Visit us at:
568 Tempe Wick Road
Morristown, NJ 07960
Mail us at:
P.O. Box 300
New Vernon, NJ 07976
Call us at:
(973) 538-3500
FAX:
(973) 538-5300
Breakfast Briefings
GSWA’s Breakfast Briefings are on holiday, and will resume in the spring.
Covering a range of environmental topics, this is your opportunity to learn more from guest speakers and environmental specialists. Each briefing is from 8 - 9:30 a.m. at GSWA Headquarters, 568 Tempe Wick Rd., Harding Township (next to Jockey Hollow).
A complimentary continental breakfast is included (donations gladly accepted)!
To give you an idea of what’s in store, here’s what was presented this past fall:
Tuesday, September 13, 8 - 9:30 a.m.
Vegetation and Deer Management at Jockey Hollow Park
Jill Hawk, Superintendent of the Morristown National Historical Park, stops by to tell us more about the public scoping process that will help the National Park Service draft a Vegetation and White-tailed Deer Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (plan/EIS) for Jockey Hollow. The purpose of the plan/EIS is to address issues associated with nonnative invasive plant species proliferation that prevents native tree regeneration; the effects of white-tailed deer browsing on tree regeneration; and the loss of key aspects of the park’s cultural landscape.
Volunteers install deer fencing
at the CMA in 2005.
Tuesday, October 11, 8 - 9:30 a.m.
Dealing With Deer in Our Region
Emile DeVito from the New Jersey Conservation Foundation stops by to speak with us about deer herds in northern New Jersey and various management techniques that can be used to prevent environmental destruction due to over-grazing. Local deer populations are estimated to exceed 100 deer per square mile, while natural carrying capacity is closer to 10-to-15 deer per square mile. Large deer herds can reduce biodiversity in a region by trampling or consuming native undergrowth.
Tuesday, November 15, 8 - 9:30 a.m.
Fracking: What You Need to Know About Hydraulic Fracturing for Natural Gas
Speaker: Fred Stine from Delaware Riverkeeper Network. Energy producers extract natural gas by drilling wells into targeted rock formation, then filling the wellbores with pressurized fluid. As the surrounding rock cracks under pressure, natural gas is released at an increased rate and collected for further refinement. This process, known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is not conducted without potential danger to water and air quality. In a number of documented cases “fracking fluid” used for gas extraction has contaminated groundwater and forced uncollected gas and chemical onto the earth’s surface. Fracking also produces industrial waste that must be disposed of with care. While there is no ban on fracking in the state of New Jersey, Gov. Christie recently proposed a one-year moratorium on the practice. Please join us as we invite an expert on fracking, to tell us more about this controversial extraction technique and the impact it might have on all New Jersey residents. Speaker to be announced.