Strategies for watershed to be held Dec 21

Students of the Rutgers University Landscape Architecture class will be presenting the final results of its recent inventory of the physical and social landscapes of the Great Swamp Watershed from 10 am-12 pm at the Madison Public Library.

Free coffee and doughnuts will be served, we hope to see you there. If you have any questions please call GSWA at 973-538-3500 or email srubin@greatswamp.org

One Week to the Green Acres Gala!

We are getting so excited here at GSWA, the gala is a week from today! We have just received some really exciting items that we wanted to share with all of you. We will be auctioning off two trips: an Ecotrip to St. John's and a cottage in Ireland. We will also have tons of sports tickets and some beautiful fashions as well. As always, there will be plenty of wine and delicious food, hope to see you all there!

We are proud to annouce that our sponsors include Merck, Investors Savings Bank, Peapack Gladstone Bank, JM Sorge Inc., and PSEG

For additional information please visit our website at http://www.greatswamp.org/ or email at amaddaluna@greatswamp.org

GSWA Gala

For all of those sports fans out there... GSWA will have Knicks, Nets, Yankees, and Mets tickets at our annual gala this year! For the ladies we will have tickets to the View and tickets to Regis and Kelly as well! The gala is in just a couple of short weeks so if you have not already sent in your RSVP card please do so as soon as possible so you can join the fun! For more information visit http://www.greatswamp.org/ or email: Amaddaluna@greatswamp.org ...remember the gala is October 14th at the  Basking Ridge Country Club.

Sponsorship Announcements and More Auction Items!

GSWA is proud to annouce that Merck and JM Sorge, Inc. will be sponsoring the 2010 Green Acres Gala.

We have also received some new auction items which include roundtrip airfare to Orlando, Knicks tickets, a one hour facial at RIdgewood European Day Spa, and tickets to the Morristown Community Theater.

The event is less than a month away, and we hope to see you there! For additional information or to find out how you can help us this year visit our webpage at http://www.greatswamp.org/ or email amaddaluna@greatswamp.org. We are available by phone at 973-538-3500 x 14

Exciting Auction Items Are Coming In!

We have been getting in some really exciting auction items lately that we are eager to share with you! Our first item is a signed baseball by Yankee legend Reggie Jackson. Another item is a golf foursome at Trump National. And finally, we will have 4 tickets to Regis and Kelly & 4 tickets to The View! The invitations are out and we are starting to receive RSVP cards, so send them in as soon as you get a chance. Can't wait to see all of you there, October 14th at the Basking Ridge Country Club. For more information on donating auction items, buying tickets, placing an ad, sponsoring the event, or buying a table please visit http://www.greatswamp.org/ or email amaddaluna@greatswamp.org.

New Auction Items

More auction items are coming in! This week we received a golf foursome at the Basking Ridge Country Club, lunch for two at Due Terre in Bernardsville, dinner for two at the Bamboo Grill, lunch for 4 at the Famished Frog in Morristown, brunch for 4 at Willie's Tavern in Bedminster, and a gift certificate to Arthur's Tavern in Morris Plains. We hope to see all of you at the gala! Remember the attire is City or Country, meaning you can dress it up or go casual. As a reminder, the event will be held October 14th at the Basking Ridge Country Club. For more information feel free to call Amy at 973-538-3500 x 14 or email: amaddaluna@greatswamp.org . Visit our website at http://www.greatswamp.org/ to learn how you can further support the Great Swamp Watershed's 2010 Green Acres Gala.

Fall Breakfast Briefings Announced

GSWA continues its series of monthly breakfast meetings this fall. Covering a range of environmental topics, this is your opportunity to learn more from guest speakers and environmental specialists. Each briefing is from 8:00-9:30 a.m. at GSWA Headquarters, 568 Tempe Wick Rd., Harding Township (next to Jockey Hollow). A hot breakfast buffet is included.

Seating is open to the public and limited to 50 people so advance reservations are requested. Donations are appreciated. Register by calling our Event Info Line at 973-538-3500 x22, or visit http://www.greatswamp.org/.

Tuesday, September 14: Fall Gardening Tips
Presented by: Mike Bucek, Green Path LandCare
As Fall approaches, learn how to put your garden safely to bed for the winter. Green Path LandCare, a Chatham-based family-owned and operated business, helps beautify landscapes, reduce chemical pollution and simply lives.

Tuesday, October 12: Social & Physical Landscapes of the Great Swamp Watershed
Presented by: David Tulloch, Rutgers University
The Rutgers University junior class in landscape architecture will present initial findings from their recent inventory of the social and physical landscapes of the Great Swamp watershed. Their report will be a creative reflection on both existing knowledge of the watershed as well as their own perceptions. They will be conducting further analysis and exploring regional design strategies for the area, so your input and response to their presentation will be invaluable to their progress.

Tuesday, November 9: The State of the Passaic River
Presented by: Kirk R. Barrett, Director, Passaic River Institute, Montclair State University
The watershed’s five streams flow through the Great Swamp and exit as the Passaic River. So what happens downstream of the Great Swamp watershed? Come and learn about issues facing the Passaic River, a source of drinking water for more than a million people.

Posted by Great Swamp Watershed Association at 9:30 AM