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December 17-18, 2023: Here's how the detention basin and culvert looked after a storm dumped 2.45" of rain in slightly over 30 hours.
Fact Sheet for the Watershed Restoration Plan for Southern Barnegat Bay/Little Egg Harbor Tributaries.
Factsheet.pdfPinelands High School-Poster-September-2022.pdfSeptember 2022: Dr. Subhasis Giri of Rutgers University, Dr. Zhiming Zhang & Mr. Olayinka Olayiwola of Stevens Institute of Technology, and Amanda Archer of the Jacques Cousteau NERR gave Honors Ecology students an overview of their grant project where they will install a filter between the HS detention basin and the bogs.
October 2022: Dr. Subhasis Giri of Rutgers University, Dr. Zhiming Zhang & Mr. Olayinka Olayiwola of Stevens Institute of Technology, and Lisa Auermuller & Amanda Archer of the Jacques Cousteau NERR were back on property to install their filter in the culvert between the detention basin and the Giffords Mill Bog. Honors Ecology students were able to watch the installation, received a breakdown of their water testing responsibilities, and had the opportunity to ask the scientists questions about this special grant project!
October 19, 2022: The PRHS Maintenance Department installed a Davis Vantage Pro 2 Weather Station on the roof above room 261. The data gathered from the station will help us monitor conditions around the bogs and determine when to perform additional water testing based on rain fall.
December 2, 2022: Mr. Ardoin presented at the Southern Barnegat Bay Watershed Advisory Committee Meeting to discuss the efforts of the Pinelands Honors Ecology students in maintaining and monitoring our Giffords Mill Stream Bogs. The Southern Barnegat Bay Watershed Committee comprises of municipalities, residents, major landowners, businesses, environmental managers, government agencies, and local organizations to advise the development a of a watershed restoration plan for Southern Barnegat Bay/Little Egg Harbor Tributaries. The project team provided updates on the watershed planning process and prioritized green infrastructure projects allowing time for review, feedback, and comments.
Watershed Restoration Plan for Southern Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor Tributaries.
Photo courtesy of Mrs. Lisa Auermuller, Jacques Cousteau NERR
December 16, 2022: What does 1.86" of rain in less than 24 hours look like in the culvert?
Photos & video courtesy of Grace Klements & Heather Hancock.
April 13, 2023: Mr. Olayinka Olayiwola from the Stevens Institute of Technology came to replace the bag that holds the filter media for our detention basin outflow culvert filter. Yinka and his team at Stevens noticed a decrease in efficiency of the removal of phosphates through the filter based on chemical testing from samples gathered by our students. They hypothesized that flow is being restricted due to algae growth on the filter bag. We will see if a new bag increases the flow and absorption of pollutants through the filter as we continue to take samples after .5" of rain.
May 10, 2023: To help with our water testing, we purchased a water quality meter with pH, conductivity, and dissolved oxygen probes.
September 27, 2023: Students from all three periods select areas to take biweekly water test data in their assigned bogs and learn how to perform tests for:
-pH
-dissolved oxygen
-conductivity
-nitrates
-phospates
November 22, 2023: Advanced Ecology students collect water samples after last night’s inch of rain to help determine the efficacy of the culvert filter.
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