Many Newark residents are unaware that their drinking water is drawn from the New Jersey Highlands forest, or that commercial development and logging threaten its source, as reported by Ambreen Ali.
Read MoreThe Delaware River watershed provides drinking water to more than 13 million people, including 3 million in New Jersey. The Alliance for Watershed Education aims to engage a diverse public to enjoy and help protect the natural river basis.
Read MoreThe John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, just south of Philadelphia, is a member of the Alliance for Watershed Education - an organization that teaches a diverse public to enjoy and protect the Delaware River Basin.
Read MorePowerCorps Camden is a youth employment program that combines the teaching of life skills with green infrastructure training that will help the city manage stormwater overflow.
Read MoreNew Jersey citizens are redefining their relationship to waterfronts. Rivers that once powered an industrial revolution are now seen as environmental and recreational assets - but must first be cleaned of the heavy industrial wastes that were the price of “progress”. Take, for example, the Passaic River that borders Newark’s Ironbound district.
Read MoreVIDEO: Camden Utility to be Off-Grid by 2020: Remarks by CCMUA Chief Andrew Kricun [3:29]
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