E&LP’s team of volunteers is eager to participate again in the Raritan Headwaters 31st Annual Stream Cleanup on 4/17. We are glad to help the Raritan Headwaters Association (RHA), a nonprofit that has “served as the watchdog for the 470-square-mile North and South Branch Raritan watershed” for over 60 years.[1] The South Branch flows just south of E&LP headquarters in High Bridge, so this cleanup effort makes both a local and large-scale impact on this invaluable natural resource: “Throughout this beautiful region, countless pristine tributaries merge and flow into the North and South Branches of the Raritan River. Safeguarding these ‘headwaters’ means clean, safe water for 300,000 watershed residents and 1.5 million New Jerseyans living downstream in more urban areas that depend on the water that comes from our rivers and reservoirs.”[2] Consider what you can do to improve your local watershed.
Learn from RHA’s Watershed Tools for Local Leaders (WTLL) Webinar Series
- “WTLL Webinar: Watershed planning for municipalities: control stormwater, improve water quality and save money”
04/15/2021 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST - “WTLL Webinar: Intro to Sustainable Jersey’s Gold Star Standard in Water: Pathways for protecting & enhancing community water resources” 04/22/2021 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST
- “WTLL Webinar: How healthy are streams in your municipality? An intro to RHA’s stream monitoring program”
04/29/2021 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST - “WTLL Webinar: A guide to incorporating climate vulnerability and adaptation planning into municipal master plans”
05/06/2021 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST
[1] https://www.raritanheadwaters.org/about-raritan-headwaters/
[2] https://www.raritanheadwaters.org/about-raritan-headwaters/
E&LP’s plan, rendering, and as-built photo of Raritan Headwaters Association’s Entry Drive and Site Entry in Bedminster, New Jersey. The design included new path networks and circulation for both pedestrians and vehicles and incorporated existing specimen trees and new green infrastructure improvements such as a bioretention basin and bioswales.
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