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January 2024

January 18 at 7:00 pm - April 1 at 12:00 pm

Plant for Pollinators Webinar Series – FREE

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Zoom Webinar, Morristown, NJ United States + Google Map

Building a "Jersey-friendly yard" creates a healthy foundation of soil, conserves water, attracts and supports wildlife, and adds beauty and interest to your home landscape. Leading up to our 4th annual online Native Pollinator Plant Sale on April 1, we have secured three nationally recognized and diverse speakers to present at monthly webinars. Scroll to the very bottom and register to attend all 4 programs at once at the click of a button. This streamlined registration not only guarantees timely reminder emails with the Zoom link for each of the four talks, but also ensures that you receive recording links for all four webinars within 48 hours of each talk’s…

March 2024

March 28 at 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

SOLD OUT: Vernal Pool Hike

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Great Swamp Watershed Association’s CMA, 1 Tiger Lily Ln
Morristown, NJ 07960 United States
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SORRY, THIS HIKE IS SOLD OUT Please email [email protected] if you need to cancel, or to be placed on a waitlist With temperatures rising, the forest floor will be hopping with new life as frogs and other amphibians crowd into shallow puddles of water to breed and lay their eggs. These puddles, called vernal pools, provide a perfect opportunity to learn more about Mother Nature here in New Jersey. But we have to hurry! They disappear quickly. This annual Vernal Pool Exploration provides a fun, outdoor learning experience for kids and adults alike. Discover the differences between a spring peeper, a chorus frog, and a wood frog. Find out how…

April 2024

April 1 at 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Plant for Pollinators Plant Sale Overview

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Zoom Webinar, Morristown, NJ United States + Google Map

To launch Day 1 of our 4th Annual Native "Plant for Pollinators" sale, GSWA's Director of Education and Stewardship and resident pollinator expert, Hazel England, will provide an in-depth look at each of the 37 selections being offered as individual species and within six kits suitable for a range of garden conditions.  Hazel will review why native plants are important, cover the new species in this year’s sale, and delve into the various pollinator species these native plants will particularly attract.  Learn more about how to start, add, or amend your growing native pollinator garden.  You’ll leave energized knowing the amazing benefits these 37 different native species can bring to…

April 7 at 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Stream Assessment Training- FREE

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Morristown & Morris Township Library, 1 Miller Rd
Morristown, NJ 07960 United States
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Unless there's obvious pollution in the river or stream, to the untrained eye, the water may look healthy. But is it? This free training session, led by Sandra LaVigne, GSWA Director of Water Quality Programs, will provide you with all the necessary skills to make your own determinations. There will be an indoor training which will be hybrid for those who can not attend in person. This session teaches you how to conduct visual and biological stream assessments and recognize environmental factors that could impact stream health. This will be followed by a outdoor field training to practice your new-found skills at a local stream site. By the afternoon, you…

April 11 at 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Plant Program Panel / Q&A

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Zoom Webinar, NJ United States + Google Map

3 friendly, local native plant enthusiasts with years of experience will be available in an interactive webinar to help answer your questions and share advice about choosing, planting, growing and sustaining native plants. You will be able to email questions in advance or ask them during the webinar. Bridget Daley has been an avid gardener for 20+ years. In the last few years, she has immersed herself in learning about and planting native plants. In her yard, Bridget has been shrinking the lawn and removing non-natives -- many of which she previously planted -- including common invasives like English ivy. So far she has replaced them with 71 species of…

April 11 at 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

GSWA Water Quality Report Card- Free

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Morristown & Morris Township Library, 1 Miller Rd
Morristown, NJ 07960 United States
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How's the water? That is the most common question we get from onlookers when we are out collecting water quality samples. Join Sandra LaVigne, GSWA's Director of Water Quality Programs, for an in-depth recap on the health of our streams and water quality data results from 2023. Bring your questions for the Q&A session at the end. “The earth, the air, the land, and the water are not an inheritance from our forefathers but on loan from our children. So we have to handover to them at least as it was handed over to us.” – Mahatma Gandhi

April 13 at 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Volunteer for Community Workday

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Great Swamp Watershed Association’s CMA, 1 Tiger Lily Ln
Morristown, NJ 07960 United States
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Ready to get a little dirty and sweaty in the swamp? Need community service hours? College students, are you looking for something worthy to add to your resume?! Join us on Saturday at the GSWA Conservation Management Area (CMA) to help us steward the land. We will work from 10AM to 1PM and enjoy some well-earned snacks. We could really use your help getting our CMA tidied up by helping us with the following tasks: Carry in lumber • Build and elevate boardwalks which allows hikers to get through flooded areas • Clear branches and limbs from recent storms • Remove invasive plants • Spread woodchips on our trails.  …

April 27 at 9:00 am - 10:30 am

Spring Flower Paddle- AM

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Somerset County Park Commission, Fisherman’s Parking Lot, Approx. 170 Lord Stirling Road
Basking Ridge, NJ
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If you cannot attend, please email [email protected] to cancel so we can invite the next person on the waitlist email.   Spring Flower AM Paddle Kick off your day with a peaceful spring paddle at the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. By late-April, most tree are bursting with buds with their leaves ready to emerge. Birds like pine warblers and woodcocks are migrating back our way. Spring peepers and chorus frogs are calling. Come experience all this and more from a magical place - the middle of the Passaic River at the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. Children 8 and up are welcome. All participants 15 and under must be…

April 27 at 11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Spring Flower Paddle- PM

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Somerset County Park Commission, Fisherman’s Parking Lot, Approx. 170 Lord Stirling Road
Basking Ridge, NJ
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If you cannot attend, please email [email protected] to cancel so we can invite the next person on the waitlist email.   Spring Flower PM Paddle Kick off your day with a peaceful spring paddle at the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. By late-April, most tree are bursting with buds with their leaves ready to emerge. Birds like pine warblers and woodcocks are migrating back our way. Spring peepers and chorus frogs are calling. Come experience all this and more from a magical place - the middle of the Passaic River at the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.   Children 8 and up are welcome. All participants 15 and under must…

May 2024

May 4 at 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

Madison & The Chathams Town-wide Yard Sale

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RAIN DATE: SUNDAY, MAY 5 Registration Deadline: Wednesday, May 1st @ 11:30 PM to get your address and sale items on the map.  CHECK BACK HERE ON May 3 FOR A DIGITAL MAP OF ALL YARD SALE PARTICIPANTS AND A LIST OF SALE ITEMS. These documents will also be shared in local media and on town sites. One person's trash is another person's treasure. Now is the time to start checking your closets, basement, and garage for those hidden treasures and prepare to host a yard sale at the at this community event. Scroll to the bottom of this page and register to have your address and a list of your items for sale to appear on a digital, printable map. The map will be linked to this page and publicized far and wide to potential shoppers.  You must be a resident of Chatham Township,…

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