Tree Planting Event at Round Valley Recreation Area
Date: June 16th
Rain Date: June 17th
Location: Round Valley Recreation Area – West Parking Area (40.624147, -74.853784)
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Please wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty, sturdy close-toed shoes, work gloves, and bring a refillable water bottle. Volunteers under 18 must have an adult present.
Click here to sign up. Email Daniel Magda at wma8.njwap@gmail.com if you have any questions about this event.
Summer Nature Day Camp – Junior Counselors needed
Sign ups are now available for junior camp counselors for summer 2025. Volunteers ages 13+ are invited to join RHA for a fun learning experience while working alongside our team of educators, teens, and campers. Love the outdoors? Love working with children? Then this volunteer experience is for you! Click here to visit our events page and scroll down to June, July and August to learn more and sign up.
Perennial Garden Help Needed
It’s that time of year! If you, or someone you know has a green thumb and is interested in helping us maintain our native pollinator garden at Fairview Farm, we need you. The hard work that goes in to maintaining the beautiful blooms in our Bird and Butterfly garden isn’t always glamorous, but the results sure are! Immediate help is needed to pull weeds and cut back last year’s perennials. Summer help will include weekly watering and weeding – perfect volunteer work for those who prefer early mornings or late afternoons. Please email RHA’s Volunteer Coordinator, Debbie Newcomb at dnewcomb@raritanheadwaters.org for additional information.
Summer Stewardship Dates
On RHA’s preserves, stewardship efforts focus on planting native trees and shrubs to restore forests, removing invasive plants such as Autumn olive, Japanese barberry and Asiatic bittersweet, creating wetlands, improving wildlife habitat value and maintaining trails for the public to access. If you would like to help our efforts, please join Land Stewardship Manager Edward Whitehead at the following events this summer:
Wednesday June 4th 9am-11am – Kick off to weekly Watershed Wellness Wednesdays (a 9 week summer series). Click here and scroll down to June and July to view the series and sign up.
Ride for the River Motorcycle Enthusiast Event Fundraiser – Saturday, July 12th
This fundraising event gathers motorcyclists from the tri-state area and takes them on a ride through our watershed, over bridges and along streams. Participants meet at Rollin’ Fast Cycle Sports in Lebanon Borough for check in and breakfast, then head out on the road. There are three stops along the route where riders stop to pick up a poker card. Everyone ends up back at the Rollin’ Fast Cycle for lunch, music and prizes. This is a fun, casual day with a great group of people, music and food. Volunteers are needed from set up to clean up. Many different positions and shift times are available. Take one shift, or help us all day! Click here to sign up.
Stream Cleanup – sites still in need of cleaning
Thank you to everyone who participated in our April 12th Stream Cleanup event. It was a huge success and we appreciate your efforts! A few of our sites were unable to be cleaned that day due to unexpected snow and muddy, high waters in the northern part of the watershed. If you have a group interested in cleaning a site, there are a few available. Locations and site sizes vary. Please reach out to Volunteer Coordinator, Debbie Newcomb at dnewcomb@raritanheadwaters.org for more information.
Lantern Walk
This year’s Lantern Walk event is scheduled for Sunday, November 9th. Please hold the date! Volunteer help is always appreciated. Sign ups coming in September.
Corporate Volunteer Groups
If you are a corporation interested in a volunteer day of service, please visit our corporate page to fill out an inquiry form. RHA’s Volunteer Coordinator Debbie Newcomb will respond to you with a list of suggested projects catered to your groups needs.
Scout Projects
Eagle Scouts (and other local troops) are needed to help with the following projects. Please contact Stewardship Manager, Edward Whitehead if interested.
- Deer fencing implementation at Fairview Farm (large or small exclosure fences to keep deer out of strategic locations)
- Interpretative sign creation and implementation
- Park Bench construction and installation
- Creation and implementation of eel mops and fish ladders to allow eels and fish to travel upstream.
- Making one of our nature trails more accessible for disabled visitors. This would include plans to make the trail more ADA friendly, enrichment stops along the path involving senses stimulating activities, and other ideas TBD.
- Propose your own project idea
WET Volunteer Program Initiative
Raritan Headwaters Association is looking for volunteers to join our Watershed Engagement Team (W.E.T.)! W.E.T. Ambassadors are a group of volunteers with expertise in RHA’s programs, mission, and activities. These ambassadors work alongside RHA scientists and staff to engage with the community at local fairs, green festivals, and other events around central New Jersey.
This is a unique opportunity to receive high-level training, share your knowledge, passion, and enthusiasm for watershed protection, meet interesting, like-minded people, and have fun engaging with the community! You will receive a certificate, build your resume, and have access to RHA program director’s expertise. Join our team of fun and friendly professionals!
To join this team you must be age 18 or older and have reliable transportation. Click here to learn more about this exciting new initiative and to fill out an application form today.