Advanced placement environmental science students from Sparta High School participated in an outdoor aquatic insect lab in nearby Station Park. The students worked with Kristine Rogers of the WRWMG to collect live macroinvertebrates (aquatic insects) from the Wallkill River and complete a

McKeown Elementary School in Hampton, NJ recently hosted its first annual STEAM Day to encourage a love of science, technology, engineering, art, and math among children in Kindergarten through 5th grade. Students became immersed in 14 interactive stations, and 6th grade helpers were assigned to every station to help each activity run smoothly.

The Wallkill River Waters

Kristine Rogers, Education Specialist for the WRWMG, participated in an outdoor water festival at Hamburg School to educate students about protecting water quality. Through her presentation, elementary school students learned about how people cause water pollution and had an opportunity to examine live insects collected from the Wallkill River. The students had a great time obs

3rd graders from Ogdensburg, Franklin, and Hamburg recently worked with the Wallkill River Watershed Management Group as part of an outdoor educational field day at Heater’s Pond. In the morning, the students rotated through a series of stations where they learned about water pollut

Merriam Avenue School students in Donna Nilsen’s Earth Keepers Club recently participated in an outdoor educational field day organized by the SCMUA-Wallkill River Watershed Management Group. The students helped to mulch the rain garden that was installed in October 2017, protect shru

Selective Insurance employees recently spent the day planting over 400 trees and shrubs with the staff of The Nature Conservancy and the SCMUA-Wallkill River Watershed Management Group.

The trees were planted on state-owned land adjacent to the Paulins Kill River. TNC and the Wall

Kindergarten through 6th grade students at McKeown Elementary School in Hampton participated in a rain garden maintenance day with the staff of the Wallkill River Watershed Management Group and Rutger

12th graders from Christine Dunbar’s environmental science class at Pope John Regional High School worked with the SCMUA-Wallkill River Watershed Management Group to plant and protect 262 trees and shrubs along the Paulins Kill. Additionally, as part of the day, students had a chance to examine li

The Sussex County Municipal Utilities Authority and the Wallkill River Watershed Management Group recently hosted their 13th annual Earth Energy Day Celebration at the SCMUA’s Recycling Facility in Lafayette.

Over 330 Sussex County K-5th grade students from Pope John Middle School, Long

Girl Scouts from the Wallkill Valley Service Unit (Ogdensburg, Franklin, Hardyston, Hamburg) celebrated Earth Day with the Wallkill River Watershed Management Group by planting trees along the Sussex Branch Trail. The girls and their mothers took advantage of the beautiful weather and worke

NEWTON- To commemorate Earth Day, Sussex County Community College (SCCC) has partnered with the Sussex County Municipal Utilities Authority-Wallkill River Watershed Management Group to plan an environmentally-themed outreach event for SCCC students and staff.

As part of the event, re

Today, 18 students from Mindy Schlereth's and Bryan Allegrino’s science classes at Sussex County Technical School volunteered to help plant trees along a tributary to the Paulins Kill River on land owned by the Sussex County Municipal Utilities Authority.

The planting is a c

249 environmental science students at Sparta High School recently worked with Kristine Rogers, Education Specialist for the WRWMG, to study the health of the Wallkill River. Aquatic insects have different pollution tolerance levels so by examining the types of organisms present in a portion o

New Jersey organizations participating in the Delaware River Watershed Initiative gathered in Trenton yesterday to announce the William Penn Foundation’s $42 million investment into protecting the health of the Delaware River and its tributaries.

To view NJTV News coverag

Nathaniel Sajdak, Watershed Director for the SCMUA-Wallkill River Watershed Management Group, was recently asked to speak at a Camden, NJ press conference announcing the William Penn Foundation’s new $42 million investment to protect the health of the Delaware River.

Jan Jorritsma, of Ideal

Wallkill River Watershed Management Group leading new wave of progress for clean water protection

Lafayette, NJ –The SCMUA-Wallkill River Watershed Management Group is leading a major project to protect clean water in northern New Jersey, as a member of the Delaware River Watershed Initiative (DRWI).

The William Penn Fo

Nathaniel Sajdak and Kristine Rogers of the SCMUA-Wallkill River Watershed Management Group will be presenting on March 8th at the Sparta Presbyterian Church from 7:00PM – 8:30PM to the Sparta Historical Society.

The presentation will focus on an overview of the WRWMG’s water quality improvement projects, including highlighting the organization’s Wallkill

Nathaniel Sajdak and Kristine Rogers of the SCMUA-WRWMG recently attended the 4th annual Winter Gathering sponsored by the William Penn Foundation. The 2-day event brought together dozens of environmental organizations from New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware to a confer

Kristine Rogers, Watershed Education Specialist for the SCMUA-WRWMG, recently visited Knoll View Congregate Care Center in Sparta. Using the EnviroScape model, cocoa powder, and a spray bottle, Kristine demonstrated how pollution can flow into streams after rainstorms. The sen

2017 was a terrific year of water quality improvement project installation and community engagement for the Sussex County Municipal Utilities Authority-Wallkill River Watershed Management Group.

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