CHART OF ACTIONS th
As of February 7 2017
Organization:
2016 Actions:
American Littoral Society
-Fact sheets about dog waste, … -Living shoreline at end of Normandy Ave. Partnered with Stevens Institute to add green infrastructure to living shoreline. - Drafted and Released an indepth report on State of the River - Performed outreach to elected officials, municipalities, community groups and concerned citizens. - Performed in depth Source Tracking investigation with Environmental Canine Services and NJDEP. The culmination of this work was the release of an ECS report to the public and municipalities. - Advocated for stronger municipal stormwater ordinances and impervious cover assessments - Coordinated Rally for the Navesink alliance and held 5? Public meetings to educated and inform the public. - COA met with Rutgers University School of Engineering for a site visit and limited boat and land based water sampling locations on the Navesink 6/8/16. Several samples have been sent to Environmental Canine Services for a “ship and sniff” analysis, and several samples, taken post storm event, have been sent to Rutgers’ Microbial Lab for processing. -Launched watershed mindfulness education
Tim Dillingham
[email protected] 732-291-0055
Clean Ocean Action Cindy Zipf
[email protected] Zach Lees
[email protected] Mae Henry
[email protected] 732-872-0111
2017 Actions:
To encourage and facilitate Watershed Mindfulness Education, COA will schedule workshops create a Professional Learning Community within the watershed or in districts or individual schools help teacher groups get certified through Project Wet grow education resources work with partners on special projects (for example, Rumson Garden Club Memory Card Game) COA will continue to” play an organizing and logistics role for the Rally for the Navesink Alliance including organizing bimonthly public and alliance meetings - Attend the Navesink River Municipalities Committee meetings to brief the members on updates and take notes on progress - Source tracking work continues with ECS, NJDEP, and others with an emphasis on follow up in previously identified areas and
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Fair Haven Sailing Club. River Rats Inc. Susan Boyce
[email protected] 732-939-1091
Hartshorne Woods Association Becky Cosgrove
[email protected] 732-259-1727 Marine Academy of Science and Technology
Wendy Green
[email protected] 908-814-4492
-Membership eyes on the water. - Training through our junior sailing program to spot sources of pollution - Community storm drain monitoring - Policing our property for dog waste. - Communicated with board to discuss education plans for junior sailing program
- Causeway Drainage Project encourage township/county to make repairs to eliminate rainfall sediment plume into Claypit Cove. - Semi Annual Clean-up days. -Start placemat project by collecting logos for restaurants. -Design placemats based on content received from various groups listed above.
work in new locations Presenting at the NEIWPCC conference on our work in the Navesink as a model moving forward State level advocacy on stormwater regulations, WQ issues in the state, shellfish classification rules and regs, and recreational water quality standards Continued assessment of WQ in the Navesink and Shrewsbury Rivers
-Include more environmental education in youth sailors program -Developing “one-pager” for communication with families in junior program. - Be eyes on the water with adult members - Watershed ambassador presentation
Monmouth Conservation Foundation Bill Kastning
[email protected] rg 732-671-7000 Amanda Brockwell abrockwell@monmouthconservation. org 732-671-7000 x109
Navesink Maritime Heritage Association Rik Van Hemmen 908-568-7865
[email protected] Charles Ladoulis
[email protected] Gayle Horvath
[email protected] Michael Humphreys
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-October Meeting: Native Plants - Plan and organize educational outreach workshops targeted at upper and lower watershed residents to provide strategies people can implement at their own homes (or farms) and remind people of basic stormwater BMPs. - The theme of the Kids for Conservation program will be Wings of Wonder (eagles, ospreys, and other threatened birds of prey). This educational contest for pre K & K students in schools around Monmouth will highlight the importance of habitat protection and water quality in protecting our winged wonders that depend on our clean rivers and streams. - MCF will continue to permanently preserve land in the Navesink River watershed. - Organize and promote public meetings like NMHA normally organizes to provide education on the various subjects that affect water quality - Work with waterfront businesses, esp. restaurants, to develop a placemat design that explains water quality issues that can be used at those establishments. - Eyes and Ears on the water - Provide an educational setting during the October 15 Wooden and Classic Boat Rendez Vous. - Assist with building a data backbone where consolidated information can be stored and retrieved. - Assist with a working group that will engage waterfront businesses - Work with Baykeeper in promoting a Navesink Oyster reef as a vital feature of water quality improvement.
