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Splish, Splash, and Good Times: Kayaking Fun on Sunset Lake!

7/29/2025

What better way to welcome the summer heat than with a fantastic day on the water?

At the end of June, our American Littoral Society team had an absolute blast teaming up with two awesome Bridgeton City nonprofits, United Advocacy Group (UAG) and Southeast Gateway Community Action Partnership for a kayaking adventure on Sunset Lake.

We were joined by a wonderful mix of folks from UAG’s "Stronger Families" program and other Bridgeton residents – we even had a few people who just came for a swim but were thrilled to find out they could join our free kayaking excursion!

After a quick, easy lesson for our first-time paddlers, everyone pushed off at their own pace. Some folks chose to practice their paddling skills close to shore, while others were adventurous and explored all the way across the lake and down a tributary into the cool forest.

Tracking Changes to Stream Health in Cumberland County

7/28/2025

For years, the American Littoral Society has been hard at work understanding and improving the health of freshwater streams in Cumberland County, NJ. From 2018-2023, as part of a project funded by the William Penn Foundation, we collected vital data at five sites across the Cohansey and Maurice River Watersheds.

Why? Because all these streams flow into the Delaware Bay, and a healthy bay starts with healthy streams. Our goal was to establish baselines and track changes in stream health, particularly near our green stormwater management projects, ensuring our efforts are making a real difference.

We've chronicled our findings about several other streams, such as Loper Run and Barretts Run, in previous blog posts.

Now, we're going to take a look at Indian Field Branch in Bridgeton, which is a site that struggles with being a heathy ecosystem. Most of the stream is channeled, with concrete along much of its length and with the streambed being mostly made up of concrete blocks.

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Splish, Splash, and Good Times: Kayaking Fun on Sunset Lake!

Tracking Changes to Stream Health in Cumberland County

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