River Talk: Watersheds 101: The Importance of our Headwaters and Vegetated Buffers
Tue, May 16
|MWA River Resource Center
Join the Musconetcong Watershed Association for our first IN-PERSON River Talk of 2023, which will take place on Tuesday, May 16, 7:00 - 8:30p.m. at our River Resource Center, located at 10 Maple Ave., Asbury, NJ 08802.
Time & Location
May 16, 2023, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
MWA River Resource Center, 10 Maple Ave, Asbury, NJ 08802, USA
About the event
Join the Musconetcong Watershed Association for our first IN-PERSON River Talk of 2023, which will take place on Tuesday, May 16, 7:00 - 8:30p.m. at our River Resource Center, located at 10 Maple Ave., Asbury, NJ 08802.
This presentation, led by Stroud Water Research Center's Dave Bressler and the MWA's Christa Reeves, will provide an overview of the science of watersheds with a focus on the Musconetcong River Watershed. Learn about headwaters, or the small streams that feed into and create larger river systems, as well as riparian buffers, the areas of vegetation along our streams and rivers. Through this presentation, you'll get to see how each of these is critical to water quality, mitigating stormwater and flooding, and overall river health throughout a watershed. Topics specific to the Musconetcong will include the MWA's 319(h) efforts, which centers on reducing nonpoint-source pollution, plus how our community-science-driven River Watchers program contributes to…