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The library contains Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association publications, exclusively. You can find more watershed management resources under the Resources section of the website.

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Tools - Tools for Improving Water Quality Laws - Resources for Understanding NJ Laws Models - Watershed Protection: A How-To Series Capacity Building - Develop a Watershed Organization Sustainable Design - Watershed Management in Municipal Planning Newsletters - Watershed Information and Updates Community Initiatives - Letters and Updates

Tools
- Improve the water quality in your backyard, your community and work place.

  Your Backyard

•   River-Friendly Resident Brochure (1.04 MB)



• Septic System Information:
  
  •   A Residential Guide to Septic System Management & Maintenance
  •   Household Tips to Avoid Septic System Troubles
  •   What to Expect from Septic System Inspections
  •   Homeowner Septic System Maintenance Record

Your Community

• Subwatershed Characterization & Assessment
  •   Royce Brook Watershed - Executive Summary (374 KB)
  •   Royce Brook Watershed - Text (1.47 MB)
  •   Cranbury Brook Watershed - Executive Summary (340 KB)
  •   Cranbury Brook Watershed - Text (1.63 MB)
  •   Rocky Brook Watershed - Executive Summary
  •   Rocky Brook Watershed - Text
  •   Beden Brook Watershed - Executive Summary (0.97 MB)
  •   Beden Brook Watershed - Text



• Citizen's Guides
  •  Citizen's Guide to Protecting Groundwater Supplies
  •   The Power of Public Participation
  •   Improving Public Input 
  •   Advocacy Tools for Land Use Issues (by Julia Somers, GSWA) 
  •   Preserve Local Resources With a Conservation Plan 
  •   Citizen's Guide to Historic Preservation 
  •   Protecting Critical Habitats in Your Community 
  •   Navigating Surface Water Policies in New Jersey 
  •   Guide to Municipal Stormwater Plans
  •   Citizen's Guide to New Jersey Municipal Master Plans
  •   Citizen's Guide to Wetlands and the New Jersey Wetland Rules (180 KB)

Your Workplace

•   River-Friendly Golf Course Brochure
•   River-Friendly Business Brochure

Sample Quality Assurance Project Plans

•   SBMWA Sample Water Chemistry QAPP

Laws
- Resources for understanding the rules governing New Jersey

•   Obtaining Tax-Exempt Status for Your Non-Profit in New Jersey (2004)
•   The Law of Takings - One Page Takings Summary; U.S Constitution and Local Land Use (06/24/02)
•   NEPA Primer - The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), A Two-Page Primer (09/20/00)
• Also look at Citizen's Guides

Models
- Watershed Protection: A How-To Series

• Streambank Restoration: Mud, Sweat, and Volunteers
• Watershed Reconnaissance: Getting the Lay of the Land
• Municipal Assessment: Partnering With Local Governments
• River Friendly: Fostering Environmental Stewardships - Coming Soon!
  
  The first three of the Association's model series is available for sale.
  Download the flyer and mail in your order today!

Capacity Building
- Develop a watershed organization

• Setting and Maintaining the Right Course: A Capacity Building Series
  A series of publications written for non-profit organizations and those interested in forming a non-profit organization. Its purpose is to convey detailed information on how to start and build the capacity of a non-profit group, with emphasis on watershed associations. The goal is to provide capacity building tools and resources, allowing groups to perform vital work to protect their local watershed's health.

Sustainable Design
- Incorporating watershed management techniques in municipal planning

•   The Franklin Township Municipal Assessment
•   The Millstone Township Municipal Assessment
•   The Hopewell Borough Municipal Assessment
•   The East Amwell Township Municipal Assessment (1.9 MB)
•   The Hillsborough Township Municipal Assessment
•   The Lawrence Township Municipal Assessment
•   The Cranbury Township Municipal Assessment
•   The Montgomery Township Municipal Assessment 
•   The East Windsor Township Municipal Assessment
•   The West Amwell Township Municipal Assessment
•   The Hopewell Township Municipal Assessment
•   Howard Cohen's Recipe for Planning and Defense of Resource Management Zoning (07/03/02)
•   Revitalizing the Watershed Management Program to Protect Clean and Plentiful Water: Recommendations to NJDEP a report by the New Jersey Council of Watershed Associations (06/02)
•   Some Perceptions of New Jersey's Watershed Management Effort report by the Center for Environmental Communication, Rutgers University (06/02)
•   Summaries for the 20 Watershed Management Areas in New Jersey (06/02)
•   Summary of the Ratables Chase - The Ratables Chase and Saving Open Space (04/26/01)
•   Stemming the Tide of Sprawl - A Watershed Management Model for New Jersey (09/27/00)
•   Stream Corridor Ordinance - SBMWA's model stream corridor ordinance
•   Stream Corridor Ordinance Implementation Package
•   Stream Corridor Ordinances - At a Glance
•   Wellhead Ordinance Implementation Package

Newsletters

• Watershed Watch - Natural Lands Network Newletter
  •   April 2006 (95 KB)
  •   January 2006 (78 KB)
  •   November 2005 (75 KB)
  •   October 2005 (93 KB)
  
  
• The StreamWatcher - StreamWatch Volunteers Newsletter
  •   March 2007 (736 KB)
  •   December 2006 (834 KB)
  •   June 2006 (1,097 KB)
  •   March 2006 (252 KB)