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Posts Tagged 'wma 10 (millstone)'
Tags: stony brook millstone watershed association, wma 10 (millstone)
Posted in biological diversity, completed projects, franklin parker small grants program, land preservation project, projects funded by conservation resources, recreation & aethestics, water protection, filtration, & control
In 2010, CRI awarded this project $3000 through its Franklin Parker Small Grant program.
The 68.84 acre Thompson property is of critical importance to the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed and its surrounding region. It was purchased in July 2011 by the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association (SBMWA) through the state Green Acres program, in partnership with Mercer County and Hopewell Township, with support from CRI. The tract now connects the Association’s formerly separate units into 930 contiguous acres. In addition to important habitat and resource protection, securing this land is also critical for completing an uninterrupted hiking trail between Hopewell Borough and Kunkel Park in Pennington.
Honey Brook, a tributary to the Category One waters of the Stony Brook, bisects the property. Approximately one third of the tract includes associated wetlands and habitat. Honey Brook is also the feeder stream to a 4.5 acre pond, so the protection of this area is crucial from a habitat management standpoint.
Ecosystem Services Provided:
Water Protection, Filtration, and Control: Water quality and quantity- protection of wetland habitat, groundwater recharge areas
Biological Diversity: Habitat- management of wetlands habitat
Recreation and Aesthetics: Public access- hiking trails
Total Project Cost: About $1.5 million
Status: Purchase was completed July 2011.
If you would like further information about this project, please contact Conservation Resources.
Tags: stony brook millstone watershed association, wma 10 (millstone)
Posted in ecological restoration project, franklin parker small grants program, NRD settlement candidate project, projects funded by conservation resources, riparian mitigation candidate project
 Pike Run at high flow conditions Pike Run, in Montgomery Township, Somerset County, has been adversely affected by upstream development. Encroaching development and its associated non-porous pavement have resulted in stormwater being diverted directly into the stream through stormwater pipes, instead of infiltrating through soil. Flash flows during and after storm events have eroded the stream banks, incised the stream, and flushed out stream sediment. This has resulted in a greatly straightened stream that has been eroded down to bedrock and is disconnected from its flood plain.
Reconnecting Pike Run to its flood plain along a 1400 foot segment would allow high stormwater flows to dissipate in a safe and natural way, reduce flooding potential, reduce erosion, and protect installed instream structures.
The Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association has started a multi-phase restoration project of Pike Run at Montgomery Park in partnership with Montgomery Township and the NJDEP. The first three phases have been completed. The Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association is currently seeking funding for Phase 4.
- Phase 1, restoration of a 1.27 acre wetland meadow;
- Phase 2, creation of instream habitat and a meandering stream flow pattern through the use of single wing deflectors and cover logs;
- Phase 3, live stakes planted on the streambanks alongside each instream structure and along the restored wetland meadow to further stabilize Pike Run’s stream banks;
- Phase 4, reconnect Pike Run to its flood plain.
Ecosystem Services Provided:
Water Protection, Filtration & Control: Water quality and quantity- stream buffers, stormwater management, groundwater recharge; Flood control- wetlands protection, riparian land protection
Climate Stabilization and Air Pollution Mitigation: carbon sequestration- meadow restoration
Total Project Cost: $630,000
In 2008, CRI granted $3,000 to the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association for this project
through its Franklin Parker Small Grants program.
Status: In order to begin Phase 4, the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association needs to hire a consultant to design the reconnection, run a stream modeling program to make sure that there will be no detrimental effects, submit permits to NJDEP for approval, and hire a contractor to conduct the fieldwork.
If you would like further information about this project, please contact Conservation Resources Inc.
Tags: friends of hopewell valley open space, upper raritan watershed association, wma 04 (lower passaic and saddle), wma 06 (upper passaic whippany and rockaway), wma 07 (arthur kill), wma 08 (north and south branch raritan), wma 10 (millstone), wma 11 (central delaware)
Posted in biological diversity, ecological restoration project, franklin parker small grants program, projects funded by conservation resources
CRI has provided continued funding for this project through its Franklin Parker Small Grants program:
2007- $4,000
2008- $5,000
2009- $6,000
2010- $5000
2011- $5000
The New Jersey Invasive Species Strike Team (CJISST) was initiated in 2008 by the Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space (FoHVOS) and the Upper Raritan Watershed Association (URWA), whose goal it was to create New Jersey’s first private/public partnership based upon a cooperative approach to prevent the spread of newly emerging invasive species though early detection & rapid response (ED/RR). ED/RR is an innovative, cost-effective and efficient approach to invasive species. Partners and volunteers involved in CJISST are all committed to a common goal — preventing the torrent of new invasions that will further degrade New Jersey’s natural resources.
