The Wallkill River Watershed Management Group (WRWMG) has been awarded a $1,600 grant from the Lake Mohawk Preservation Foundation to install bluebird and bat boxes at the WRWMG’s streamside tree planting projects throughout the Wallkill River Watershed. In September, the WRWMG will be working with volunteers from the Sussex County Associat

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 - including people right here in New Jersey? #WaterQualityMonth is the perfect time to find out where your water

The Sussex County Municipal Utilities Authority (SCMUA) and the Wallkill River Watershed Management Group (WRWMG) created a joint display at the NJ State Fair. Come check it out for yourself in the Sussex County Building at the Sussex County Fairgrounds

Want to organize partnership projects, conduct stream assessments, and provide watershed presentations at schools and other community events? Then sign up to complete a term of service with the AmeriCorps NJ Watershed Ambassador Program! Positions are available throughout NJ. 

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The WRWMG's Education and Outreach Specialist worked with Halsted Middle School students as part of the Summer STEAM program. The students participated in a demonstration using a watershed model to learn how rivers and streams can become contaminated by f

Mark your calendars and get your tickets: the Northwest New Jersey Rivers Conference will be returning for the first time in two years to the Lackland Center at Hackettstown’s Centenary University on September 17! The NWNJ Rivers Conference is the premier

The WRWMG has been awarded a $609,434 grant from the NJ Department of Environmental Protection for restoration work within the Wallkill River Watershed. The funding will pay for streamside reforestation projects in Sussex Borough and Wantage Township’s municipal parks, porous asphalt installation at Borough Hall in Sussex, and the continuat

The Swartswood Lakes Watershed Association hosted a public meeting with presenters from the SCMUA-WRWMG, Rutgers Water Resources Program, Princeton Hydro, and Clean Waters Consulting to educate residents from Swartswood Lake and the surrounding communities about the work that is currently being done to improve the water quality of Swartswood Lake

Newton middle school students enrolled in the Summer STEAM program worked with the WRWMG's Education and Outreach Specialist as part of a maintenance day to weed the rain garden that was installed at the school in summer 2019. The rain garden co

Ian Keebler, the WRWMG's AmeriCorps NJ Watershed Ambassador, organized a litter clean up at Wheatsworth Park in Hardyston with students from Pope John Regional High School as well as other local Sussex County residents who were interested in volunteer

The WRWMG installed a new interpretive sign at the Newton High School rain garden to educate students, teachers, and parents about how rain gardens function and the benefits that they provide to enhancing water quality and wildlife (pollinator) habitat.

The NJ Corporate Wetlands Restoration Partnership voted yesterday to award the WRWMG $8,000 to continue expanding its floodplain reforestation project within the Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge. The funding will help the WRWMG purchase interpretive signage as

18 volunteers from the Wallkill Valley Girl Scouts worked with the WRWMG and the Wallkill River Watershed AmeriCorps NJ Watershed Ambassador as part of a litter clean-up at Franklin Borough Park. The girls were able to remove 3 bags of garbage and 4 bags of recycling from the park, helpin

The Paulins Kill Watershed Tree Stewardship Event invited residents from throughout the Paulins Kill Watershed to participate in a work day at Newton’s Memory Park where volunteers helped the WRWMG, The Nature Conservancy, and the Paulins Ki

Kristine Rogers, the WRWMG’s Education Specialist, attended a Project WET Climate, Water, and Resilience Training sponsored by the NJDEP in order to learn how to best communicate to children about the impacts of climate change. Beginning this fall,

The WRWMG, Newton Township employees, Thor Lab employees, and Newton community members spent the day weeding and mulching the Memory Park rain garden. The volunteers were able to spread 12 cubic yards of mulch on the rain garden throughout the course of

The WRWMG Education Specialist attended the Newton Community Schools Healthy Family Night and had an opportunity to speak to Newton residents about all of the green infrastructure stormwater management projects that have been installed at the Newto

The WRWMG worked with Rutgers Cooperative Extension-Water Resources Program and the Pope John High School students and staff to install a new rain garden within th

Hampton Township students in the 5th and 6th grade helped the WRWMG perform maintenance on the McKeown School rain garden by pulling weeds and spreading mulch throughout the garden. The rain garden was installed on the McKeown School campus in October 20

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