Great Swamp Watershed Association Announces June Events

What’s happening in the Great Swamp Watershed as Summer 2007 begins? Check out these June events:

Friday, June 1, POND DIP FOR FAMILIES
Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Long Hill Township, 5 to 6:30 p.m.
Don’t know a pollywog from a hellgrammite, a crayfish from a pond strider? No problem! Take the “pond dip” to discover the creatures of the swamp and what lives in the ponds and streams of the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. In this activity, especially suitable for families with children, we will use dip nets to catch creatures and examine them, and then let them go. Everyone needs to wear clothes and footwear that can get wet!

Fee: $8 members. $10 non-members. Children 5 and under free. Pre-registration required.

Saturday, June 30, MOONLIGHT NATURE HIKE
Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Long Hill Township, 7 to 9 p.m.
While we can’t guarantee the moonlight, there will be plenty of nature to learn about on this night hike around the watershed. We may hear many watershed animal inhabitants ― including owls, frogs, night insects or other night noises, perhaps even coyotes ― calling. Play some games to learn more about night senses, and revel in being out after dark without a flashlight!

Fee: $8 members. $10 non-members. Children 5 and under free. Pre-registration required.

Pre-registration for both the Pond Dip for Families and the Moonlight Nature Hike is required. To register, or for more information, visit www.greatswamp.org and click on our secure Event Registration page. Or contact Hazel England at 973-538-3500, x20, hazele@greatswamp.org.

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Founded in 1981, the Great Swamp Watershed Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and protecting the water and land of the 36,000-acre watershed region in Morris and Somerset counties. We work to maintain the beauty and health of our open space, and to monitor and protect five streams — Loantaka Brook, Great Brook, Primrose Brook, Black Brook, and the headwaters of the Passaic River — which feed the Passaic River, providing drinking water to more than a million people.
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