Resources

Raritan Reports

Shaw, Judith A., K. Lowrie, J. Thompson, B. Ravit, C. Obropta, J. Ferrer, H. Mayer and M. Greenberg. 2009. "The Raritan River: A Work in Progress." Report to the Mushett Family Foundation. New Brunswick: Rutgers University.

NJWSA Portrait of a Watershed. (2002). Raritan Basin Watershed Management Project.

NJWSA Raritan Basin Watershed Management Project Final Technical Reports (2002)

NJWSA Raritan Basin Watershed Management Plan (2002)

Contamination and Remediation

US Army Corps of Engineers. (2009). "Comprehensive Restoration Plan for the Hudson-Raritan Estuary".

Lauenstein, G.G., Kimbrough, K.L., (2007). "Chemical Contamination of the Hudson-Raritan Estuary as a result of the attack on the World Trade Center: Analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and polychlorinated biphenyls in mussels and sediment". Marine Pollution Bulletin 54(3), pp. 284-294.

Omni Environmental LLC, "Raritan River Nutrient Study" (2005)

Adams. D. A., Benyi, S., (2003). "Sediment Quality of the NY/NJ Harbor System: A 5-Year Revisit." U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-Region 2. EPA/092-R-03-002.

Adams. D. A., Benyi, S., (2003). "Appendices to the Sediment Quality Report on the NY/NJ Harbor System." U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-Region 2. EPA/092-R-03-002.

Dean, D., Haskin. H. H. (1964) "Benthic Repopulation of the Raritan River Estuary Following Pollution Abatement". Limnology and Oceanography. 9(4), pp. 551-563.

Water Quality and Quantity

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. (2007). "Amendment to the Upper Raritan Water Quality Management Plan:Total Maximum Daily Loads for Pathogens to Address 4 Lakes in the Raritan Water Region".

NJWSA, "Mulhockaway Creek Stormwater Management and Watershed Restoration Plan." (2007)

NJWSA, Spruce Run Reservoir Initiative Project (2006)

NJWSA Raritan Highlands Wastewater Management Plan (2005)

Zimmerman, B. (2004) Raritan and Sandy Hook Bays Sanitary Survey Report 1997-2000. Bureau of Marine Water Monitoring. NJDEP.

Jeffries, Harry P. (1962). "Environmental Characteristics of a Polluted Estuary". Limnology and Oceanography. 7(1), pp. 21-31.

Walsh, Richard J. (1928). Save the Raritan. New Brunswick, NJ.

Targest and Goals of the New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program

Habitat and Stewardship

Outline of the NJ Wildlife Action Plan and The New Jersey Wildlife Action Plan (2008). Trenton, NJ: Division of Fish and Wildlife, Endangered and Nongame Species Program, NJDEP

Tsipoura N., Burger J., Feltes R., Yacabucci J., Mizrahi D., Jeitner C., Gochfeld M. (2008). "Metal concentrations in three species of passerine birds breeding in the Hackensack Meadowlands of New Jersey" Environmental Research, 107 (2), pp. 218-228.

Frye, R. J., Quinn J. A. (1979). "Forest Development in Relation to Topography and Soils on a Floodplain of the Raritan River, New Jersey". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, 106(4), pp 334-345.

NJDEP fish consumption advisories

Balancing Redevelopment: Environment and Ecology

Andrews, Clinton, et. al. (2007 )"Highland Park Green Community Plan" New Brunswick, NJ: New Jersey Sustainable State Institute

Karen M. O'Neill. 2005. Can Watershed Management Unite Town and Country? Society and Natural Resources 18(3):241-253.

Puzio, J., Barnett, E. (2003). "Raritan River Dredging to Help Revitalize New Jersey Waterfront." HDR Innovations Newsletter: 11(1).

Harland Bartholomew & Associates. "A Study of The Rutgers University Campus Plan" (1927)

Public Access and Greenways

NY/ NJ Baykeeper, "Brownfields to Greenfields." (2006)

Middlesex County Improvement Authority. "Raritan Riverfront Strategies." (2003)

MCIA Raritan Riverfront Strategy Plan (2003)

Sustainability and Greenhouse Gas Reduction

Model Ordinances

Highland Park Vehicle Noise Reduction Ordinance

Edison Stormwater Ordinance

Cranford Ordinance to Adopt Sustainable Building

Videos

(2009) WildNewJersey.tv presents this entertaining documentary on the Raritan River. Mayors, environmentalists and Rutgers University students highlight the river’s diverse wildlife and industrial past.