Black Creek Pochuck Creek Wawayanda Watersheds By Donald

Black Creek Pochuck Creek Wawayanda Watersheds By: Donald, Tim, Jacob, Alex, David

Introduction We are in 6 th grade and we are doing a science project about our local watershed. A watershed is the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being transported to the same river. We are going to tell you about the animals that live here, we are going to show a map and where it is in the state of New Jersey. We will also tell you the size and what region it is located. Another thing we will show you is some pictures. We hope we will entertain you with our hard work and effort. Have a great time watching our slide.

Watershed Areas in NJ

Animals at the Watershed Chestnut Sided Warbler l One bird that lives at the watershed is the chestnut sided warbler. It’s small, active and eats insects. They may also catch bugs in mid air. Their winter diet is fruit. The birds are white with chestnut. Their wings are streaked with yellow stripes.

Black Bear l A mammal that lives at the watershed is the black bear. They are black in color and sometimes have a white spot on their chest. The black bear can also be gray, cinnamon, or blond depending on the region they were born in. They can live for about 30 years and is very territorial. They eat fruit, fish, and grasses.

Red Backed Salamander l Reptiles live here too. One type is the redbacked salamander. This reptile never goes in the water and lives on land forever. It’s colored black with a orange-red stripe down it’s whole back. It can grow to be as long as 2 to 5 inches. Instead of having lungs it breathes through it’s skin. It will eat bugs such as the slug and spiders.

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MAP l

Wallkill watershed l The Wallkill watershed is about 208 square miles in area, or 133, 120 acres wide. l The Wallkill watershed includes five U. S. geographical watersheds, the upper Wallkill river, lower Wallkill river, Black Creek, Wawayanda creek, and Pochuck creek. 96%of the watershed is in Sussex; the remaining 4% is in Passaic. The portion within Sussex county comprises about 37% of the counties land cover representing approximately 128, 000 acres of about 343, 000 acres.

Pollution l l l One way to protect the watershed in the Delaware region is to enforce a fine for litter and any debris that would pollute the watershed. You would have to work with the town officials to legally approve the initiation of fines. To communicate you could post signs that any violations would have a fine of $500. You would have to go in front of the town council to protest the reasons for a fine and have good documentation and pictures. People also throw trash in to the water, but they didn’t know that is our main water source. So don’t pollute our watershed and keep it clean. You could work with the local Boy Scout troops to include the lean up of the watershed as an annual project. The scout could earn a badge for their volunteer work and it would clean any trash from the watershed area. You could contact the local newspaper to include the story for publicity to thank your local scouts. You could also compile a neighborhood clean up club to clean the area a few times each month. You could get paid from the recycle items of plastic and bottles that you collect. All the money from the fines will be donated to help the watershed. You could collect some locally approved fish and put them in the watershed to each the algae and bugs to clean the water. You need to make sure it is a friendly species that would not harm the other wildlife. You could add trees along the edge of the watershed which would add oxygen to the environment and control the water bank. This would also add

Our Watershed

Works sited Wallkillriver. org l Google l Wikipedia l

Our Jobs l l l Donald Somma worked on the animals that live at the watershed, and the introduction, and the pictures of the animals. Tim Baty worked on getting the flash drive, putting the power point together, and getting pictures of our watershed. Alex Domasky worked on getting the maps for our project. David Ankudowicz got the information about our watershed. Jacob Strauss worked on getting the information for ways to keep our watershed clean and how to protect it.