MLK Day Volunteer Service Opportunity – Monday, January 20, 2025 – CANCELLED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER

Join us for a morning of volunteer service! RHA is seeking volunteer help on Monday, January 20th from 12pm-2pm (MLK Day). Volunteers will receive service hours for helping inventory and sort supplies stored in the barn for our 35th Annual Stream Cleanup Event scheduled for Saturday April 12, 2025. Please dress in warm layers as we will be working outside. High School students welcome. Click here to sign up or email Debbie Newcomb for more information.

Stream Cleanup Inventory – Volunteer Service Opportunity – Saturday, February 1st, 2025

Join Stream Cleanup Coordinator Rachel Garcia and team on Saturday, February 1st from 9:30-11:30am for a morning of volunteer service. Volunteers will receive service hours for helping inventory and sort supplies stored in the barn for our 35th Annual Stream Cleanup Event scheduled for Saturday April 12, 2025. Please dress in warm layers as we will be working outside. High School students welcome. Click here to sign up or email Debbie Newcomb at dnewcomb@raritanheadwaters.org for more information.

Spring and Summer 2025 Stewardship Event Dates

Hold the dates for some outdoor work with Ed Whitehead, RHA’s Stewardship Manager. Details coming soon!

Friday March 14th 3-5pm – Tool prep for the upcoming season

Saturday April 26th 9am-12pm – first spring Stewardship event at Fairview Farm

Saturday May 24th 9am-12pm – Stewardship event at Fox Hill Preserve in Califon

June 4th 9am-11am – Kick off to weekly Watershed Wellness Wednesdays (summer series)

Saturday July 12th 9am-11am location TBD

Stream Cleanup 2025

Hold the date for RHA’s annual stream cleanup event scheduled for April 12, 2025. Registration to open in early March. Please be sure to check back!

Scout Projects

Eagle Scouts (and other local troops) are needed to help with the following projects. Please contact Stewardship Manager, Edward Whitehead if interested.

  • Deer fencing implementation at Fairview Farm (large or small exclosure fences to keep deer out of strategic locations)
  • Interpretative sign creation and implementation
  • Bat Box construction and installation
  • Park Bench construction and installation
  • Creation and implementation of eel mops and fish ladders to allow eels and fish to travel upstream.
  • Making one of our nature trails more accessible for disabled visitors. This would include plans to make the trail more ADA friendly, enrichment stops along the path involving senses stimulating activities, and other ideas TBD.
  • Propose your own project idea