Rusty Spinner
Well-known member
I am in the process of working on our fall work schedule. There is a ton of riparian re-vegetation planting opportunities on the main river and some tributaries, an organized clean up coming up in a couple of weekends to clear debris from Hurricane Irene, some chainsaw work to free up some channels completely blocked by downed trees from the storm, etc.
As I work out dates with our partners like the Musconetcong Watershed Association, there are things some of you can do to help at any time. We need eyes on the entire river system right now to identify issues caused by the storm. For instance, we already know we need to clean the entire contents of someone's garage when that structure blew apart in the storm and flood waters carried stuff into the river in the Bloomsbury area. We know of approx. 14 medium sized trees that are hung up on the newly restored channel where the remnant Riegelsville dam sites were that need to be cut up into shorter lengths so they can launch downstream. That site is not yet stable enough for that amount of woody material all hung up together. It is also dangerous for canoe/kayak passage right now. And no, we don't want to remove all woody materials from a river, they are very good for the river's health provided they aren't contributing to significant bank erosion or blocking channels from safe passage.
If you can help, and I've gotten some unsolicited offers already (thanks, you know who you are), please just PM me here and let me know which of the above you can help with. The exception being the plantings only because I still need to line them up on certain weekends in October and November. These can be organized chapter events, individual TU volunteers or non-TU volunteers, it doesn't matter.
As I work out dates with our partners like the Musconetcong Watershed Association, there are things some of you can do to help at any time. We need eyes on the entire river system right now to identify issues caused by the storm. For instance, we already know we need to clean the entire contents of someone's garage when that structure blew apart in the storm and flood waters carried stuff into the river in the Bloomsbury area. We know of approx. 14 medium sized trees that are hung up on the newly restored channel where the remnant Riegelsville dam sites were that need to be cut up into shorter lengths so they can launch downstream. That site is not yet stable enough for that amount of woody material all hung up together. It is also dangerous for canoe/kayak passage right now. And no, we don't want to remove all woody materials from a river, they are very good for the river's health provided they aren't contributing to significant bank erosion or blocking channels from safe passage.
If you can help, and I've gotten some unsolicited offers already (thanks, you know who you are), please just PM me here and let me know which of the above you can help with. The exception being the plantings only because I still need to line them up on certain weekends in October and November. These can be organized chapter events, individual TU volunteers or non-TU volunteers, it doesn't matter.
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