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"IMPROVING WATER
QUALITY IS NOT JUST OUR GOAL...
IT'S OUR
FUTURE!!!"
- Mission Statement
Welcome to the site of the Passaic River Coalition, an urban watershed
association - active since 1969 in protecting water quality and quantity of
the entire Passaic River watershed of northern New Jersey and Rockland and
Orange Counties, New York.
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Butler
Raceway, Pequannock River - Passaic River Coalition Property
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June 27, 2008

History's helpers receive $2.1M
25
county grants aim to preserve sites
Thursday, June 26, 2008
BY
LAWRENCE RAGONESE
Star-Ledger Staff
An environmental group
was awarded $250,000 in Morris County historic
preservation funds yesterday as seed money for the
potential purchase of Willow Hall in Morristown, an
endangered historic site that has been targeted for
townhouse development....read
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June 9, 2008
NJ DEP Mapping Contest
- In an annual contest for the most creative use of
computer mapping technology, our GIS Specialist Lubica
Cverckova won 2nd place in two categories. On
Thursday, June 5, 2008, the NJ Department of
Environmental Protection held its 21st annual
mapping contest in Trenton, NJ. Over 30 maps were
presented in 5 categories, including Best Data
Integration, Best Analytical Presentation, Best Software
Integration, Best Small Format, Most Unique and Best
Instructional Presentation. ...more
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June 6, 2008
Organic
Lawn Care Workshop - Join the
Morris County Park Commission and AmeriCorps Watershed
Ambassador Mike Romankiewicz for an afternoon of talks
focused on teaching homeowners how to care for their
lawns with the environment in mind. The free workshop is
going to be held in Frelinghuysen Arboretum on Saturday,
July 19, 2008 from 12.30 pm to 4.30pm. For directions,
please click
here. For more information about the seminar
please see the flyer below.
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May 20,
2008
Passaic River Coalition Stays On Top of Groundwater in
Summit -
Passaic River Coalition, working with its own
Groundwater Protection Committee, spent Saturday, May
10, in Summit, NJ at the city’s first Green Fest to help
raise awareness of the uses of groundwater by the
residents and local businesses...read
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Please, click below to view/print the maps presented at
the Summit Green Fest.
Please, note the
original size of map 'Aquifer Systems in Summit City
and Neighbors' is 41 x 65 inches and the size of map
'Well Head Protection Areas in Summit City, Union
County, NJ' is 38 x 65 inches.
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May 16,
2008
PRC's
Land Trust expanding - Yesterday, the PRC closed on
another property - Kind George Road Wetlands
Preserve, located in Bernards Twp, Somerset County.
The PRC owns now 30 properties with total of 997 acres
of open space. Read more about our land trust and
properties
here.

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May 15,
2008
PRC
participates in the 4th Annual Passaic River Paddle
Relay – On May 10, 2008 the Lower Passaic witnessed
a great event – a 9 mile relay of kayaking and canoeing
from Riverbank Park in Newark upriver to the Nereid Boat
Club in Rutherford...read
more

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May 14,
2008
In the
Middle of America, Passaic River Coalition
Rallies with Others for Our Rivers -
Once a year,
the good people of River Network, a non-profit dedicated
to connecting people and saving rivers, hold a River
Rally, a gathering of the leaders of watershed
protection across the country for a four-day conference
described as part education, part inspiration, and part
celebration...read more here
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Passaic River Coalition
gratefully acknowledges the support of Continental
Airlines, which provided free air transportation for PRC
staff to attend the 2008 River Rally in Huron, Ohio.
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