Surveys and Planning in New Jersey's Watersheds

A watershed is an area of land which drains to a stream, river, lake or other water body.

• Status of Watershed Projects in New Jersey
• Project Fact Sheets and Watershed Plans

Status of Watershed Projects in New Jersey as of September 2006

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Installed Watershed Plans 1-Pequest River (Pilot) 2-Stony Brook 3-Silver Lake-Locust Island 4-Town Bank 5-Paulins Kill 6-Tributaries of Maurice River Cove 7-Parkers Creek 8-Riggins Creek (decommissioned) 9-Middle Neck 10-Furnace Brook 11-Assunpink Creek 12-Navesink River 13-Upper Salem River 14-Clove Brook Watershed Planning Report 17-Millstone River 18-Lockatong and Wickecheoke Creek 22-Swan Creek Active Projects 15-Pine Mount - Mill Creek 16-Repaupo Creek Pending Projects 19-North Branch Rancocas Creek Rehabilitation Projects 2-Stony Brook Site 11A, Amwell Lake 5-Paulins Kill Sites 2,3 and 4 RC&D Watershed Management Projects 20-Raritan Basin 21-Upper Delaware Watershed Management Area

Project Fact Sheets and Watershed Plans

Watershed Plans provide a watershed description including the definition of the watershed problem(s), inventory and analysis of the problem, formulates, evaluates and compares solutions and ultimately results in sponsor selection of a solution.

Fact Sheets provide project-specific information on the drainage area, location of the watershed, sponsors, objectives of the watershed plan and project, land treatment and structural measures, status, operation and maintenance and benefits.

Active Projects

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Name	Drainage Area (Acres)	Project Purpose(s)	Location (Counties)	Fact Sheet *	Watershed Plan*
Lockatong and Wickecheoke Creek	31,802	Sediment Reduction	Hunterdon
Pine Mount-Mill Creek	6,500	Flood Damage Reduction	Cumberland		(27mb)
Repaupo Creek	13,000	Flood Damage reduction	Gloucester		(17mb)

Completed Projects

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Name	Drainage Area (Acres)	Project Purpose(s)	Location (Counties)	Fact Sheet *	Watershed Plan*
Assunpink Creek	58,500	Flood Damage Reduction, Fish and Wildlife Recreation	Mercer, Monmouth
Clove Brook	12,700	Water Quality	Sussex
Furnace Brook	4,968	Flood Damage Reduction, Recreation	Warren		(17mb)
Middle Neck	1,722	Flood Damage Reduction	Salem		(26mb)
Millstone River	184,300	Flood Damage Reduction	Hunterdon, Mercer, Monmouth, Middlesex and Somerset
Navesink River	60,000	Water Quality	Monmouth
Parkers Creek	4,863	Agricultural Drainage	Burlington
Paulins Kill	109,440	Flood Damage Reduction	Sussex, Warren		(17mg)
Silver Lake-Locust Island	5,590	Flood Damage Reduction, Agricultural Drainage, Mosquito Control	Salem		(part 1 - 17mb) (part 2 - 9mb) (part 3 - 7mb)
Stony Brook	30,604	Sediment Reduction	Hunterdon, Mercer		(18mb)
Town Bank	2,400	Flood Damage Reduction	Salem		(5mb)
Tributaries of Maurice River Cove	6,900	Flood Damage Reduction	Cumberland
Upper Salem River	64,000	Water Quality	Salem

Contact: David Lamm, State Conservation Engineer, 732-537-6071

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Last Modified: October 02, 2007