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Watershed Adopted: Lawrence Brook Watershed (USGS HUC 02030105130)   

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COMING  EVENTS 

What every local  school student
should know		 LBWP museum-quality animal collection

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- NASA: http://climate.nasa.gov/
- Rutgers University: climatechange

 
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What  do  we do?
2009  ACCOMPLISHMENTS : over 50   events

- 9  nature walks
 - 1 bicycle tour
 - 4 cleanups
- 9 lectures by experts
 - presence of our table in 11 community days
 - regular stream water  monitoring, including training
 - 2 fundraisers
 - 3 committees
 - 12 board meetings
 - Participation in conferences,
 - Actions to preserve sensitive land (Pulda Farm, Foeter Farm, etc)
If  you don't have your  2010 member's
 card yet, we invite  you 
to join or to renew your  membership.
Click here to get the 2010 card
This  year, the  card features the famous Red-bellied Turtle, a local  species
 See previous year's pictures

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.

What every local school student should  know.  

Q: What is a watershed?
A: The  watershed (or drainage  basin)  of a body  of  water, such as a stream, is the geographic area that drains water into this body of water. In a mountain area, each valley  is a watershed. Large  watersheds are called basins (e.g., the  Mississippi  basin). The lines that  separate watersheds are called divides. 

Q: Where is located the watershed of the Lawrence Brook?
A: The  Lawrence Brook  watershed is  an area around the  Lawrence Brook. It covers all of Milltown, parts of East  Brunswick, North Brunswick, South  Brunswick, and also a small part of New Brunswick.
Q:  What is the Lawrence Brook ?
A: The Lawrence Brook is a 10-mile tributary of the Raritan River. It  has several man-made dams that form reservoirs  (Davidsons Mill Pond, Farrington Lake, Millpond, Westons Mill Pond). Each of the reservoirs  is  in fact a widened section of the Lawrence Brook; for instance, when you are canoeing on Farrington Lake, your are on the Lawrence Brook.
Q: Why is this stream called "Lawrence Brook"?
A: The  stream  used to be  called "Piscopeek" by  the Lenape Indians; it was later named after Mr. Lawrence, the owner of the  land crossed by  the  stream . A 1677 document states that Mr. Thomas Lawrence acquired his land from several local  Indians named Querameck,  Kesyacs, Isarick,  Metapis, Peckawan , and Turantecas. The land mentioned in the document  probably covers at  least  areas of today's East Brunswick and New Brunswick along the Raritan River.

COMING EVENTS  

 

 

Thursday, July 15th 7:30 PM -  Earth  Center- Davidson Mill Pond Park (South Brunswick).

 Sponsored by  LBWP  (Lawrence Brook Watershed Partnership) and ThursdayNPSNJ  (Native  Plant  Society  of   New Jersey)

Location : 
Earth Center building, Rutgers Cooperative Extension.
Davidsons Mill Pond Park, 42  Riva Avenue, South  Brunswick NJ
(Google map  showing the  entrance of the  park)

 Short Nature walk (*)  followed by  the  presentation  :

"WILD PLANTS OF THE  LAWRENCE BROOK"
by  Herve Barrier, LBWP trustee and NPSNJ  member 
 
The  Lawrence Brook is  a scenic 10-mile tributary of the Raritan River; it  hosts  an  amazing variety of  wildlife, which  is unsuspected from the roadways. The local  flora presented  in this lecture includes attractive, rare,  useful, and unusual native plants, and also invasive, which  have been introduced,
 
  (*) Please dress appropriately  for the  nature walk.
 

 B. RUTGERS COOPERATIVE EXTENSION of Middlesex County, NJ  Telephone: 732-398-5262

Master Gardeners Offer Helpline

 Do you have questions about the best way to water your tomatoes? Maybe you found an unfamiliar bug in your house. If you find yourself asking these types of questions, Middlesex County’s Extension office is ready to assist you with the Master Gardener Helpline. Residents of Middlesex County are encouraged to call 732-398-5220 with questions on horticulture, entomology and environmental stewardship. The proper identification of insects and diseases, is the first step towards solving problems without relying on over use of chemical pesticides and herbicides.

 The helpline is active Mondays through Thursdays 9am -12 noon. If you cannot pose your question during those hours, just leave a message and the MGs will return your call. Middlesex Master Gardeners are part of Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County and have a headquarters at the EARTH Center in a beautiful setting at Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, 42 Riva Avenue, South Brunswick. Residents of other counties can consult their Master Gardeners by looking up Rutgers Cooperative Extension in their phone book’s Blue Pages. 

 C. Pinelands

Preservation Alliance: June events: Navigating the Pinelands,

 F. Milltown 4th of July Parade, Saturday, July 3rd, 10AM start.  We shall take part in the parade as usual.  If you wish to participate with us, please let us know, and please plan to arrive at the LBWP HQ no later than 9AM.  We shall need assistance to prepare our display for this year.  If you can help, please let us know.