- More gardens in 2017 - Land preservation in Navesink/ Highlands area/ - Septic system education - Highlight Mclees creek reforestation. Kids for conservation- education on wildlife and preserving their habitat Topic will be eagles. - Navesink school presentations to include Rally for the Navesink education, - June 3rd Colts Neck family day: R4N present
- Work with watershed ambassador for a presentation. -How to enjoy the river -River rangers- restarting program - Finish Placemat program Chronology of the Navesink River’s health, talk to educators and expand to other schools.
- Evaluate and organize data regarding water quality and clinging jellyfish to allow River Rangers in 2017 - NMHA headquarters on Front street is in direct approach from exit 109 to Navesink. Headquarters property can be used for educational displays, etc.
Navesink River Municipalities Committee Brian Rice
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Navesink River Rowing Kay Vilardi
[email protected] Linda Ensor
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New Jersey Department Of Environmental Protection. Bob Schuster
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NJ Friends of Clearwater Tom Gibson
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NY-NJ Baykeeper Debbie Mans
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- Committee restructured, two reps from the public most are from Environmental Commissions from towns within Navesink watershed. - They hold open meetings 3rd wed of the month at 7. - Goal is to show towns what is available for them for stormwater management and - Municipalities working with NJDEP for testing. In process of talking to each town/EC about sampling program. - Red Bank pump out, Rumson pump out, gave out fliers. -Retrieve NOAA shoreline assessment at Navesink Rowing as background guidance
- Continue to monitor what feeds into the river. -United States Coast Guard checking vessels for proper waste disposal.
- Instituted intensive sampling under storm conditions. Discovered hot spots in the river, go into the infrastructure with hot spot areas. Work with towns on how to fix the issues. - Engaging through loans, $ to address shell fishing areas. - Provide use of Clearwater Garvey, Pete’s Banjo, for water quality testing, oyster reef work and educational sails - Operating the “Royal Flush” pumpout boat for Monmouth County, effective June 2016. Overall pumped out 17,000
Main goal to find where these sources are coming from, discover problem areas with towns, working with municipalities. Continue to address nonpoint source pollution issue.
- Assistance to identify sources and conduct municipal outreach - Work with other organizations on workshops for municipalities.
732-888-9870 Meredith Comi
[email protected] Andrea Leshak
[email protected] Sandra Meola
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gallons of raw sewage this summer. - Eyes and ears on the water through pumpout boat and Baykeeper patrol boat (can provide vessel operations to assist initiative) - Have experience with in-field shoreline survey assessment - Currently conducting water quality sampling for western Raritan Bay under HEP/EPA grant - Currently constructing oyster reef and living shoreline at NWS Earle
Oceanport Water Watch Tom Cox
[email protected] Kari Martin
[email protected] -Education program starting with RFH art club and EC. Memory card game. Older kids design cards, Lucy Kalian and play the games with the
[email protected] younger kids. Enough cards made for two in each school. -Education program using expo markers and white boards to track down single use waste from favorite places. - Impervious surface assessments Rutgers Cooperative Extension Agricultural Experimental Station – and reduction plans already completed for the towns of Fair Water Resources Program Haven and Tinton Falls with hopes to do the rest of the watershed Christopher C. Obropta, Ph.D., P.E. - Hope to establish raingarden Extension Specialist in Water rebate program using State funds. Resources Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Rumson Garden Club
[email protected] 848-932 5711
- Committee will continue sampling Shrewsbury River water this year and is considering taking more samples per month moving upstream and sampling around Ft. Monmouth property as access permits.
Rutgers University School of Engineering – Civil and Environmental Engineering Qizhong (George) Guo, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Phone: 848-445-2983 E-mail:
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Shrewsbury Sailing and Yacht Club John Quinn
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Surfrider Jersey Shore Andrew
[email protected] rg John Weber
[email protected] Zack Zeilman
- Site visit and limited sediment and water sampling 6/8/16 - Analysis of sediment and water samples - Preparation of a technical proposal including review of 2008 microbial study and suggestions for infrastructure focused improvements.
-Created a fact sheet that warns of pollution problem and the need to correct problem. This was passed out to members of club. -Nationally Ocean Friendly Garden program. Paul Herzog presentation in New Jersey is also available online with Surfrider. - Ocean friendly rest. Campaign working with NY/NJ Baykeeper.
- Currently looking for new garden locations in Monmouth County. -Rain Barrel workshops
- Attending Rally for the Navesink meetings and reporting back to EC. - Partnered with Environmental Partnership
-Will conduct water testing and monitoring. - Looking to educate on Ocean friendly gardens, permaculture, and how to reduce our waste/ non point source pollutants. - Provide educational workshops and activities that promote the health and well being of our towns’ waterways.
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Tinton Falls Environmental Commission Teresa Maltz
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