
03/24/2022
Photos from AmeriCorps NJ Watershed Ambassadors Program's post
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Photos from AmeriCorps NJ Watershed Ambassadors Program's post
Spring is here!🌷With warmer weather approaching our attention turns to our gardens and lawns. The Bureau of Pesticide Compliance & Enforcement (BPC&E) would like to remind NJ residents interested in having pesticides, including weed killers applied at their home to make sure the company or individual you hire has an individual pesticide license and work for a licensed commercial business. If you apply pesticides for hire and are not licensed, you can visit the Bureau's website to obtain more information on licensing and registrations.
Please visit: https://www.state.nj.us/dep/enforcement/pcp/bpo.htm.
This week is officially Week! 🎉 For more than 20 years, AmeriCorps New Jersey Watershed Ambassadors (NJWAP) have played a huge role in raising awareness of how human activities can impact water quality. This year, join the Watershed Ambassadors along with in celebrating from March-April 21st with the “Project in a Park” Initiative. These projects are open to the public! For more information on how to register to the “Project in a Park” Initiative please visit: https://nj.gov/dep/parksandforests/americorpsweek/.
For more information about the AmeriCorps New Jersey Watershed Ambassadors Program and to learn more about AmeriCorps Week please visit: https://www.nj.gov/dep/wms/bears/americorps.htm.
This program is an New Jersey program and is hosted out of the Bureau of Environmental Analysis, Restoration and Standard (BEARS), Division of Water Monitoring & Standards (DWMS).
Wow! Look at all those dune grasses! For the 10th year, AmeriCorps NJ Watershed Ambassadors helped plant grass shoots at Island Beach State Park. This year, Watershed Ambassadors contributed about 4,000 grass shoots across two different dune areas to assist with dune stabilization.
Dune grasses serve as a natural line of against storm surges by preventing or limiting and acting as a windbreak. Beach grasses also hold the sand together, and prevent too much sand from being washed into the ocean, which causes .
For the past 22 years, the NJDEP’s AmeriCorps New Jersey Watershed Ambassadors Program has played an important role in educating the public on how human activities can affect water quality. Each year, a new group of 20-23 Watershed Ambassadors engages with community members, channeling awareness into action. What a great monthly meeting! Ambassadors learned about New Jersey State Parks, Forests and Historic Sites and the exciting projects they’ll be working on for AmeriCorps Week in March!
Special thank you to NJWAP alum Andrew Anderson (2003-2004) of Double Trouble State Park for teaching the ambassadors about cranberry bogs and their history in New Jersey, Stephanie Fox from Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park for her leadership in our upcoming Parks Projects, and Mike Timpanaro from Monmouth Battlefield State Park for educating the members on the history of the Battle of Monmouth and taking them on a great sunset hike of the battlefields and orchards!
To learn more about AmeriCorps or to stay connected please visit: https://www.nj.gov/dep/wms/bears/americorps.htm Jersey
Aquatic Pesticide Permit Application and Instructions, N.J.A.C. 7:30-9.3, is the regulation that mandates an Aquatic Pesticide Permit for most applications of pesticides to any "waters of the State" or on "Aquatic sites". To determine if a permit is necessary, for the type of application you intend to make, visit https://www.nj.gov/dep/enforcement/pcp/bpo-aqpermit.htm
The Bureau of Marine Water Monitoring samples oysters in the Delaware Bay for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Mussel Watch Program to analyze for legacy contaminants and contaminants of emergent concern.
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Here is our Bureau of Freshwater and Biological Monitoring (BFBM) measuring the stream flow at Doctors Creek (Upper Freehold) with a Parshall flume. A Parshall flume is an open channel flow metering device that was developed to measure the flow of surface waters. Flow is measured, along with chemical parameters, as part of stream water quality monitoring throughout the State to determine the relative health of our waters. To read more on why measure flow matters: https://www.nj.gov/dep/wms/bfbm/sw_capabilities.html.
In this photo the licensed technician is wearing a sleeveless shirt and shorts, but the product in the container is Roundup Pro Concentrate EPA. Reg. #524-529 and label states, “long-sleeved shirt and long pants.”
ALWAYS read the label before any type of application.
epa.gov/safepestcontrol/why-read-labels
Delaware River Basin Fish and Wildlife Management Cooperative Shad Collection. BFBM fisheries staff assisted the Delaware River Basin Fish and Wildlife Management Cooperative with young-of-the-year American shad seining in August, and will continue in September, and October. The first event was the week of August 9. This sampling entails one evening of seining at three sites each month which includes Phillipsburg, Delaware Water Gap, and Montague. The Co-op is comprised of biologists from the PA Fish and Boat Commission, Delaware River Basin Commission, NJ Fish & Wildlife, Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife, New York Division of Fish and Wildlife, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Data collected in these surveys are used as one of the benchmarks reported to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission every five years. Every effort is made to ensure all fish are released unharmed. #🎣 #🐠 #🐟
Are you a recreational shellfish harvester? Do you enjoy eating briny oysters and clams? Before you harvest make sure you know where you can harvest!
