Wallkill River Watershed
                                                         
Management Group

UPCOMING MEETINGS & EVENTS

Volunteers Needed!!!
WALLKILL RIVER STREAMBANK RESTORATION AND TREE PLANTING
PROJECT:
Fall 2008
For More Information:
Call 973-579-6998 x 109

                                                                                        Image Source: Georgia Pacific Corporation

The term watershed refers to the geographic boundaries of a particular waterbody, its ecosystem and the land that drains to it.  A watershed also  includes groundwater aquifers that discharge to and receive discharge  from streams, wetlands, ponds, and lakes.  Large watersheds are sometimes referred to as river basins.  Everyone lives in a watershed.  You and everyone in your watershed are part of the watershed community.  The animals, birds, and fish are too.  You influence what happens in your watershed, good or bad, by how you treat the natural resources, the soil, water, air, plants, and animals.  What happens in your small watershed also affects the larger watershed downstream.

Note: Some of the information came from the brochure "What is a Watershed" produced by the United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. 

Wallkill River Watershed Management Group (WRWMG)

Sussex County Municipal Utilities Authority (SCMUA)

34 South Route 94

Lafayette, NJ 07848

(973)-579-6998 x 109

nsajdak@scmua.org