Bird & Butterfly Garden Help Needed
If you have a green thumb and enjoy being around our native pollinators, we would love your help! Caring for our beautiful Bird and Butterfly garden requires a lot of work during the spring and summer months in order to maintain the beautiful blooms for our native butterflies, bees and birds that rely on them. It is truly a beautiful place to visit here at Fairview Farm, but with any garden comes necessary weed pulling and watering. If interested in helping our team, please email Volunteer Coordinator, Debbie Newcomb at dnewcomb@raritanheadwaters.org so you can be added to our rotating schedule.
Volunteer Help needed at RHA’s Kestrel Party – September 25th and 26th
Calling all volunteers ages 18+! Help is needed on Friday September 25th between 4:45pm-8pm as RHA hosts its Kestrel Party. All proceeds from this event will support our conservation mission to help protect the American Kestrel. Volunteers are needed to assist with parking at the venue on the 25th: Vliettown Farm – 77 Vliettown Road in Oldwick, and also for cleanup on the 26th. Thank you in advance for helping us with this important event! Click here to sign up to help with parking on Friday September 25th. Click here to help with cleanup on Saturday September 26th.
Summer and Fall Stewardship Series – Watershed Wellness Wednesdays – June 24th through October 28th
Join RHA Land Stewardship Manager, Edward Whitehead for the Watershed Wellness Wednesday program beginning June 24th at 9am. Watershed Wellness Days will take place every Wednesday morning throughout the summer and fall and will be held rain or shine (barring any thunderstorms). Tasks will include helping Ed maintain RHA’s trails and meadows and to help remove invasive species where needed. Join us for one of more of these events throughout the summer – no commitment or prior experience is required. Ages 16 and under must be accompanied by an adult chaperone. All events will take place at Fairview Farm unless otherwise denoted. For additional questions, please contact Ed at ewhitehead@raritanheadwaters.org or Volunteer Coordinator Debbie Newcomb at dnewcomb@raritanheadwaters.org To view the entire series, visit the events page by clicking here.
Fall Tree Planting Events
Join RHA’s Restoration Coordinator Robert Lucas at our upcoming tree plantings this fall. Sign up for one or more – your help is greatly appreciated! If you are interested in signing up a large group, please email Robert at rlucas@raritanheadwaters.org for instructions on how to do so.
Prescott Brook Tree Planting Event – Clinton Township, Hunterdon County
Friday, October 02
https://www.trackitforward.com/site/370717/event/1280201
Bushkill Brook Tree Planting Event – Flemington Borough, Hunterdon County
Saturday, October 17
https://www.trackitforward.com/site/370717/event/1297814
Bushkill Brook Tree Planting Event – Flemington Borough, Hunterdon County – RAIN DATE ONLY IF NEEDED
Sunday, October 18
https://www.trackitforward.com/site/370717/event/1297816
Herzog Brook Tree Planting Event – Far Hills, Morris County Day 1
Wednesday, October 28
https://www.trackitforward.com/site/370717/event/1297933
Herzog Brook Tree Planting Event – Far Hills, Morris County Day 2
Thursday, October 29
https://www.trackitforward.com/site/370717/event/1297934
Blackpoint Road Tree Planting Event – Branchburg Township, Somerset County RAIN DATE ONLY IF NEEDED
Thursday, November 05
https://www.trackitforward.com/site/370717/event/1280364
Blackpoint Road Tree Planting Event – Branchburg Township, Somerset County
Friday, November 06
https://www.trackitforward.com/site/370717/event/1280363
Helen Woodman Preserve Tree Planting Event – Far Hills, Somerset County Day 1
Wednesday, November 11
https://www.trackitforward.com/site/370717/event/1279988
Helen Woodman Preserve Tree Planting Event – Far Hills, Somerset County RAIN DATE ONLY IF NEEDED
Thursday, November 12
https://www.trackitforward.com/site/370717/event/1280191
Helen Woodman Preserve Tree Planting Event – Far Hills, Somerset County Day 2
Saturday, November 14
https://www.trackitforward.com/site/370717/event/1279989
South Branch Rockaway Creek Tree Planting Event – Readington Township, Hunterdon County Day 1
Wednesday, November 18
https://www.trackitforward.com/site/370717/event/1297684
South Branch Rockaway Creek Tree Planting Event – Readington Township, Hunterdon County Day 2
Thursday, November 19
https://www.trackitforward.com/site/370717/event/1297685
South Branch Rockaway Creek Tree Planting Event – Readington Township, Hunterdon County – RAIN DATE ONLY IF NEEDED
Friday, November 20
https://www.trackitforward.com/site/370717/event/1297686
Lantern Walk
This is a historic European festival celebrating autumn at the end of the agricultural year and the beginning of the harvest. Festive music plays as attendees carry lanterns through the meadows of Fairview Farm Wildlife Preserve. Volunteers (ages 13+) are needed to ensure the event runs smoothly. It’s our last and one of our favorite events of the year! Please sign up here to share your time talents with us!
Corporate Volunteer Groups
If you are a corporation interested in a volunteer day of service, please email RHA’s Volunteer Coordinator, Debbie Newcomb at dnewcomb@raritanheadwaters.org and she will respond to you with a list of suggested projects catered to your groups needs.
RHA Watershed Engagement Team Ambassadors Needed
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.
Scout Projects
Eagle Scouts (and other local troops) are needed to help with the following projects. Please contact Stewardship Manager, Edward Whitehead at ewhitehead@raritanheadwaters.org 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