MUSCONETCONG WATERSHED ASSOCIATION

Environmental education & outreach: the mwa watershed education program reaches hundreds of students each year, from fifth graders to college aged students, providing experiential environmental education and learning opportunities to all ages. Our "camp musky," is a summer day camp for children aged 5 to 12, offering an outdoor, hands-on, river-based program. In the spring and fall, we offer a program for elementary, middle, and high schools that meets the nj core curriculum content standards for science, and includes a classroom program as well as in-stream field experience. The mwa conducts a stormwater management program and promotes watershed management for municipalities. Our river watcher water monitoring program includes an intensive 6-hour training with both classroom and field sessions and is appropriate for those high school aged and older. We also offer a series of "river talks," which are educational seminars that address various aspects of river ecology and restoration, as well as current issues in the musconetcong watershed. In addition, the mwa offers many recreational and interpretive outdoor activities to suit all interests and skill levels. Additionally, the mwa is restoring and adapting the circa 1865 asbury grist mill as an interpretative center for watershed education utilizing themes of native american history, milling technology, agriculture, and ecological restoration to promote environmental education, and restoring an adjacent island for public recreational use.