7/1/20 - DEP Seeks Applicants for $8 Million in Ecological Restoration Grants for Pequest and Paulins Kill River Systems

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7/1/20 - DEP Seeks Applicants for $8 Million in Ecological Restoration Grants for Pequest and Paulins Kill River Systems

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[BowhunterNJ]

@Bucksnbows, he's your man!

[Bucksnbows]

Let's restore some NJ rivers!!!

[Bucksnbows]

4 minutes ago, BowhunterNJ said:

@Bucksnbows, he's your man!

Just to be clear, these funds can only be applied for by non-profits (think a Trout Unlimited) or a government agency (think towns) to then hire a firm like mine to  do river restoration.  Since applications for this grant aren't due until late September, my guess is I will be talking to some folks about potential projects and working up cost proposals for same in coming months. 

It's great to see NJ finally put out a grant for river restoration using these funds!   

[JHbowhunter]

has @Bucksnbows written all over it!

[hammer4reel]

17 minutes ago, Bucksnbows said:

Let's restore some NJ rivers!!!

Love to see them dredge all of shark river .

shame they destroyed the entire fishery that was there for hundreds of years by piping all the parking lots from all the malls to enter it .

silt there has filled in 95% of the river .

a good dredge of the entire river would give it another 100 years .

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[Bonefreak]

Looks like someone we know will be dancing in his food plots n dancing his way to the bank!!

 

[Nomad]

58 minutes ago, hammer4reel said:

Love to see them dredge all of shark river .

shame they destroyed the entire fishery that was there for hundreds of years by piping all the parking lots from all the malls to enter it .

silt there has filled in 95% of the river .

a good dredge of the entire river would give it another 100 years .

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I think they are actually going to dump the Paulinskill silt there.

[hammer4reel]

1 minute ago, Nomad said:

I think they are actually going to dump the Paulinskill silt there.

Wouldn’t surprise me on bit .

river is full of parking lot dust , when they dry the channel dredging looks like stone dust .

was a winter flounder spawning area for hundreds of years .

shame a whole eco system can be ruined and yet so far off the radar for repair .

screw beach replenishment for just one mile and take it from there 

[BowhunterNJ]

@hammer4reel can you explain the piping of parking lots into Shark River?  What the heck happened there and how was whatever happened permitted?  I do remember exceptional flounder fishing there many years ago.

[hammer4reel]

All the street water drainage was piped into the back of the river .

every time it rains , the dust from all the parking lots as well as particals  from the pavement end up in the river .

since it’s 95% filled in it doesn’t have the flushing aspect it used to have .

its actually a dangerous spot now for most watercraft at mid to low mean tide .