Sustainable Raritan River Initiatives

🌊 Our coast is bigger than you think! If the tide touches it, it's coastal. 231 towns in 17 counties are impacted by tides.

🌊 But where? Our NY border through Passaic & Hudson Rivers; Raritan Bay from Sandy Hook to Cape May; Delaware Bay; & up the Delaware to Trenton

Jacques Cousteau NERR American Littoral Society PSEG Energy & Environmental Resource Center (EERC) Partnership for the Delaware Estuary Center for Aquatic Sciences Rancocas Nature Center Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership Sustainable Raritan River Initiatives Alliance for a Living Ocean Barnegat Bay Partnership

What can you do to reduce plastics in our watershed? Every little bit helps!

Help raise awareness of the problems with single-use disposable plastic. Start with the top 4: plastic bags, water bottles, coffee cups and straws. Even a small change can make a big difference.
Plastic Free July

Pollinator Conservation In New Jersey Webinar – Monday, June 14 at 6:30 p.m.

Join biologist Rob Somes from the Division of Fish and Wildlife's Endangered and Nongame Species Program to learn about New Jersey's native bees and butterflies. He will discuss the conservation work the Division is doing for these species, as well as what you can do to help pollinators.

Register now: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6234154379094612491

Photo credit: Robin Nuara

Rutgers Raritan River Initiatives is partnering with the NY-NJ Harbor and Estuary Program on an assessment of road-stream crossings in the Lower Raritan to improve passage for fish and other aquatic life and to address hydraulic capacity issues that lead to roadside flooding and erosion. The project is being supported by a National Estuary Program Coastal Watershed Grant that is funded by EPA and administered by Restore America’s Estuaries. Visit http://raritan.rutgers.edu/ to learn more.

raritan.rutgers.edu – bringing together partners from across the region to craft an agenda to restore and preserve New Jersey’s Raritan River, basin and bay

2020 Sustainable Raritan River Conference Cancelled

NJDEP Seeks Comments on Raritan Integrated Report Deadline is October 16, 2019

Rutgers is looking for private well owners to participate in a study of opportunistic pathogens in private well water and plumbing systems. Contact [email protected] for more information.

Congratulations to the 2019 Sustainable Raritan River Award Recipients. Read all about them at http://raritan.rutgers.edu/events/raritan-awards/

Registration Closes Soon! The conference is this Friday. Registration for the 2019 Sustainable Raritan River Conference and Awards Ceremony closes soon! Visit https://raritan.rutgers.edu for more information.

Registration is Open for Annual Raritan River Conference Registration is open for the 11th Annual Sustainable Raritan River Conference and Awards Ceremony to be held Friday, June 7, 2019. Register now to take advantage of Early Bird Rates!