Monmouth University Chapter
Welcome to the Monmouth University Chapter of New Jersey Community Water Watch! It is our second year here and we are working to make a lot of things happen to raise awareness and get the community active to protect our local waterways. We have many great cleanups, education and stream monitoring projects going on this semester! 
Our MU Water Watch weekly core meetings are held on Wednesdays from 2:30 to 3:30 in the Student Center Room 202B (Near the computers)
Upcoming events: 4/16/08 - Earth Day Education Event at St. Rose H.S. in Belmar, NJ
For more information email Danielle Lazzarra s0676762 at monmouth.edu Mondays 4/14-4/28, 4:00-5:00: Lessons in West Long Branch after school programs 4/17/08 - Earth Day Sign up event and bracelet giveaway, Student Center Patio 4/19/08 - EARTH DAY CLEANUP at Poricy Park in Middletown NJ - Time TBA 4/26/08 - Beach Sweeps, Long Branch Pier Village, 9 a.m. to noon Sign up for Beach Sweeps here!! 
Stream Monitoring at Shadow Lake
Our "stream team" is continuing to work with local residents and Middletown Mayor Scharfenberger on a monitoring project at Shadow Lake in Middletown this semester! We completed visual and biological assesments on the lake itself as well as the three main tributaries leading into it. We will take our data, assess the problems of this waterway and prepare a report for the Mayor. We will also hold meetings with the community to educate them about what they can do in their own backyards to improve the quality of their lake. To get involved with this project please email our chapter chair and stream monitoring coordinator Allie Bennet at s0661014 at monmouth.edu Education We will be teaching local school children in Long Branch, Neptune and Red Bank about community solutions to water pollution and working with their teachers to create environmental clubs at their schools! For more information email Danielle at s0676762 at monmouth.edu
Restoration This Spring we will be working with the Urban Coast Institute to build a rain garden right on campus to help reduce the impacts of development on Whale Pond Brook! We will also be working with local schools and municipalities to build their own rain gardens! For more information email Jamie at s0674395 at monmouth.edu
Read our RAIN GARDEN BLOG! Sign up here to schedule a tour of our Rain Garden in April or May! Hurricane Relief Trips
As an AmeriCorps program we have also organized an alternate spring break trip down to the Gulf Coast. We are thinking of continuing this part of our program in the Spring: Read our Alternative Spring Break Blog!   
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