The 2023-2024 class of AmeriCorps NJ Watershed Ambassadors celebrated their graduation from the program at Monmouth Battlefield State Park on Wednesday. Each graduate completed at least 1700 hours of service in their assigned watershed and was

The SCMUA-Wallkill River Watershed Management Group has been working in 6 different lake communities in the Paulins Kill Watershed to enhance the tree canopy that was lost because of the infestation of the emerald ash borer. Because ash tree

A.P. environmental science students worked with the SCMUA-Wallkill River Watershed Management Group and the AmeriCorps NJ Watershed Ambassador Program to plant 250 trees and shrubs in Papakating Park in Wantage Township. During their field trip, the students

The Sussex County Association of Realtors partnered with the SCMUA-Wallkill River Watershed Management Group, Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge, and the AmeriCorps NJ Watershed Ambassador Program to plant 250 native trees and shrubs on Wallkill River

A new balled and burlapped elm tree was planted at Newton’s Recycling Center in honor of Arbor Day.

Homeschooled students who are part of the Barefoot University program recently worked with the SCMUA-Wallkill River Watershed Management Group and the staff at Swartswood State Park to install 2 floating treatment wetlands in the lake.

The Sparta Environmental Commission partnered with the SCMUA-Wallkill River Watershed Management Group to plan an Arbor Day educational event for Sparta Middle School life science students. Through grant funding provided by ANJEC (Association of New Jer

Members of the Friends of the Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge and students from Princeton, NJ recently worked with the staff at the Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge and the SCMUA-Wallkill River Watershed Management Group to plant trees along

On Friday 4/19, the Sussex County Municipal Utilities Authority (SCMUA) and the Wallkill River Watershed Management Group hosted its 17th annual Earth Day Celebration at the Sussex County Municipal Utilities Authority in Lafayette. The event welcomed 214 Susse

To celebrate Earth Day, the 5th-8th grade students in the Hamburg School Environmental Club worked with the Wallkill River Watershed AmeriCorps NJ Watershed Ambassador to clean up litter around the school's campus.

The AmeriCorps NJ Watershed Ambassador for the Wallkill River Watershed recently partnered with the Wantage Township Open Space Committee and Wantage Township Clean Communities to host a litter clean-up at Papakating Park and neighboring Berry Road. V

Lara Lovett’s A.P. environmental science students at Sparta High School recently worked with the SCMUA-Wallkill River Watershed Management Group to plant trees along the Wallkill River. The planting parcel is owned by the Sparta Board

The Sparta Township Environmental Commission partnered with the AmeriCorps NJ Watershed Ambassador Program to host a rain barrel workshop at the Sparta Township Municipal Building on April 6, 2024. 14 residents attended the rain barrel training and learned ho

Kristine Rogers of the SCMUA-Wallkill River Watershed Management Group was asked to participate in the Sparta Middle School Solar Eclipse Celebration on April 8th. 211 middle school students attended the event to watch the solar eclipse and vis

Celebrate Earth Week by helping to clean up litter at Papakating Park in Wantage Township with the AmeriCorps NJ Watershed Ambassador for the Wallkill River Watershed. To register, visit: https://www.e

Hardyston Township second graders worked with Kristine Rogers from the SCMUA-Wallkill River Watershed Management Group to learn about the many benefits of trees for both people and the natural environment. The SCMUA-WRWMG’s TreeHabilitate program fosters greater understanding about how trees can be used to rehabilitate our watershe

A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service representative is installing a 3-acre pollinator planting at the SCMUA’s Paullins Kill Water Treatment Facility in Frankford Township. The seed was donated to the project by the USFWS-Partners for Fi