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SUMMARY:Plant for Pollinators Webinar Series - FREE
DESCRIPTION: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. \nLeading 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. \nScroll to the very bottom and register to attend all 4 programs at once at the click of a button. \nThis 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 conclusion. For those interested in specific talks\, individual sign-ups are available below. \nRegister for individual programs below: \nJanuary 18\, 7-8 PM: Creating a Woodland Garden with Indigenous Plants & Vertical Structure. Speaker: Jean Epiphan\, agricultural resources agent and assistant professor with Rutgers Cooperative Extension in Morris County | Register HERE \nFebruary 15\, 7-8 PM: Plug in to Native Groundcovers. Speaker: John Courtney\, owner of Kind Earth Nursery |  Register HERE \nMarch 13\, 7-8PM: Pollinator Conservation: Creating and Protecting Habitat for NJ’s Bees\, Butterflies\, and Biodiversity. Speaker: Kelly Gill\, Pollinator Conservation Specialist from Xerces Society | Register HERE \nApr 1\, 12-1 PM: GSWA Native Pollinator Plant Sale Overview. Speaker: Hazel England\, GSWA Director of Education\, Outreach\, and Land Stewardship (GSWA online Native Pollinator Plant Sale opens directly following this webinar) | Register HERE \nWhile this speaker program series is free for all participants\, a suggested donation of $5-$10 is appreciated to help offset the cost of bringing you these nationally recognized speakers.  :-) \nAdd All Four Events to Your Calendar: FIRST\, register for the Series below. THEN\, add the four event dates to your calendar by importing the following custom ICS file. Right-click the link to save the file/download: PLANT WEBINAR SERIES ICS FILE. Once downloaded\, navigate to your calendar app’s settings and/or choose ‘Import\,’ then select the file from your computer. You can visit the scheduled dates to confirm they have been added correctly. Please be aware that Zoom links for each talk will be sent separately via email. The ICS file format is recognized by popular calendar apps like Google\, Outlook\, and Apple. \nMark Your Calendar: Apr 1\, 1:30 PM – Native Plants for Pollinators online sale opens Apr 1 @ 1:30 PM and runs through Apr 19 @ 5 PM. Learn more about native pollinator plants\, gardening\, and GSWA’s online plant sale HERE.
URL:https://www.greatswamp.org/event/plants-for-pollinators-webinar-series/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, Morristown\, NJ\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Programs
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ginger Van Ryzin":MAILTO:gvanryzin@greatswamp.org
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SUMMARY:Plant for Pollinators Plant Sale Overview
DESCRIPTION:There has been a change in speaker for this webinar. \nTo launch Day 1 of our 4th Annual Native “Plant for Pollinators” sale\, GSWA’s Education\, Land Steward\, and Water Quality Associate\, Ginger Van Ryzin\, 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.  Ginger 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 your yard and you’ll be ready to shop the sale. \nWe will also walk you through our online storefront\, simple ordering process\, and amazing online resources on the site. \nIf you’re considering starting or expanding your native pollinator garden\, you’re going to want to check this out! You will receive your Zoom link prior to the start of the webinar. \nWhile this speaker program series is free for all participants\, a suggested donation of $5-$10 is appreciated to help offset the cost of bringing you these nationally recognized speakers.  :-) \nMark Your Calendar: Apr 1\, 1:30 PM – Native Plants for Pollinators online sale opens Apr 1 @ 1:30 PM and runs through Apr 19 @ 5 PM. Learn more about native pollinator plants\, gardening\, and GSWA’s online plant sale HERE.
URL:https://www.greatswamp.org/event/plants-for-pollinators-plant-sale-overview-2024/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, Morristown\, NJ\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Programs
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ginger Van Ryzin":MAILTO:gvanryzin@greatswamp.org
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SUMMARY:Volunteer for Community Workday
DESCRIPTION: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?! \nJoin us on Friday 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. \n  \nBe sure to wear long pants\, long sleeves\, and hiking boots or old shoes you don’t mind getting muddy. Bring a hat and a reusable water bottle. We will provide bug spray\, sun block\, gloves\, and all tools you will need. \nYou’ll work hard\, but will also share in some laughs\, and enjoy delicious snacks. What better way to spend a Saturday morning? See you there!
URL:https://www.greatswamp.org/event/volunteer-for-community-workday-april-5-2024/
LOCATION:Great Swamp Watershed Association’s CMA\, 1 Tiger Lily Ln\, Morristown\, NJ\, 07960\, United States
CATEGORIES:Volunteer Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ginger Van Ryzin":MAILTO:gvanryzin@greatswamp.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240407T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240407T160000
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SUMMARY:Stream Assessment Training- FREE
DESCRIPTION: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 will be fully trained in visual and biological stream assessment. And if you are ready to take that next step\, consider becoming a stream monitoring volunteer! \nTools and supplies will be provided. It gets a little messy so wear your boots and bring clean shoes to change into afterward. Preferred volunteers are 15 or older.
