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This #WorldWaterDay, we recognize that our environment, society, and economy all depend on clean water and a healthy watershed. It is vital to protect our land in its natural state in order to keep our water clean! 💧 #WatershedWaterDay

During AmeriCorps Week 2022, let's give a big thank you to all of the AmeriCorps NJ Watershed Ambassadors past and present who are serving New Jersey!  AmeriCorps Watershed Ambassadors monitor the h

Register here for the virtual Harmful Algal Bloom Summit on March 23, 2022.  WRWMG Watershed Director, Nathaniel Sajdak, will be presenting about the importance of utilizing a Watershed Protection and Restoration Plan to install stormwater management projects to

Come celebrate Earth Day with our partners from the Great Culver Lake Watershed Conservation Foundation! The clean up will be hosted on Saturday, April 23rd.  Meet at the Normanoch Association Clubhouse on E Shore Culver Road between 8:30-9:30 for registration.  Gloves and garbage bags will

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Groundwater Awareness Week is March 6th-12th.

According to the EPA, the average household's leaks can account for nearly 10,000 gallons of water wasted every year. Learn more >> https://www

Mark your calendars! Later this month, Nathaniel Sajdak will present about the importance of Watershed Protection and Restoration Plans for harmful algal bloom (HAB) prevention.

This Valentine's Day, here are 3 things we love about the Delaware River:

✅clean drinking water for 13 million people

✅habitats for birds, fish & other wildlife

✅ creeks & streams to kayak & canoe #4states1source

All of us at the SCMUA-WRWMG wish you and your family a happy and healthy start to 2022!

All of us at the Wallkill River Watershed Management Group hope that you have a joyous holiday season and happy and healthy start to 2022!

Here's a look back at all that we were able to accomplish in 2021:

Volunteer and Community Engagement

• The SCMUA-WRWMG pivoted its in-person community engagement opportunities online because of the pandemic but still had 724 participants at

Volunteers from the Fred S. Burroughs chapter of Trout Unlimited came out on Saturday to help plant 75 trees and shrubs along the Paulins Kill River in Lafayette Township. The trees were planted on state-owned land as part of a 4-mile reforestation corridor project that the Wallkill Riv

The SCMUA-Wallkill River Watershed Management Group worked with the Newton Department of Public Works to install a series of casacading rain gardens near parking lot 9 at Sussex County Community College. The rain garden project is part of the SCMUA-WRWMG’s National Fish and Wildl

A.P. environmental science students at High Point High School recently participated in a 2-part field trip to Culver Lake in Frankford and Berry Road in Wantage where they learned about the importance of rain gardens for stormwater management as well as the benefits of planting trees along

Kristine Rogers, Watershed Education Specialist for the WRWMG, recently presented at Dream Day at Newton High School. Dream Day is an opportunity for middle school-aged girls to participate in hands-on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) activities led by female professionals

The SCMUA-Wallkill River Watershed Management Group, The Nature Conservancy, Stillwater Mayor, and Stillwater Environmental Commission were on hand to celebrate the completion of the riparian reforestation project along the Paulins Kill River at Stillwater’s Veterans Park. Two

The WRWMG has teamed up with Rutgers Water Resources Program and the Newton Department of Public Works to construct a series of cascading rain gardens near the solar panels in the back section of Sussex County Community College. The rain gardens will be capable of managing 204,107 gallons of s

The Wallkill River Watershed Management Group, together with the Delaware River Watershed Initiative (DRWI), is excited to invite you to the 3rd annual Northwest New Jersey Rivers Conference. This annual forum is an important event for our collaborative effort to protect and enhance water quali

Construction begins on a 22’ wide x 96 feet long, geotextile lined, gravel base heavy use area protection with tonka block curbing to contain livestock waste to the footprint of the barnyard area.

The WRWMG organized a litter clean-up at Memory Park with students from Halsted Middle School and employees of Newton EMS. The event is one of many litter clean-ups being hosted as part of a Paulins Kill watershed-wide clean-up in multiple towns throughout the watershed tha

Sparta elementary school students recently worked with the WRWMG’s Education Specialist as part of the organization’s TreeHabilitate program that provides a native tree to each student to plant at his/her home as a form of stormwater management. Trees help to collect and abs

The new class of AmeriCorps NJ Watershed Ambassadors recently participated in an outdoor training event with the SCMUA-Wallkill River Watershed Management Group to learn how to properly conduct rip

On Monday, students in Professor Erin Collins’ Intro to Agriculture class installed purple lovegrass and tussock sedge plugs within the R building rain garden at Sussex County Community College. The rain garden is designed to manage 197,103 gallons of stormwater runoff per year of

On Friday, the Wallkill River Watershed Management Group installed signage at the newly-constructed Sussex County Community College rain garden to educate the public about how rain gardens can be used to manage polluted stormwater runoff. The signs were funded by a New Jersey Department

This weekend, the SCMUA-WRWMG participated in the grand opening of the Sussex Branch Rail Trail in the Town of Newton. Come to Trinity Street in Newton to hike or bike the new 1.6 mile extension to the trail network!

The Wallkill River Watershed Management Group has partnered with Sussex County Community College and the Newton DPW to install a demonstration rain garden near the R building on campus. The rain garden will collect polluted stormwater runoff from the road and nearby sidewalk, helping to prevent r

Our partners at Trout Unlimited have put together a host of free virtual workshops to celebrate Trout Week.  Attend some today!

Sept. 27 - Trout in Motion Day

9/27 @ 12PM – A Nation’s River Watch Party with Dustin Wichterman an

Whether you like to swim, paddle, or fish, we all rely on rivers to bring clean water to our communities. On this #WorldRiversDay, we’re reminding you to make wise choices for the future of water by picking up litter in your neighborhood! 

TreeHabilitate is a stormwater management educational program coordinated by the Sussex County Municipal Utilities Authority-Wallkill River Watershed Management Group (SCMUA-WRWMG). The TreeHabilitate program is providing trees to Sussex County students as an

The Newton High School environmental science classes are working with the SCMUA-WRWMG to install a pollinator garden in the school’s courtyard. The classes will use the area as an outdoor classroom and plan to monitor the different species that begin to use the garden

This week, the SCMUA-Wallkill River Watershed Management Group welcomed the arrival of its new AmeriCorps NJ Watershed Ambassador, Ian Keebler. Ian will be serving as the AmeriCorps NJ Watershed Ambassador for the Wallkill River Watershed and will be working with local schools and

The SCMUA-WRWMG and their summer intern worked to prep the Newton High pollinator garden for planting by environ

The Wallkill River Watershed Management Group and their high school intern conducted a work day at the McKeown Elementary School rain garden in preparation for the start of the new school year. The WRWMG plans to bring McKeown students out this fall for a student work

Did you know that only 1% of freshwater on earth is accessible – and 13 million people rely on the Delaware River for clean drinking water - even people right here in New Jersey? #WaterQualityMonth is the perfect time to find out where your water comes from and how to protect i