Resources
Articles
- Climate Change Solutions: Wetlands Are More Powerful In Fighting Climate Change Than Previously Thought
- Emergency Hotline: Who to call if you see a violation
- Floods and Flash Flooding - Get the Facts
Information on floods: how to prepare, what to do, etc.
- How long does it take a river to break down litter? (PDF)
- How to build a raingarden
How to save slow rain runoff with a rain garden.
- How to create your own rainbarell
How to save water with your own rainbarrell.
- How to plan your own stream and river clean up (PDF)
- Lawn and Garden; environmentally friendly practices
Some tips for your lawn and garden care.
- Securing Water for People and Nature:What You Can Do
Will you do your part to save water – and our water sources?
- The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
- The Raritan River - Wikipedia
An overview on a number of topics related to the Raritan River
- The Sustainable Raritan River Action Plan
The action plan published by the Sustainable Raritan River Collaborative
- Top ten things you can do to help keep water clean (PDF)
- With dam removals, a 'renaissance' on the Raritan River
Books
- An American River: From Paradise to Superfund, Afloat on New Jersey’s Passaic
by Mary Bruno
- Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America
by Thomas L. Friedman
- Protecting New Jersey's Environment: From Cancer Alley to the New Garden State
by Thomas Belton
- The Raritan River; Our Landscape, Our Legacy
by Judy Auer Shaw with a Foreword by Michael R. Greenberg
- The Riverkeepers: Two Activists Fight to Reclaim Our Environment as a Basic Human Right
by John Cronin, Robert F. Kennedy
- Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation
by Dan Fagin
Explore the Raritan Headwaters Region
Introduction To Raritan Headwaters Region
- Climate Change Adaptation: Strategies in the Raritan Headwaters (pdf)
This document presents the product of the project Climate Change Strategies for the Raritan Headwaters Association (RHA), a pro bono effort by Columbia SIPA’s Master of Public Administration in Environmental Science and Policy (MPA ESP) students.
- Natural History of the Raritan Headwaters Region
- RHA overview and mission, and Nutrient TDML presentation by Bill Kibler
This pdf presentation gives an overview of the Raritan Headwaters Associations goals and mission, as well as valuable information on the TDML plan by Bill Kibler.
- The Headwaters Introduction
- What is a watershed?
Organizations
- Central Jersey Stream Team
- Clean Ocean Action
- Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership
- Raritan Headwaters Association
- Sustainable Raritan River Collaborative
A network of over 130 organizations, governmental entities and businesses in the Raritan River region that work together to balance social, economic and environmental objectives towards the common goal of restoring the Raritan River, its tributaries and its estuary for current and future generations.
River Friendly Residents
Water Quality Monitoring
Websites