URL:https://www.greatswamp.org/event/stream-assessment-training-free-2/
LOCATION:Morristown & Morris Township Library\, 1 Miller Rd\, Morristown\, NJ\, 07960\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Programs
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sandra LaVigne":MAILTO:sandral@greatswamp.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240411T190000
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SUMMARY:Plant Program Panel / Q&A
DESCRIPTION: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. \nBridget 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 native plants\, including trees\, shrubs\, and wildflowers. Bridget also co-led\, with fellow Rutgers Environmental Steward Joan Maccari\, the creation of Madison Public Schools Pollinator Habitat\, a community project that replaced lawn and non-native shrubs with 600 native plants. She is a member of the Madison Environmental Commission. \nJess Miller is a designer by trade and a native plant geek in her off time.  She is a volunteer with the NPSNJ and maintain a Little Native Seed Library outside of her South Orange home.  She works with her local community to add native plants to local parks and schools.  Jess’s goal is for more people to know how easy and inexpensive it can be to add native plants to your yard! \nBianca Wright is a gardener and landscape designer with over 20 years of experience. She worked for design-build firms\, private studios as well as a public garden before starting habitats&gardens LLC in 2021 to offer landscape design and plant installation. Bianca strives to create adaptive and resilient gardens by embracing nature’s dynamics\, integrating ecological horticulture and principles of green infrastructure. She volunteers with several community groups to help raise awareness around native plants and bring them to local parks and schools. \n 
URL:https://www.greatswamp.org/event/plant-sale-panel-qa-2024/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, NJ\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Programs
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ginger Van Ryzin":MAILTO:gvanryzin@greatswamp.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240413T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240413T130000
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SUMMARY:FULL- Volunteer for Community Workday
DESCRIPTION:THIS COMMUNITY WORKDAY HAS BEEN FILLED\nPlease email MHertgen@GreatSwamp.org if you can no longer make it\, or to be placed on a waitlist \nReady 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?! \nJoin 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. \n  \nBe sure to wear long pants\, long sleeves\, and hiking boots or old shoes you don’t mind getting muddy. Bring a hat and a reusable water bottle. We will provide bug spray\, sun block\, gloves\, and all tools you will need. \nYou’ll work hard\, but will also share in some laughs\, and enjoy delicious snacks. What better way to spend a Saturday morning? See you there!
URL:https://www.greatswamp.org/event/volunteer-for-community-workday-april-2024/
LOCATION:Great Swamp Watershed Association’s CMA\, 1 Tiger Lily Ln\, Morristown\, NJ\, 07960\, United States
CATEGORIES:Outdoor Events,Volunteer Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ginger Van Ryzin":MAILTO:gvanryzin@greatswamp.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240427T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240427T103000
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Spring Flower Paddle- AM
DESCRIPTION:DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES\, THIS PADDLE HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY HAVE CAUSED. \n  \nSpring Flower AM Paddle \nKick 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. \nChildren 8 and up are welcome. All participants 15 and under must be accompanied by a parent. There are only 7 spots available – 2 spots/registration max. All participants must be able to swim\, be comfortable on the water\, and wear clothes and footwear that can (and will) get wet and muddy. Life vests will be provided. \n  \nIMPORTANT – Kayak Waiver: Each participant MUST submit one of the forms below. If the person is under the age of 18 then a parent or guardian must sign their form and assume responsibility for the minor. Please complete\, sign and bring the form(s) with you. The organizers will collect completed forms before put-in. \n\n\nAdult Attendee\nMinor Attendee\n\n\n\nThe GSWA kayaks\, used in our water quality and educational programming\, were purchased with the generous funding provided by the Thomas Glasser Foundation.
URL:https://www.greatswamp.org/event/spring-flower-paddle-am-2024/
LOCATION:Somerset County Park Commission\, Fisherman’s Parking Lot\, Approx. 170 Lord Stirling Road\, Basking Ridge\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Outdoor Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ginger Van Ryzin":MAILTO:gvanryzin@greatswamp.org
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240329T215957Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Spring Flower Paddle- PM
DESCRIPTION:DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES\, THIS PADDLE HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY HAVE CAUSED. \n  \nSpring Flower PM Paddle \nKick 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. \n  \nChildren 8 and up are welcome. All participants 15 and under must be accompanied by a parent. There are only 7 spots available – 2 spots/registration max. All participants must be able to swim\, be comfortable on the water\, and wear clothes and footwear that can (and will) get wet and muddy. Life vests will be provided. \n  \nIMPORTANT – Kayak Waiver: Each participant MUST submit one of the forms below. If the person is under the age of 18 then a parent or guardian must sign their form and assume responsibility for the minor. Please complete\, sign and bring the form(s) with you. The organizers will collect completed forms before put-in. \n\n\nAdult Attendee\nMinor Attendee\n\n\n\nThe GSWA kayaks\, used in our water quality and educational programming\, were purchased with the generous funding provided by the Thomas Glasser Foundation.
URL:https://www.greatswamp.org/event/spring-flower-paddle-pm-2024/
LOCATION:Somerset County Park Commission\, Fisherman’s Parking Lot\, Approx. 170 Lord Stirling Road\, Basking Ridge\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Outdoor Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ginger Van Ryzin":MAILTO:gvanryzin@greatswamp.org
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