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Past Action Commitee Meetings

November 1, 2006
Speaker: Athena Sarafidies,
NJ DEP Department of Sustainability
December 6, 2006
HOLIDAY CELEBRATION - SHOPPING WITH YOUR WATERBUCKS!
February 7, 2007
Presentation: Troy Brook Regional Stormwater Management Plan update by Dr. Chris Obropta of Rutgers
March 7, 2007
Hackensack Riverkeeper: Captain Bill Sheehan
April 4, 2007
Pat Rector,
NJDEP Division of Watershed Management
May 2, 2007
Watershed Jeopardy
June 6, 2007
Joseph Mattle,
NJDEP Division of Water Supply
September 12, 2007
Dr. Kirk Barrett,
Passaic River Institute
October 3, 2007
November 7, 2007
Amy DiBartolo
"Woodlot Conservation Plan Presentation
December 12, 2007
February 6, 2008
"Effects of Groundwater Pumping
in the Passaic River Basin"
Dr. Duke Ophori, Montclair State University
March 5 , 2008
Mike Romankiewicz,
AmeriCorps Watershed Ambassador
April 2, 2008
Virginia Michelin, Speaker
Morris County Department of
Planning, Development & Technoloy
"Water Balance in Morris County"
May 7, 2008
Municipal Engineers Review Status
of Storm Water Regulations
5:45pm at the Morris County Library
June 4, 2008
Special Meeting: 2008 Grant Presentations
Guest Speakers:
Dr. Steve Souza, Princeton Hydro
Dr. Chris Obrupta, Rutgers Cooperative Extension Service
Pat Rector, NJDEP Division of Watershed Management
February 4, 2009
Native Plant Society of New Jersey
Bill Young, Young Environmental, LLC
www.youngenvironmentalllc.com
March 4, 2009
Dr. Kirk Barrett, Passaic River Institute
Is Flooding Getting Worse in New Jersey
April 1, 2009
Eugene Reynolds from the Passaic River Coalition
The Passaic: Still Waters Run Deep
May 6, 2009
Donald Kiddoo, History of the Whippany River

Past Events

November 29, 2006 - Workshop:
'The Water You Drink - Will There Be Enough?
Download the Flyer (pdf)
April 21, 2007
Watershed Wide Cleanup
July 20th, 2007 - FULL!
Hackensack River EcoCurise
October 13th, 2007
"Signs of Fall" River Walk along Patriots Path
Morristown to Hanover
April 5, 2008
Training Workshop
"Stream Visual Assessment Protocol"
8:30-3:00 at the Morris County Park Cultural Center,
300 Mendham Road, Morris Township
Click here for more information
April 19, 2008
Earth Day
11am to 4pm at Sunrise Lake
in Lewis Morris Park
April 26, 2008
Whippany River Clean Up
Sponsored by Trout Unlimited
10AM
Click here for more information
April 30, 2008
Training Workshop
"Stormwater Managment in Your Backyard."
7pm to 9pm
Parsippany Municipal Building
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Click here to learn about Rain Gardens
May 10, 2008
Third Annual Kayak/Canoe Trip
on the Whippany River
9am to 12 noon
East Hanover
Click here for more information
June 13, 2008
SVAP Training
Rutgers
Contact WRWAC for more information.
zJuly 19, 2008
Organic Lawn Care Seminar
Frelinghuysen Arboretum
Mike Romankiewicz
Contact WRWAC for more information.
Saturday, October 18
Stream Visual Assesment Protocol Workshop
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Sunday, October 26
Sampling Methods & Use of Meters Workshop
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March 4, 2009 - 8am
Municipal Engineers and Public Works Directors Roundtable
The Hamilton Park Club, 175 Park Ave., Florham Park
March 16th and 17th, 2009
Goose Management Training
Morristown, NJ
April 18, 2009
Help Keep Morristown Beautiful
Annual Town-wide Cleanup
April 18, 2009
Earth Day at Sunrise Lake
Lewis Morris Park, Mendham
April 25, 2009
Whippany River Canoe Trip
May 2, 2009
Whippany River Cleanup
September 16, 2009
Tenth Anniversary Celebration
September 26, 2009
How to Install a Rain Garden at your Home

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