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Watchung Reservation

Watchung Reservation. Geology, History, Land Use, Native and Invasive Species. What are we doing?. Biological Assessment- stream bugs Visual Assessment Nature Hike to ID natives/ invasives. Park Statistics. 2,000 wooded acres Home of Trailside Nature Museum

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Watchung Reservation

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  1. Watchung Reservation Geology, History, Land Use, Native and Invasive Species

  2. What are we doing? • Biological Assessment- stream bugs • Visual Assessment • Nature Hike to ID natives/invasives

  3. Park Statistics • 2,000 wooded acres • Home of Trailside Nature Museum • First nature center in NJ (Opened 1941) • 26 miles of bridle trails (horses and people) • 53 miles of hiking trails total • Scout camping area • Watchung Stables • Ballfield, pavilions, and playgrounds

  4. Geologic Information

  5. The Watchung Mountains • Lenape “WachUnks” or “high hills” • Formed from magma intruding into the Newark basin 200 million years ago

  6. Geologic Features • Blue Brook watershed separates 1st and 2ndWatchung Mountains • Lava Flows of Basalt are visible on our hikes • Look for rocks with veins of quartz exposed

  7. Watershed Information

  8. NJ Watersheds

  9. Yellow Star = you will be here! We are assessing the BLUE BROOK, Which empties into the GREEN BROOK, Which empties into the LOWER RARITAN RIVER at Bound Brook, NJ. The Raritan River empties into Raritan Bay Raritan Bay is an extension of the Atlantic Ocean

  10. Human History • Lenni Lenape used to inhabit the region pre-European age • Copper mining in the 1600s, but most mines never got more than 15 feet into the mountain • Mill town • Interstate 78 built – 1980s

  11. Village of Feltville • Prosperous mill town from 1845-1860 • Used the Blue Brook to power the printing factory (hydro power) • Reborn as Glenside Park in 1882- a summer resort and vacation spot, but fell into disrepair • Bought by Union County Parks in 1920

  12. Land Use around Watchung • Weldon Materials, Inc. - Quarry • Concrete, Crushed Stone, and Asphalt • Transportation: I-78, Rt. 22 • Residential • Watchung Borough, Scotch Plains, Mountainside, Summit, Springfield, New Providence • Commercial- any store you can imagine on Rt. 22 (downstream of reservation)

  13. I-78 Wildlife Corridor

  14. Report Due Dates

  15. Report Due Dates • Friday 5/9, 3:00 PM- Native/Invasive PPT • Friday 5/16, 3:00 PM- Bio Assessment Report • Friday 5/30, 3:00 PM- Visual Assessment Report • Will accept 1 day late with 25% penalty automatic • >1 day late is a 0 • Absent on Trip date? You will be given sample data to work from

  16. Professionalism • You can hand-write the assessment packets, but the reports you submit must look professional • Sloppy assignments will result in 10% penalty • Conclusion paragraphs for bio and visual reports must be TYPED

  17. Other Field Trip Reminders… • Leave First block @ 8:15 AM, grab your stuff and meet in the main lobby • Bus rolls out 8:45 • Bring water and lunch/food- NO GLASS • No rain date- be prepared! • We will return @ 1:30. You will attend last block. • Change of socks/shoes/clothes is a good idea

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