Strike Team partners use early detection/rapid response (ED/RR) methodology to map the locations and densities of newly emerging populations of invasive species and to remove them before they spread further. Eradications are prioritized based on the frequency, range and density of the species, as well as the conservation value of specific sites. Engaging a wide range of partnerships with state, county, and municipal agencies, conservation and community organizations, private landowners, and an extensive network of volunteers ensures the success of this project.
Ecosystem Services Provided:
Biological Diversity: Habitat- federal threatened species habitat protection; Ecosystem resilience and pest control- invasive plant removal
Outreach & Education: volunteer training, public education on invasive species
Total Project Cost: $250,000
Status: In 2011, the New Jersey Invasive Species Strike Team became an independent non-profit organization. CRI’s grant funds have helped leverage nearly $250,000 in additional grants from other funders.
NJISST now includes over 55 project partners from multiple sectors including government (federal, state, county, and municipal), non-profit, corporate and private. Stewardship and education/outreach activities occur throughout the project area which covers 1.6 million acres across 9 counties (Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Monmouth, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and Union). Key project accomplishments include: searching over 50,000 acres, detecting nearly 2,000 populations, eradicating over 600 populations, providing over 50 educational presentations with over 800 total participants, and providing outreach and training to over 1300 partners and volunteers. The project has also established a Steering Committee to guide its progress moving forward and a website to provide technical materials including a project map depicting detections and eradications (www.njisst.org).
If you would like further information about this project, please contact Conservation Resources.
Tags: d&r greenway land trust, wma 10 (millstone)
Posted in biological diversity, ecological restoration project, franklin parker small grants program, projects funded by conservation resources, recreation & aethestics, supplemental environmental project
In 2008, CRI granted this project $3,000 through its Franklin Parker Small Grants program.
Native plants in New Jersey are deeply imperiled. Roughly 40% of New Jersey’s indigenous flora is listed as rare, threatened or endangered. Four primary factors are causing the collapse in plant diversity and abundance: development, habitat destruction, the deer overpopulation crisis, and exotic invasive plants.
The D&R Greenway Native Plant Nursery aims to re-establish indigenous plants in their native habitats, by supplying a diverse array of plants to those engaged in stewardship of New Jersey’s remaining wild places. Moreover, the Nursery recognizes that the human landscape needs to function in harmony with the natural landscape. Providing residents of Central New Jersey with locally native plants is central to D&R Greenway’s mission. At present, ornamental plantings in residential areas not only deprive wildlife of traditional food sources, they supply much of the exotic plant material that continually invades natural areas.
D&R Greenway Native Plant Nursery is dedicated to restoring a rich diversity of native flora to the local landscape. It supplies local genotypes of indigenous plants to conservation groups for ecological restoration, and to the general public, so that the residential landscape might be re-knit with the natural landscape.
The fundamental goals of the Nursery are: 1) To provide a crucial tool for D&R Greenway’s stewardship staff for ecological restoration work; 2) To provide the general public with a source of native plants with clear and local provenance; 3) To educate the general public about the ecological benefits of native plants; and 4) To provide a nexus for involving the local community in the restoration of its surrounding environment.
Ecosystem Services Provided:
Biological Diversity: Habitat- restoring native vegetation
Outreach & Education: Environmental education about the benefits of native plants
Total Project Cost: $23,000
Status: D&R Greenway’s Native Plant Nursery wrapped up its third growing season on a high note. They raised over 12,000 plants of over 50 species in 2011, and met their goals for continued funding of the project. In 2012 they anticipate using up to 5,000 nursery plants on grant-funded stewardship projects, at Cedar Ridge, the J Seward Johnson, Jr. Woodland Preserve, the Sourlands Ecosystem Preserve, and Cider Mill – three flagship preserves and one other highly visible property. Their goal going forward is to insure that they have adequate capacity in the Nursery to meet internal stewardship needs, while still offering adequate quantities of a quality product to plant sale customers and to conservation partners.
If you would like further information about this project, please contact Conservation Resources.
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