July 27
August 18
September 7
November 15
December 8
2013 saw "Just 2 Eagle Scouts Doing a South Branch/Raritan River Cleanup" become much much more as one event led to another and then another until this River Family and its River Warriors realized it was time to become something bigger...something lasting...and the Central Jersey Stream Team was born.
7/27 101
8/18 406+1
9/7 89
11/15 5
12/8 12
Total 614
Blackpoint Road to Canal Park in Raritan-South Branch Raritan River and Raritan River
First 3 of 6 zones starting at:
Zone 1-Blackpoint Road-1.18 miles
Zone 3-Opie River Road-2.03 miles
Zone 5-Headgates Dam-1.84 miles
...finishing at Robert Street in Bridgewater, NJ
Blackpoint Road to Canal Park in Raritan-South Branch Raritan River and Raritan River
Last 3 of 6 zones starting at:
Zone 2-Elm Street Bridge-2.63 miles
Zone 4-Studdiford Bridge-0.85 miles
Zone 6-Robert Street-1.0 miles
...finishing at Canal Park in Raritan
Robert Street to Orlando Park in Raritan-Raritan River
Zone 6 (Extended)-Robert Street-1.38 miles
...finishing at Orlando Park
Woodfern Floodplain-Branchburg
Project Support-Branchburg DPW
Results!
3 Volunteers (Jens, Joe & Paul Knowles)
12 Tires
8 Bags of Recyclables
8 Bags of Trash
8 plant pots, 2 pipes, 2 lawn chairs, 2 buckets, 2 milk crates
1 40' x 20' tarp (which took quite a while to unravel and dig out of the ground)
With the support of Branchburg DPW Jens, Joe and Paul took part in CJST's very first cold weather floodplain cleanup on the Raritan. What we thought would be a short litter pickup ended up being an all day thing. And by the end of the day it was snowing! What we learned today? Tarps are our nemesis!