In celebration of #GroundwaterAwarenessWeek, learn about how to protect and conserve groundwater:

✅Use native plants in your landscape

✅Reduce chemical use

✅Properly dispose of potentially toxic substances at the SCMUA Household Hazardous Waste Day on June 5

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Source: 4ocean.com 

Did you know that microplastics are not only found in the ocean but also in our local rivers, streams, and lakes? Participate in this virtual workshop to learn about microplastic pollution from our AmeriCorps NJ Watershe

DEP’s New Stormwater Rules Take Effect on March 2, 2021

Requiring the Use of Cleaner, Less Costly Green Infrastructure 

TRENTON – On March

Join our AmeriCorps NJ Watershed Ambassador for a composting webinar this Friday 2/19. To participate, either pre-register at https://sussexcountylibrary.org/ or just enter the meeting id and password on Zoom at the time of the event.

This Valentine's Day, here are 3 things we love about the #DelawareRiver:

✅clean drinking water for 13 million people

✅habitats for birds, fish & other wildlife

✅ creeks & streams to kayak & canoe 

We might not live by the shore, but we can still celebrate #iheartestuaries day! Protecting the #DelawareEstuary makes good economic sense: estuaries make up only 13% of the land area in the continental US, but are responsible for nearly 50% of the economic output!  Did you know, the Paulins

A River Runs By It: The Environmental and Societal Benefits of Riparian Buffers live online with Dr. Stephen Souza

Join us for a special presentation by Dr. Stephen Souza to learn about riparian buffers; what they are, why they exist, and h

Join our AmeriCorps NJ Watershed Ambassador for virtual presentations about how you can green your backyard. To participate, either pre-register at https://sussexcountylibrary.org/ or just enter the meeting id and password on Zo

Kristine Rogers of the SCMUA-WRWMG gave a virtual presentation to the Paulinskill Valley Trail Committee last night. The presentation focused on the 3 programs that the WRWMG facilitates to improve local water quality (agricultural outreach and assistance, stormwater management, and riparian r

Kristine Rogers of the WRWMG recently gave a presentation at Stroud Water Research Center’s EnviroDIY monthly meeting to water quality monitoring sensor station managers. The presentation described the current trends in the

Although the pandemic kept the WRWMG from hosting its typical in-person community outreach events, it didn’t stop our staff from working hard to complete projects that improve the health of our local rivers and streams! Here’s a look back at what we accomplished in 2020: 

All of us at the Wallkill River Watershed Management Group hope that you have a joyous holiday season and happy and healthy start to the new year!

The Wallkill River Watershed Management Group, working in partnership with the Newton Public School District and C&V Paving, recently completed on a porous asphalt project at Halsted Middle School in Newton. The project is being funded by the NJ Department of Environmental

The AmeriCorps NJ Watershed Ambassador litter clean-up at Memory Park in Newton was a big success. 8 volunteers (socially-distanced and clad in masks) participated in the event over Thanksgiving weekend. The volunteers collected a total of 6 bags of garbage and 5 bags

Students in Professor Erin Collins’ Introduction to Soil Science lab class recently began planting trees and shrubs within one of the large stormwater detention basins at SCCC. The detention basin planting took place as a phytoremediation strategy. Phytoremediation is the process of using

Visit the NJ Highlands Coalition's YouTube Channel to watch all of the presentations from the Northwest NJ Rivers Conference: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjQddUmUc_HE6G2wtNA6C1Q/videos

Kristine Rogers, of the WRWMG, facilitated a workshop about volunteer monitoring. Watch the video to le

Show how thankful you are for clean water and open space by participating in the AmeriCorps NJ Watershed Ambassador litter clean-up at Memory Park in Newton, NJ on November 27th. All supplies are provided, but pre-registration is required via this website: https:

New Jersey is home to 12 National Park sites. Find which ones you haven’t been to and #GetOutside! #TakeAHikeDay 🌳🥾 #DelRiverWatershed

Click here to see the list of national parks in NJ!

Construction is underway to complete a covered heavy use area at a local Wantage farm. The project, being completed with both federal and state funding, is designed to capture all animal waste from the farm. This will prevent the animal waste from flowing into the nearby wet

Microplastics, tiny fragments of plastic, make their way into our tap water and even bottled water. What can we do to stop this? Make sure our waterways remain free from trash by recycling! ♻️ #BeRecycled #DelRiverWatershed

The WRWMG worked with Swartswood State Park to enhance the multiple rain gardens installed around the state park's parking lot. Each basin was planted with native shrubs and flowering plants (like blue flag iris, buttonbush, and winterberry holly) in order to help naturally treat the polluted water that runs off of the paved parking lot after a rainstorm. This will prevent poll

