Wild New Jersey Exclusive: Nature in recovery even on a Superfund Site in Sayreville
Wild flowers reclaim the lost ground of Horseshoe Road Superfund Site.
Photo by Melanie Worob.
Even at one of nation's most toxic waste sites - Horseshoe Road Superfund Site in Sayreville - nature is recovering against steep odds. Wild New Jersey accompanied the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Edison Wetlands Association (EWA) on a recent tour of this site along the Raritan Riverfront. Though an active in-ground removal was going on in a large portion of the site, the recovering habitat still managed to attract a wide array of wildlife, with ospreys circling above, swallows, killdeer, and warblers utilizing the forest, waterfowl just offshore, and wild flowers growing in some of the less impacted areas.
The riverfront wetlands will be cleaned up as part of the USEPA's long-term cleanup plan. However, the restoration of those wetlands remains in question.
"The thousands of residents who live nearby are demanding that the wetlands are restored in place," said EWA Executive Director Robert Spiegel. "Edison Wetlands is assisting the community in urging the USEPA to restore these critical wetlands that serve as invaluable foraging areas for bald eagles, ospreys, northern harriers, and other threatened species."
For more information on the Horseshoe Road wetlands restoration, please call 732-321-1300.
Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 6/26/2009 1:00 PM 
Categories: WNJ Exclusives, Birds
Tags: Sayreville Horseshoe Road Superfund Site
Categories: WNJ Exclusives, Birds
Tags: Sayreville Horseshoe Road Superfund Site
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