Events

Studies in the District have found that the concentration of Lead (Pb) associated with small particles in the air (PM2.5) is high compared to suburban areas in New Jersey. In 2008, the EPA established stricter ambient air quality criteria for Lead based on total suspended particles (TSP) and not to exceed 0.15 µm/m3 (for rolling … Read more

The MRRI-GIS Department will be presenting a live demonstration of the newly released version of the popular Municipal Map and Emergency Response Information System (ERIS) to reporters interested in getting a first look at the available mapping tools for their constituent NJMC towns. This webMapping application will provide an effective tool for town officials in … Read more

Abstract: The New Jersey Meadowlands Commission has been monitoring ozone (O3), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), carbon monoxide (CO), sulfur dioxide (SO2) and carbon dioxide (CO2) since 2007. These pollutants except CO2 are part of the principal pollutants that pose significant impact on human health established by USEPA. State of New Jersey and the federal government have … Read more

Abstract: Wetlands can potentially accumulate organic carbon at very high rate over long periods of time due to their continual accretion and burial of organic rich material into the sediment. Coupled with the anaerobic conditions of microbial activity where degradation happens at a very slow rate wetlands have an advantage over other environments due to … Read more

Abstract: The importance of using local ecotypes of species as building blocks in restored communities and the need of including information on genotypic differentiation has been stressed in restoration ecology. Large portions of brackish East Coast marshlands have been invaded by a non-native, European genotype of the common reed, Phragmites australis. As a result, only … Read more

NJMC COOP and GIS will present their latest program in collecting utility assests. This meeting will detail the efforts by the NJMC in collecting/organizing GIS data for muncipal officials to use in their day-to-day tasks.

Abstract: A transect of marsh cores from Jamaica Bay northward provides acrchives of vegetation history, climate change, and human impact. Community disturbaance of the forests and landscape is indicated by pollen and spore stratigraphy at time of European settlement up to present, with large losses of forest. Forests prior to European impact were comprised of … Read more

Abstract: “Creating wetlands, a 15-year experiment in self-design” to be held on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission (MEC building). Dr. Mitsch is a Distinguished Professor of Environment and Natural Resources (Wetland Ecology) and Director of the Olentangy River Wetland Research Park at The Ohio State University and is the Co-author … Read more

Abstract: Atmospheric hexavalent chromium (Cr-VI), which is highly toxic and carcinogenic, is emitted from both anthropogenic and natural sources. Chromium is among the top five most abundant metals in diesel particles, and thus, the Meadowlands district, which is located close to the NJ Turnpike (NJTPK) with high truck traffic volume, may have an elevated Cr-VI … Read more

Abstract: Pore-water chemistry, up to a depth of 80 cm, was monitored seasonally for a three-year period at a newly constructed marsh (near the Secaucus High School) and an established marsh, both along the Hackensack River. In both cases dialysis samplers were permanently installed in selected locations of the high marsh. Samplers were also placed … Read more