Fall Tree Planting Events

Interested in helping plant trees to improve the health of our watershed this fall? Join RHA’s Restoration Coordinator Robert Lucas at any or all of the following events! Planting dates and locations are as follows (groups are welcome):

Califon Island Park – October 21st click here to sign up

Rockabye Meadow Peapack-Gladstone Borough – November 2nd click here to sign up. Rain date November 9th click here to sign up for the rain date.

Help Needed Constructing Wire Cages for Tree Protection

Are you handy? Do you have a few extra hours of time to volunteer for a great cause? If so, Restoration Coordinator, Robert Lucas needs your help at Fairview Farm to cut wire and construct tree protection cages in preparation for RHA’s fall tree planting events. If interested, please email Debbie Newcomb at dnewcomb@raritanheadwaters.org

Lantern Walk – Sunday, November 10, 2024

This is a historic European festival celebrating autumn at the end of the agricultural year and the beginning of the harvest. Festive music plays as attendees carry lanterns through the meadows of Fairview Farm Wildlife Preserve. Volunteers are needed to ensure the event runs smoothly. This is a unique experience; one you will remember! Click here to sign up. Need more information? email Debbie Newcomb, Volunteer Coordinator at dnewcomb@raritanheadwaters.org

Scout Projects

Eagle Scouts (and other local troops) are needed to help with the following projects. Please contact Volunteer Coordinator Debbie Newcomb if interested.

  • Construct kestrel boxes
  • Put chicken wire down on slippery trail surfaces
  • Construct boardwalks along trails
  • Propose your own project idea