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Interesting Facts
 The watershed straddles two physiographic provinces -- the Highlands and
the Piedmont Plateau. The Highlands lies to the west of Route 287. The
Piedmont Plateau lies to the east.
- Great Swamp has the most extensive cattail marshes in New Jersey.
- Great Swamp is one of best places in the country for
viewing wood
ducks.
- Great Swamp is home to 26 threatened and endangered species listed by the
State of New Jersey, including the great blue heron, the red-shouldered
hawk, the northern harrier, and the bog turtle.
- Great Swamp is one of the few homes for the blue-spotted
salamander. In
New Jersey, the species is found only in remnants of Glacial Lake Passaic.
- The watershed boasts the largest breeding populations of eastern bluebirds
in the state.
- The Upper Passaic and Primrose Brook are listed by the State of New Jersey
as Category I, trout production waters. Extensive forest cover at the
headwaters of these tributaries contributes to their high quality.
- The Watershed Association’s Streamways Project has the potential to
link many popular natural areas and wildlife sanctuaries, including
Morristown National Historical Park, Lewis Morris Park, Scherman- Hoffman
Sanctuaries, Lord Stirling Park, the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
and Passaic River Park. Conservation easements already exist on lands
currently or formerly owned by the McChesney, Stowell, Jarvis, and Friggerio
families as well as the Morris Area Girl Scouts.
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