All of us at the Wallkill River Watershed Management Group wish you and your family a joyous holiday season and a happy and healthy new year!

325 ecology and environmental science students from Sparta High School recently helped the Wallkill River Watershed Management Group plant 5,000 native trees and shrubs along the Wallkill River in Sparta Tow

Pierson Landscaping and Excavating worked with the SCMUA-WRWMG and the Greater Culver Lake Watershed Conservation Foundation to install cuts in the curb to allow stormwater to flow from the Culver Lake Clubhouse

The SCMUA-WRWMG partnered with NJ Future and FZ Creative to make a short film about the Memory Park rain garden project. Click here to learn more about rain gardens and the community partners that help make stormwater projects like this possible.

Newton elementary, middle, and college students and their families worked with the SCMUA-WRWMG to clean up garbage and recycling from Newton’s Memory Park this weekend. In total, the group collected 3 bags of garbage and 4 bags of recycling, preventing the litter from entering the headwa

As part of the Choose 2 Connect after school enrichment program, 3rd through 8th grade students from Merriam Avenue Elementary School and Halsted Middle School in Newton recently worked with the SCMUA-WRWMG’s Education Specialist to learn about non-point source pollution (“people pollution”) prevention. Students walked away with a greater understanding of the d

Click here to view our new video about Brenda Delgrosso (5th and 6th grade science teacher at McKeown School) as she discusses the rain garden project and stormwater summer camp,

We’d like to extend a big thank you to Tristan Caffrey, a High Point High School senior, who recently worked with the Wallkill River Watershed Management Group to install a rain garden at the Culver Lake Clubhouse as part of his Eagle Scout project.

The newly installed rain garden will

#DayWithoutTheDelaware is inspired by Imagine a Day without Water which is celebrated each year to urge people to think about how they interact with and rely on water in their daily lives in order to foster a deeper commitment to protecting and speaking out for clean, accessible water.

The

The SCMUA-Wallkill River Watershed Management Group in partnership with the Greater Culver Lake Watershed Conservation Foundation, Rutgers Water Resources Program, and Pierson Landscaping and Excavating broke ground on a new rain garden project at the Culver Lake Clubhouse in Frankford Township, NJ.<

Celebrate Make a Difference Day by joining the Wallkill River Watershed Management Group for a litter clean-up in Newton's Memory Park on October 28, 2018.

Event Location: Memory Park (111 Moran Street Newton, NJ)

Time: 10

Join the Lake Hopatcong Foundation and the Lake Hopatcong Commission to help clean-up Lake Hopatcong on Saturday, November 3.  The event will run from 8:00-12:00.  To sign up, visit the following website: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0548a8a72fa5fb6-2018

5th graders from Byram and Sussex-Wantage recently participated in Think Outside Day at the Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge. Refuge staff organized the event and coordinated a series of different stations to immerse students in hands-on outdoor learning . The WRWMG and Newton High School FFA also ran stations at the event. Some of the topics covered were water pollutio

The SCMUA-WRWMG recently worked with New Jersey Future and FZ Creative to produce a movie about the installation of the Memory Park rain garden project and its benefit to the entire Newton, NJ community. The township mayor, deputy mayor, recreation supervisor, and Shade Tree Commission

The following photo was taken at a federal easement site that the WRWMG has been working on since 2015. The conservation work that took place on the property included invasive species removal, tree and shrub establishment, and shallow water habitat pool installation.

Shallow water ha

On September 15, the Hopatcong Environmental Commission, Department of Public Works, and the Sussex County Office of Mosquito Control worked together to plan a litter clean-up throughout the borough. Over 70 residents and local scouts assisted with the event, helping to keep the streets and

Isabel Wilson, a rising sophomore from the University of Washington, spent a week with the Wallkill River Watershed Management Group in order to learn about our work to protect the rivers and streams of Sussex County, NJ. Isabel is majoring in Environmental Science and Terrestrial Resource Man

The SCMUA-Wallkill River Watershed Management Group and The Nature Conservancy were recently awarded a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to coordinate Phase 3 of their floodplain reforestation project. The funding will allow both organizations to continue planting trees along the Paulins Kill River in Newton and Stillwater Townships while also allowing for mai

Kristine Rogers, of the WRWMG, worked with teachers throughout New Jersey as part of a three-day workshop that aimed to help teachers incorporate engineering practices into their science curriculums. The focus of the workshop was to use a series of hands-on labs to determine the effect of the mine on local water quality. During Kristine’s portion of the training, the teac

Thanks to funding from NJ Future, as part of the William Penn Foundation's Delaware River Watershed Initiative, the Wallkill River Watershed Management Group recently hosted its 2nd annual week-long St

Numerous conservation organizations came together to participate in Green Day at the NJ State Fair. The event was held in the Performing Arts Tent at the Sussex County Fairgrounds. As part of their admission into the fair, the general public had a chance to interact with different en

Bring your friends and family to the Sussex County Fairgrounds to see the SCMUA-WRWMG educational display in the Ernie Kosa County Building.

The rain garden that the WRWMG installed in Newton's Memory Park last fall is in full bloom!  In addition to helping to treat the polluted runoff flowing from the parking lot, this rain garden also provides important pollinator habitat for native butterflies and bees.

This article was shared with us by a 7th grade student who will be an officer in her school’s Green Club in the fall. Check it out to learn more about the formation of the Clean Water Act!

https://lawshelf.com/videos/entry/the-clean-water-act

Are you a college graduate looking to get your foot into the environmental field? Then, the AmeriCorps NJ Watershed Ambassador program may be for you!

As a watershed ambassador, you will be required to complete 1700 hours of service over a 10 to 12 month period in which you will conduc

Take a break from your busy weekend to learn about the importance of native plants from Cerbo’s Nursery, NJ Audubon, and the SCMUA-Wallkill River Watershed Management Group. Nathaniel Sajdak, Watershed Director of the SCMUA-WRWMG, will be on hand to talk about the success of our environmental re