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Great Swamp Watershed — Ten Towns

Under the auspices of the Morris County leadership group, Morris 2000, these ten towns have formed a “10 Towns Committee” to plan the future of the watershed:

Their goal is to produce effective, enforceable, detailed legislation to preserve the Swamp’s water quality and quantity, diversity of plant and animal life, and opportunities for recreation. The monthly meetings are open to the public. Call any of the town halls or GSWA for the meeting dates.

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Get Involved

Attend your local municipal meetings. Your town may have a Planning Board, a Board of Adjustment, a Zoning Board, as well as other committee meetings open to the public. As praiseworthy as many of these folks are, some of them may not always have your best interests at heart. In such cases if you and your neighbors aren’t there to protect yourselves, who will?

We will post the schedules of such meetings when we get them. A good source will be your local paper, since towns are required by law to post the notices of upcoming public meetings. When no time is given, assume around 7:30 p.m. Some of these times and dates listed below may have changed. Generally it is better to check your local paper or call the town hall to confirm before heading out.

Bernardsville: (908-766-3000), www.bernardsvilleboro.org
  • Mayor and Council: 2nd and 3rd Monday of the month at 7 p.m.
  • Planning Board: Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.
  • Board of Adjustment: 2nd & 3rd Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
  • Environmental Commission: 2nd Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
Bernards Township: (908-766-2510), www.bernards.org
  • Township Committee: 2nd and 4th Tuesday (after first Monday of each month) at 1 p.m.
  • Planning Board: 1st and 3rd Tuesday after first Monday at 7:30 p.m.
  • Board of Adjustment: 1st &/or 2nd Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
  • Environmental Commission: 2nd Monday at 7:30 p.m.
  • Open Space Advisory Committee: 2nd Thursday after 1st Monday 7:30 p.m.
Chatham Township: (973-635-4600), www.chathamtownship.org
  • Township Committee: 2nd and 4th Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
  • Planning Board: 1st and 3rd Monday at 7:30 p.m.
  • Board of Adjustment: 1st Wednesday and 2nd Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
  • Environmental Commission: 1st Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
Harding Township: (973-267-8000), www.hardingnj.org
  • Township Committee: 1st & 3rd Wednesday at 8 p.m.
  • Planning Board: 4th Monday at 7:30 p.m.
  • Board of Adjustment: 3rd Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
  • Environmental Commission: 1st Monday at 7:30 p.m.
  • Historic Preservation Commission: 1st Thursday, 8 p.m.
  • Open Space Trust Committee: 2nd Tuesday at 9 a.m.
Long Hill Township: (973-635-4600), www.longhillnj.org
  • Township Committee: 2nd and 4th Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
  • Planning Board: 2nd and 4th Tuesday at 8 p.m.
  • Zoning Board of Adjustment: 1st and 3rd Tuesday at 8 p.m.
  • Environmental Commission: 4th Monday at 7:00 p.m.
Madison Borough: (973-593-3042), www.rosenet.org/gov
  • Mayor and Council: 2nd and 4th Monday at 7:45 p.m.
  • Planning Board: 2nd and last Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
  • Zoning Board of Adjustment: 3rd Monday at 7:30 p.m.
  • Environmental Commission: last Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
  • Open Space, Recreation and Historic Preservation Advisory Committee: 1st Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
Mendham Borough: (973-543-7152), www.mendhamnj.org
  • Town Council: 1st and 3rd Monday at 8 p.m
  • Planning Board: 2nd Monday at 8 p.m.
  • Board of Adjustment/Zoning: 1st Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
  • Environmental Commission: 2nd Wednesday at 8 p.m.
Mendham Township: (973-543-4555), www.mendhamtownship.org
  • Township Committee: 2nd Monday & 4th Thursday at 7:30 p.m
  • Planning Board: 3rd Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
Morristown: (973-292-6636), www.morristown-nj.org/
  • Town Council: 2nd and 4th Tuesday at 7:30 p.m
  • Planning Board:
  • Board of Adjustment/Zoning:
  • There is no Environmental Commission
Morris Township: (973-326-7360), www.morristwp.com
  • Township Committee: 3rd Wednesday at 8 p.m.
  • Planning Board: 3rd Monday at 7:30 p.m.
  • Board of Adjustment: 4th Monday at 7:30 p.m.
  • Environmental Commission: 4 times a year at Committee’s discretion

 

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