The Bureau of Marine Water Monitoring classifies shellfish growing waters and determines whether those waters are safe to protect the public from health risks associated with the consumption of shellfish by collecting and analyzing over 12,000 water samples each year from New Jersey’s bays and estuaries. Shellfish Growing Water Classification Charts are available at www.nj.gov/dep/bmw/nssphome.html#charts.
If you are or will be recreationally harvesting shellfish make sure you have a Recreational Shellfish License www.njfishandwildlife.com/marinelicenses.htm and that you are harvesting shellfish from Approved waters or Conditionally Approved in the open status.
The Department of Environmental Protection cares about Public Health at the Jersey Shore. To ensure safe swimming conditions, over 200 beaches are monitored on a weekly basis. Visit NJBEACHES.ORG to be the first to learn of beach advisories or closures.
The Bureau of Freshwater and Biological Monitoring has initiated the freshwater Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Continuous Monitoring Program. This program will assist in the prediction & strategic response of HABs in select waterbodies in New Jersey. Utilizing remote sensor & telemetry technology, the project creates a data feed of select water quality parameters in real time to allow better informed decision making in HAB response strategies.
The data generated by this program will be displayed in real time via DEP’s Continuous Monitoring website.
Data is used to inform HAB status and response actions and does not replace laboratory confirmation analysis for Alert postings.
The sites selected were chosen due to recreational and/ or drinking water significance, repeated HAB occurrence, duration, and elevated levels of the HABs at these waterbodies. https://njdep.rutgers.edu/continuous/ & www.nj.gov/dep/hab
Clean Shores is fully operational again! Clean Shores is a cooperative partnership between the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the Department of Corrections. Inmates were able to return to work beginning June 21st and have been busy working with DEP to remove trash at the New Jersey shore. However, they will go anywhere if needed. Recently, the program spent four days removing tires at an illegal dump site in Marlboro NJ. Clean Shores removed and properly disposed of 1,754 tires! The sale of “Shore to Please” license plates funds Clean Shores and NJ’s Beach Program.
What is a Cyanotoxin Analysis Procedure? How does doing a cyanotoxin analysis help the waters of NJ? Learn how the NJ DEP Bureau of Freshwater and Biological Monitoring conducts them as part of the harmful algal bloom (HAB) monitoring and analysis program to keep NJ's waters safe! Coming to a small screen near you!
What is a Cyanotoxin Analysis Procedure? How does doing a cyanotoxin analysis help the waters of NJ? Learn how the NJ DEP Bureau of Freshwater and Biological Monitoring conducts them as part of the harmful algal bloom (HAB) monitoring and analysis program to keep NJ's waters safe! Coming to a small screen near you!
Each year, twenty (20) Watershed Ambassadors, selected through a competitive application and interview process, serve from local partner host agencies located in each of NJ’s 20 Watershed Management Areas (WMAs). NJWAP serves with all sectors of society to improve the quality of NJ’s waterways by providing nurturing community-based environmental activities and empowering residents to make responsible and informed decisions regarding their watersheds. Applicants should apply via the My AmeriCorps portal by August 8, 2021, including indication in your interest statement of at least two preferred WMAs.
To the AmeriCorps NJ Watershed Ambassador leadership, Amanda Lotto and Sam Pfeffer. Thank you so much for offering support throughout the workday, including all those stressful moments. Thank you for showing up even when days are tough and leading the Ambassadors through their days. The Ambassadors and the Department are thankful for everything that you do. Also, thank you to Bruce Friedman, Kim Cenno, and Olivia Glenn for the continuous support to the AmeriCorps NJ Watershed Ambassadors
Congratulations to the 2020-2021 AmeriCorps NJ Watershed Ambassador graduating class! What an impressive achievement in a crazy year! Cheers to your next journey!
It's the 4th of July! Are you heading to the beach anytime this holiday weekend? If so, remember to check www.njbeaches.org for all your beach water quality information and needs! .org
Keeping the Jersey Shore Ready - NJ Beach Monitoring Program
NJDEP Commissioner Shawn LaTourette welcomes summer with a special message on how to show your support for the Jersey Shore.
For more information, go to NJBeaches.org
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Learn how staff from the Bureau of Freshwater and Biological Monitoring conduct year round monitoring in NJ. This video demonstrates how the NJDEP Division of Water Monitoring and Standards' Rivers & Streams Chemical Monitoring Network collect and prepare water samples from the Manasquan River in Howell, NJ.
https://www.nj.gov/dep/wms/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CQHQeYdDO4h/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Happy Memorial Day Weekend from the staff in the Division of Water Monitoring & Standards!
Are you now “shore ready”? Remember to visit njbeaches.org for all your beach water quality and shore-related information. Happy Summer! .org
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