Spring Cleaning of Loantaka Brook

Morris Township — The Great Swamp Watershed Association and AmeriCorps NJ Watershed Ambassadors will hold a stream cleanup at the Loantaka Brook Reservation in Morris Township on Saturday, April 10 from 9:30 a.m. - 12 noon. This rain-or-shine event is open to the public and volunteers will be provided with bags, gloves, bug repellant, water and snacks. The first 20 volunteers to arrive at the Kitchell Pond pavilion (off Kitchell Rd. within the Loantaka Brook Reservation) will receive a Back2Tap reusable water bottle. “Our aim is to promote environmental stewardship in the community,” says Adam Osborn, the AmeriCorps Ambassador for the Upper Passaic River. Charitable donations have been made by NJ Clean Communities of Morris County, Whole Foods Market in Madison and NJ American Water. For more information please call (973) 635-6629.

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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. The organization works to maintain the beauty and health of open space, and to monitor and protect five streams: Loantaka Brook, Great Brook, Primrose Brook, Black Brook, and the Upper Passaic — which feed into the Passaic River and providing drinking water to more than a million people.
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