Even though COVID-19 has prevented the usual fall volunteer events from taking place this year, the Wallkill River Watershed Management Group staff has been planting and protecting 250 trees along the West Branch of Papakating Creek in Wantage Township in order to complete the de

The Wallkill River Watershed Management Group is proud to be a part of the Delaware River Watershed Initiative (DRWI), a collaborative effort to protect and restore the water and natural resources in the Delaware River Watershed. As part of this collaboration, we are thrilled to ann

On Sunday, October 18, organizations within the Delaware River Basin are coming together for a social media day of action around the Clean Water Act anniversary in order to raise awareness about the essential resources and services the Delaware River and its tributaries provide for the reg

Today, the staff of the Wallkill River Watershed Management Group along with their new AmeriCorps NJ Watershed Ambassador joined Cerbo’s Nursery to plant native trees and shrubs on a piece of lakefront property that was recently purchased by the Normanoch Association. The property

Did you know that the Paulins Kill River is part of the #DelawareRiver Watershed, which spans New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware & provides drinking water for more than 13 million people?

The Delaware River extends 330 miles from the confluence of its East and W

The Wallkill River Watershed Management Group is proud to be a part of the Delaware River Watershed Initiative (DRWI), a collaborative effort to protect and restore the water and natural resources in the Delaware River Watershed. As part of this collaboration, we are thrilled to ann

The Sussex County Municipal Utilities Authority-Wallkill River Watershed Management Group has been awarded a $70,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to restore and enhance ten acres of wetlands along a first and second-order tributary in the Up

Trenton, NJ – The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) recently awarded Water Quality Restoration Grants for nonpoint source pollution to local organizations working to improve water quality in the Delaware River. These projects help further the work that these organizations collaborate on in partnership through the Delaware River Watershed In

The SCMUA-Wallkill River Watershed Management Group has been awarded a $190,000 grant from the NJ Department of Environmental Protection to continue to build upon its Stormwater Green Infrastructure Movement in the Upper Paulins Kill Watershed.

With the funding, the SCMUA-WRWMG will establish a rain garden assistance program for the Upper Paulins Kill lake communities, create a

Unmanaged stormwater sends pollutants into our rivers, streams, and lakes.  When it rains, chemicals and other dangerous pollutants on our streets and parking lots get washed into storm drains which drain directly into our waterways. This runoff can put restrictions on recreation and contam

Kristine Rogers, of the Wallkill River Watershed Management Group, recently partnered with DreamGirls to educate middle school girls about career options in the environmental field. DreamGirls is a national nonprofit that connects middle school girls with female professionals working in STEM career

Click here to read New Jersey’s newly released Scientific Report on Climate Change.

According to the report, New Jersey has seen the evidence of climate change in its increasingly mild winters, more intense rainfalls, flooding along inland streams and rivers, and more tid

The Culver Lake rain garden is growing in nicely! The Normanoch Association, together with the Greater Culver Lake Watershed Conservation Foundation, funded the spring maintenance and mulching of the rain garden. Their rain garden collects polluted runoff from the parking lot, preventing the contamina

The forested buffer funded by the NJ Corporate Wetlands Restoration Partnership and Arbor Day Foundation along the Wallkill River is growing in nicely. The trees pictured above were planted in 2017 by Sparta High School 9th graders as part of an environmental science outdoor lab.

Recruitment for the 2020-2021 AmeriCorps NJ Watershed Ambassador Program is now open. If interested, please apply via the below link.

https://www.nj.gov/dep/wms/bears/recruitment.htm

Eric VanBenschoten, of the WRWMG, working in partnership with NRCS and NJDEP, has completed Phase 1 of a manure storage project here in Sussex County. The concrete tank is designed to hold up to 6 months of animal waste (530,234 US gallons) from the dairy farm operation. Then, in the spring,

The Wallkill River Watershed Management Group has been busy removing PVC stakes and shelters from the trees and shrubs in the Paulins Kill floodplain. This season alone, 1,852 stakes and 393 shelters have been removed from the floodplain by the WRWMG staff! Shelters can be removed when the trees are

The Wallkill River Watershed Management Group and The Nature Conservancy recently completed tree planting at a new restoration site on Saddleback Road in Stillwater Township. Trees are important to plant along rivers and streams to cool the water temperature and prevent erosion along the river ban

Volunteer activities might be on hold because of the virus, but that hasn’t stopped the WRWMG staff from conducting spring maintenance along the Paulins Kill 4 mile reforestation corridor.

Today, 172 stakes were removed from the floodplain. This is a really important task because if the st

Look at how big the trees have gotten! It’s actually starting to look like a forest out there!

Try these stormwater management lessons with your students or children to show them the effects of polluted runoff on our rivers and streams. All of the activities can be done on the computer or in your backyard with limited supplies. Thank you to NJ Future for funding our virtual lesson plan development!

Day 1: Human Impact on Watersheds: