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Watershed Education & Urban Fishing Program

Environmental Stewardship through Urban Fishing

Participation

The Urban Fishing Program has run for 20+ years and has had communities participate all across New Jersey. Look below to find information on our current and past participating communities, as well as student enrollment statistics.

Current participating communities include:

  • Hackensack
  • Secaucus
  • Elizabeth
  • Jersey City
  • Carteret
  • Seaside
  • Trenton
  • Photo Credit: Hackensack Riverkeeper


    Click on the blue bars below for details.

    Past Participants


    2013 Participants
    • Hackensack
    • Secaucus
    • Elizabeth
    • Jersey City
    • Carteret
    • Seaside
    2012 Participants
    • Jersey City
    • Secaucus
    • Hackensack
    • Elizabeth
    • Carteret
    • Seaside
    2011 Participants
    • Elizabeth
    • Hackensack
    • Carteret
    • Jersey City
    • Seaside
    2010 Participants
    • Newark(Benedictine Academy)
    • Elizabeth
    • Carteret
    • Jersey City
    • North Bergen
    • Seaside
    2009 Participants
    • Carteret
    • Jersey City
    • Elizabeth
    • Fairlawn
    • Seaside
    2008 Participants
    • Point Pleasant Beach
    • Lanoka Harbor
    • Trenton
    • Nutley
    • Passaic
    • Seaside
    2007 Participants
    • Bayonne
    • Newark
    • Jersey City
    • West New York
    • Elizabeth
    • Carteret
    • Ridgefield
    • Trenton
    • Perth Amboy
    • Bridge
    2006 Participants
    • Bayonne, John Bailey Elementary School
    • Carteret Middle School
    • Trenton, Hedgepeth/Williams Elementary School
    • Jersey City, Hudson County Schools of Technology
    • Elizabeth, Dr. Albert Einstein Academy
    • Ridgefield, Slocum/Skewes Elementary School
    2005 Participants
    • Bayonne, PS14
    • Carteret Middle School
    • Newark, George Washington Carver
    • Trenton, Woodrow Wilson
    • Elizabeth, Riley Middle School
    • Kearny, Roosevelt School
    • Jersey City, Hudson County Schools of Technology
    • Linden, Recreation Department, after school program
    2004 Participants
    • Bayonne, PS14
    • Carteret Middle School
    • Newark, Gladys Hillman Jones Model Middle School
    • Kearny, Roosevelt School
    • Elizabeth, Elizabethport Presbyterian Center
    • Camden, The Work Group
    2002 Participants
    • Newark, McKinley Elementary School
    • Bayonne, Washington School
    • Bayonne, Robinson School
    • Newark, Discovery Charter School
    • Bayonne, Mary Jane Donahue School
    • Newark, G. Hillman Jones Model School
    • Jersey City, Hudson County Vocational
    • Elizabeth, Elizabethport Presbyterian Center

    Program Statistics

    The graphs below illustrate student enrollment and community involvement during each year of the Urban Fishing program.




    Photo Credit: Hackensack Riverkeeper

    Photo Credit: Hackensack Riverkeeper

    Photo Credit: Hackensack Riverkeeper

    Photo Credit: Hackensack Riverkeeper


       
    For more information, please contact Kimberly Cenno, Bureau Chief,
    Bureau of Environmental Analysis, Restoration and Standards at (609) 633-1441.

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