Local Initiatives
 Mendham Township recently completed a comprehensive inventory of all its Conservation Easements and made notification to all affected property owners. We are publishing their Project Description and all the related documents, for use as a pattern for action by other communities.
Milestones
On June 24, 2005, the Ten Towns Committee celebrated its 10th anniversary at a gala festival at the site that is to become the new Visitors Center for the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.
Studies
- Non-point Source Inventories of Great Swamp Streams
- Loantaka Brook (completed 2000)
- Black Brook (completed 2001)
- Great Brook (completed 2002)
- Primrose Brook (completed 2004)
- Upper Passaic River (anticipated 2006)
- Stream Monitoring Programs for Great Swamp Streams
- Chemical and physical characteristics
- Macroinvertebrate inventories
- Expanded Water Sampling Program Within Refuge
- First-Flush Stormwater Study
- Monitor Effectiveness of Best Management Practices Sites
- Lake and Pond Studies
- GIS mapping of location and size of all lakes and ponds in watershed
- Detailed 2-year sampling study of 15 selected lakes and ponds
- Comprehensive GIS Mapping and Description of All Stormwater Outfalls in Watershed
Best Management Practices-- On-The-Ground Demonstration Sites
- Shrine of St. Joseph Bioretention Demonstration Project
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Stream Buffer Restoration
(Allen St. Park in Bernards Twp.)
- Detention Basin Retrofit (in progress; St. James Church in Bernards Twp.)
- Sand Filter (Municipal Building parking lot in Chatham)
- Comprehensive Stream/Pond Buffer, Bioretention Facility and Stream Bank Restoration Project (in preparation; Bayne Park and Christ the King Church in Harding)
- Restoration Plan for Loantaka Brook Headwaters.
- Stream Bank Restoration on Great Brook (pending funding from U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)
- Footes Pond Buffer Project (pending NJDEP funding)
Regulatory Initiatives
- Development and Adoption of Model Ordinances in Ten Towns
- Application for Exemption from NJ Residential Site Improvement Standards t
- Permit Stricter Environmental Standards
- Coordinating Efforts for Passage of Bagger and Martin Bill for Special Area Recognition of Great Swamp Watershed
Education and Public Outreach
- Understanding New Jersey's New Stormwater Regulations ~ An Introduction For Municipal Officials
- Fact Sheets for Best Management Practices
- Stormwater Management Manual (in press)
- Environmentally Sensitive Road Design (in preparation)
- Water Quality Standards in Great Swamp Watershed (and accompanying Primer on Nutrients)
- Stormwater Management Workshops for Each Member Town (planned 2003)
- Lake and Pond Maintenance Seminar (SEP 2002)
- Golf Course Best Practices Seminar (JAN 2003)
- Aquatic Ecosystem Seminar (planned for Spring 2003)
- Environmental Education Programs (schools, citizens, engineers, planners; t
- be developed in 2003)
- Special Topics Speakers at Ten Towns Committee Meetings (ongoing)
Training
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