Resources
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Water Wednesday recording
LTPS LES Presents the 3 R’s
Local Green Infrastructure Sites and Resources
Water Resources
Green Infrastructure
- Exploring Green Infrastructure | thewatershed.org
- New Jersey Green Infrastructure Municipal Toolkit (njfuture.org)
- : Water Resources Program at Rutgers NJAES
- Green Infrastructure (Land Use) – ANJEC
- Rain Garden app CT NEMO Program (uconn.edu)
- NJ Stormwater BMP Manual (rutgers.edu)
- Evolution of a Meadow – Flutter By Meadows Blog of Hopewell resident that turned HOA detention basin into a meadow
- Emily’s Butterfly and Pollinator Garden.mp4 – Google Drive (Gird Scout Emily in West Windsor and her pollinator garden project)
- National Tree Benefit Calculator (treebenefits.com)
- Several current Rain Garden Rebate going on:
Plants
- NJ Rain Garden Plants Fact Sheet PlantInfoSheets.pdf (rutgers.edu)
- Right Plant, Right Place – Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve (bhwp.org)
- Friends of Hopewell Open Space Invasive Strike Team Resources Info Center – FoHVOS.org
- New Jersey Native Plants, Landscaping Design (jerseyyards.org)
- Native Plant Society of New Jersey, NPSNJ
- HOMEGROWN NATIONAL PARK
- The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
- A Community for Naturalists · iNaturalist
- Blue Thumb – Planting for Clean Water®
- Ernst Conservation Seeds offers hundreds of species of native & naturalized seeds & live plant materials (ernstseed.com)
Riparian Health
- BackyardBuff#2 BKT’02 (filesusr.com)
- Stream Restoration | North Jersey RC&D (northjerseyrcd.org)
- Projects – Freehold Soil
- A River Runs Through It – YouTube
- Covers and Pages Streams (remarkableriparian.org)
- Lawrence Township New Jersey – Stormwater Ordinances (lawrencetwp.com)
Water Conservation
For Kids
- Stormwater Walk opt.pdf (unl.edu)
- Soil Compaction | Science Project (sciencebuddies.org)
- Going, Going, Gone! A Lesson in Erosion – Raritan Headwaters
- H2Olympics – Raritan Headwaters
- Meet a Macro Videos! – Raritan Headwaters
- Groundwater: Episode 1! – Raritan Headwaters
- Learn about Water Discover Water Project WET
- Seek by iNaturalist · iNaturalist
- NJDEP-SEEDS-Clean Water NJ-Educational Resources
- Stormwater for Kids – Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council
Local Green Landscapers and Designers
Zero-Waste
Transportation
Photo: Katharine Schumacher 
Photo: Katharine Schumacher 
Photo: Katharine Schumacher 
Photo: Katharine Schumacher 
Photo: Katharine Schumacher
