The Lawrence Brook Watershed Partnership   

Watershed Adopted: Lawrence Brook Watershed (USGS HUC 02030105130)   

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COMING  EVENTS 

Millown cleanup postponed

to Sunday Oct. 30 1PM-4PM

 LBWP museum-quality animal collection

 

 

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What  do we do?
2010  ACCOMPLISHMENTS
  • 8 Membership Meetings with Speakers on Various Environmental Topics,
  • 2 Collaborative meetings with other groups,
  • 7  Nature Walks,
  • 1 Bicycle Tour,
  • 5 Environmental Cleanups,
  • 11 Community Days participation,
  • 2 Fund-Raisers
  • Gave one lecture. 
  • Ongoing Water Monitoring and Organic Product Sales.
  • 12 Board of Trustee Meetings,
  • 3 Committees
  • Attended 6 Environmental Conferences and participated in 4 Liaison Committees meeting periodically.
  • Advocacy actions to preserve North Brunswick Pulda Farm, East Brunswick Foerter Farm
  • Environmental Protection issues related to South Brunswick Concrete Batch Plant and Milltown Ford Avenue redevelopment
  • Total 39 LBWP Events planned to involve the public. 
  • Additionally 29 other activities.

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Our museum-quality animal collection  

   

We are now the proud owners of  one of  the  nicest  NJ collections of taxidermied animals (200 specimens, including this  gray  fox). It is a great  educational  tool to promote understanding  and appreciation of  wildlife that surrounds us. We plan to display this  unique  collection in our  future nature center. Click  on the pictures  for more information.

COMING EVENTS

1.          December Membership Meeting, Tuesday, December 20th, 7:30PM, Milltown Senior Center, 60 Violet Terrace, Milltown.  Speaker, Dr. Beth Ravit.  Rutgers University Restoration of Oysters to the Raritan Estuary.  Election of Trustees.  Also Images of King Tide.  See attachment.

 2.          Conference of Lawrence Brook Watershed Communities to discuss planning for Storm Water Control and Mitigation.  Organized by LBWP.  Probably in January.  Details being arranged.  Volunteers needed to organize.

 3.          Conference re Future Plans for Preserved Farms in the Lawrence Brook Watershed.  Organized by LBWP.  Likely in February. Details being worked out.  

Environmental Issues

 a.            New Jersey Highlands Coalition. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company is proposing a pipeline that would cut through some of the most sensitive lands and critical water supply areas in the Highlands.  The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will only hold a hearing if there is “substantial environmental controversy”.  Write to FERC now to request such a hearing.  Further info from www.njhighlandscoaiition.org

  b.             Delaware River Basin Commission suspended the vote on November 21st on Fracking in the Upper Delaware River.   The Rally in Trenton took place Nov. 21st 11AM at the War Memorial, followed by a march to the Governor's Office at the State House.  The decision has thus been postponed, but may still resurface.  The public's opinion is still needed.  Contact Governor Christie, Governor Cuomo, Army Corps of Engineers, and Governor’s of Pennsylvania and Delaware.  For more info and who to contact, see www.savethedelaware.wordpress.com/  Also, see www.delawareriverkeeper.org 

 Environmentally-Related Events in the Area.

No  announcement.

The Lawrence Brook Watershed Partnership is an all-volunteer watershed 501(c)3 nonprofit working to protect the environment in the Lawrence Brook watershed communities of South Brunswick, North Brunswick, East Brunswick, Milltown, and New Brunswick, Middlesex County. The public is invited to all public meetings and to participate in the important volunteer work of watershed protection.