited .................................................................................................................................... 3 Crossroads of the American Revolution ...................................................................................................................... 5 Duke Farms ................................................................................................................................................................. 6 Edison, NJ ................................................................................................................................................................. 11 GreenVest, LLC ......................................................................................................................................................... 14 Hightstown Borough, NJ ............................................................................................................................................ 18 Lawrence Brook Watershed Partnership ................................................................................................................... 19 Middlesex County ..................................................................................................................................................... 19 Middlesex County Improvement Authority ................................................................................................................. 20 MWH Americas, Inc. ................................................................................................................................................. 23 New Jersey Audubon ................................................................................................................................................. 24 New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection ................................................................................................ 25 New Jersey Water Supply Authority ........................................................................................................................... 26 No Water No Life ....................................................................................................................................................... 32 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration .................................................................................................. 33 Raritan Riverkeeper .................................................................................................................................................. 42 Rutgers Preparatory School ...................................................................................................................................... 43 Rutgers-Ecological Preserve ..................................................................................................................................... 43 Rutgers University, School of Environmental & Biological Sciences ............................................................................. 44 Somerville, NJ ........................................................................................................................................................... 53 South Plainfield, NJ .................................................................................................................................................. 53 Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Alliance ............................................................................................................... 55 US Fish and Wildlife Service ..................................................................................................................................... 57 US Environmental Protection Agency ........................................................................................................................ 58 1 Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions Kerry Miller, [email protected] As you probably know, ANJEC (in partnership with Riverkeeper, SRI, Crossroads of the American Revolution, Middlesex Co Planning and MC Improvement Authority) has been working under a grant from the NY/NJ Harbor Estuary Program and NEIWPCC (New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission) to raise public awareness of the Lower Raritan and opportunities to access it. Our approach is to work through environmental commissions in the municipalities along the main stem of the Raritan, particularly in Middlesex County. We held a kickoff meeting in late October 2011, attended by environmental commissioners, other municipal representatives, and interested stakeholders/organizations. We are encouraging the commissions to do assessments of the access sites in their towns (including recommendations for improvements and signage), surveys of residents’ river awareness, river-related events and outreach, and also to incorporate the Raritan into their planning documents (environmental resource inventory (ERI), open space/trails plans, master plan, etc.). Highland Park Environmental Commission has done a very thorough assessment of Donaldson Park that we are using as a prototype for other towns. The Commission also developed a detailed section in its new ERI on the Raritan, and will be participating in a Raritan bird count this spring. Work with the other towns and commissions is just ramping up now, so we don’t have firm commitments on other specific activities to report just yet. Middlesex County Parks and Planning Depts. are spearheading way finding and instructional/interpretive signage improvements for County facilities along the Raritan, and funding from the HEP grant will pay for additional signage in non-County facilities. ANJEC is developing a Google Earth map of the entire Lower Raritan, showing all access points, hazards, and the many recreational/historic/cultural resources adjacent to the river. We are also developing customized outreach brochures and displays for towns to use, as well as a comprehensive Lower Raritan River section on the ANJEC website. Bound Brook, NJ Kerry Miller, [email protected] Over the past year, Bound Brook did the following things that involve the Raritan in some way: 1. The Planning Board adopted the Economic Development Advisory Committee’s Downtown Urban Design Plan into the Borough’s Master Plan. The document includes a proposed Raritan River greenway with walking paths, and an access point or dock on the Raritan near the Queens Bridge. The Plan received planning awards from both Somerset County Planning Board and the New Jersey Chapter of the APA in 2012. 2. Bound Brook Borough held a 2012 Riverfest street fair, which is not on the river but near it. In addition to the name, the Raritan-related feature was walking tours that went from Main St., over the Raritan on the Queens Bridge, to the D&R Lock on the other side, in South Bound Brook. Participants 2 (about 34 throughout the day), received a pamphlet, produced by a local resident, with information about the Raritan River and the D&R Canal. NJ historian Doug McCray provided narrative about the history of the canal and lock. 3. Sherry Peck, of the National Park Service, will be meeting with town representatives to help us assess the potential for establishing a Raritan River Access Point near the Queens Bridge. (not 2011 – Jan 2012). The Economic Development Advisory Committee publicized and hosted a presentation by Somerset Co. Hydraulic Engineer Carl Andreassen on the status and final stages of the flood control project in Bound Brook. This followed cleanup from the latest flood (from Hurricane Irene) which brought 2 – 3 feet of floodwater from the Raritan into Main Street buildings. Although any flooding is traumatic for the businesses, the levee project (then 90% complete) reduced the impacts significantly. An equivalent river rise without the levee system would have resulted in a 6 or 7 foot higher inundation on Main, Talmage and surrounding streets. 4. Bound Brook also hosted a presentation by Pfizer on the status of the Superfund cleanup at its site on the Raritan, just over our border in Bridgewater. In addition to the known contamination on the site, in 2012 a previously undetected benzene seep into the Raritan was discovered. Central Jersey Trout Unlimited Lou DiGena, [email protected] Central Jersey Trout Unlimited (CJTU) is one of New Jersey’s leading advocacy and conservation groups. Their mission is to conserve, protect and restore North America’s coldwater fisheries and watersheds. Our members represent a diverse cross-section of New Jersey and its surrounding areas, but all of us are joined together by a love of trout fishing and a commitment to preserve cold-water fisheries for future generations. To achieve our goals, we conduct habitat improvement projects, stream clean-ups, and adult and youth educational programs. We strive to educate the next generation about the importance to preserve clean water and wild trout. While engaged in conservation efforts, we manage to have a lot of fun, whether at monthly meetings, chapter fishing trips or stream
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