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GPS & Drone Workshops co-sponsored by CRSSA
Are you interested in learning how to use your smartphone or tablet as a GPS or GIS data collector while you’re out in the field? Are you curious about Drone Mapping? Join us on Monday, December 11th and Tuesday, December 12th for informative and interactive day long workshops. To register, please visit http://gps-mapping.com/workshops/. On December 11th,...
R3C Goals, Objectives and Strategies
Rutgers Raritan River Consortium ("R3C" or "Consortium") is a collaborative effort at Rutgers University’s New Brunswick-Piscataway campus that recognizes the critical value of the Raritan and its environs to the social, economic and ecological integrity of the region that Rutgers calls home. Our mission is to utilize Rutgers' proximity to the Raritan to...
New Jersey’s Clean Energy Future: What Needs to Be Done
With the upcoming gubernatorial election, there is a lot of excitement and hope that the next governor will establish and implement a meaningful climate agenda. Almost weekly, a group or organization recommends a long list of proposals for the next governor to consider. Although what is on and not on these lists is important, it is also worthwhile to...
Save the Date – First Consortium Meeting of Academic Year
Join us for lunch and to kick off another great year of working with other Rutgers faculty, staff and students on Raritan related research, academics, community engagement and more. The Rutgers Raritan River Consortium will meet on Monday, October 2nd, at 11:30 am in the Alampi Room of the Marine and Coastal Sciences Building, 71 Dudley Road, New...
Weston Mill Dam Removed from Millstone River
The Department of Environmental Protection – in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association and other partners – is removing the obsolete Weston Mill Dam on the Millstone River between Manville and Franklin Township. The removal of the Weston Mill Dam,...
Fish Can’t Walk Around Dams
Dr. Olaf Jensen (Rutgers Marine and Coastal Sciences) was one of the guest speakers at the August 10, 2017 riverside ceremony to mark the commencement of removing the Weston Mill Dam (see related post). Dr. Jensen spoke about the resilience of fish species but noted that fish can't walk around dams. Following is the full text of Dr. Jensen's remarks: "As...
Rutgers 2030 Plan Elements Focus of Graduate Planning Studio
This Fall 2017 studio focused on environmental, conceptual design, regulatory and health and safety aspects of planning two components of Rutgers 2030: Rutgers University Physical Master Plan – the Raritan River boardwalk and the bicycle/pedestrian bridge across the river that will jointly help reestablish an intimate relationship between the City of New...
Restoring the Manalapan, Video 3
The third video in a series on Restoring the Manalapan Brook is now available. This video focuses on shoreline restoration along a lake or pond. Manalapan Lake in Middlesex County’s Thompson Park received an ecological makeover this past fall when 600 feet of bare shoreline were planted with native plants. Early this summer, volunteers came out to help...
Fish Cam
Have you ever wondered what a fish ladder looks like underwater? From April to late June, 2017, Rutgers Professor Olaf Jensen and his research team were able to see that view through a streaming camera system at the Island Farm Weir fish ladder. Their goal was to help understand the impact of dams and weirs on spawning migrations of American Shad (Alosa...
10th Annual Conference
Save the Date - Friday, June 8, 2018 The 10th Annual Sustainable Raritan Conference and Awards Ceremony All Raritan Stakeholders -- Watch this site for information about our 2018 conference.
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Plan4Health: Partnering Across Sectors
Hartig, E., Senick, J., Peterson, J., Missy, D. Plan4Health: Partnering Across Sectors. American Planning Association 2016 National Planning Conference, Phoenix, April 2, 2016.
Change of Occupancy Building Code Change Proposal
Senick, J., Hattis, D., Andrews, C., Listokin, D. and Souder, J. Change of Occupancy Building Code Change Proposal: National Energy Codes Conference, US Department of Energy, 2016, Tucson, AZ.