Great Swamp Watershed Association
The Great Swamp Watershed Association is a member-based, non-profit, 501(c)(3) conservation organization dedicated to preserving and protecting water and natural areas. Their programs serve all who live, work, or play in the Great Swamp watershed in Morris County, New Jersey. For over 25 years the Watershed Association has been acting on behalf of local communities to ensure that water is safe and pure and open space is protected.
The Great Swamp watershed offers residents and visitors nearly 36,000 acres (150 km²) of unique and beautiful landscape at the edge of urban and suburban development. Five streams in the watershed form the Passaic River, which provides drinking water for over a million New Jersey residents.
Their vision for a better world begins with healthy communities in which the water is clean and pure, and natural areas — such as the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Loantaka Brook Reservation, and Jockey Hollow provide places where people can seek renewal and a sense of peace.
The Great Swamp Watershed Association was formed in 1981. It started as a small grassroots organization and have grown to serve 2,200 members in over 40 municipalities in New Jersey.
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References
- Demasters, Karen (June 28, 1998). "IN BRIEF; Great Swamp Group Honored For Book on Preservation". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/28/nyregion/in-brief-great-swamp-group-honored-for-book-on-preservation.html. Retrieved January 04, 2012.
- Daigle, Michael (February 5, 2008). "Environmentalists push for Highlands changes". Daily Record (Morristown, N.J.). http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/dailyrecord/access/1714908131.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+05%2C+2008&author=MICHAEL+DAIGLE&pub=Daily+Record&desc=Environmentalists+push+for+Highlands+changes&pqatl=google. Retrieved January 04, 2012. (subscription required)
- Retz, Christine (June 4, 1999). "Solicitor seeks to save Great Swamp's beauty". The Courier (Bridgewater, N.J.). http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/mycentraljersey/access/1847910331.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+04%2C+1999&author=Christine+Retz&pub=Courier+-+News&desc=Solicitor+seeks+to+save+Great+Swamp's+beauty&pqatl=google. Retrieved January 04, 2012. (subscription required) Quote (from Google search summary): " Janet Malay takes her new job as a trustee of the Great Swamp Watershed Association very seriously..."
- Wright, Peggy (March 16, 2004). "Great Swamp group's spending targeted". Daily Record (Morristown, N.J.). http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/dailyrecord/access/1813118571.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+16%2C+2004&author=Peggy+Wright&pub=Daily+Record&desc=Great+Swamp+group's+spending+targeted&pqatl=google. Retrieved January 04, 2012. (subscription required) Quote (from Google search summary): "Morris Township has alerted the state that the nonprofit Great Swamp Watershed Association might be wrongfully spending donations on issues beyond its scope..."
- "Dismal Swamp needs a regional plan and protection (Opinion article)". Home News Tribune (East Brunswick, N.J.). May 23, 2008. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/mycentraljersey/access/1709714051.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+23%2C+2008&author=&pub=Home+News+Tribune&desc=Dismal+Swamp+needs+a+regional+plan+and+protection&pqatl=google. Retrieved January 04, 2012. (subscription required)
- Great Swamp Watershed Association. NJ.gov.
- Great Swamp Watershed Association. Borough of Madison, New Jersey.
- WILD NEW JERSEY: Great Swamp Watershed Association: 24-Hour BioBlitz Will Unearth All Creatures Great and Small
- GC2GZ1P Great Swamp Watershed Association (Multi-cache) in New Jersey, United States created by Old Navy
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