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	Ramapo Aquifer Systems
		The climate of the Ramapo River Basin is characterized as continental climate due to the prevalence of westerly winds from the continental interior.
		The principal stream in the Ramapo River Basin is the Ramapo River which rises near Monroe in Orange County, New York, at an altitude of 690 feet, and headwaters of some of the minor tributaries rise at altitudes of as much as 830 feet..
		Township of Mahwah, and Passaic River Coalition, 1991.
	www.epa.gov /region02/water/aquifer/ramapo/ramapo.htm (6557 words)

	Gazetteer of Rockland County, NY
		The hills along the river and Verdrieteges Hook are composed of red sandstone, known to geologists as the New Red Sandstone; and the central and w.
		Stony Point is a small rocky peninsula on the river, near the center of the E. border of the town.9 The principal streams are Minisceongo and Cedar Pond Creeks, flowing into the Hudson, and Stony Brook, a tributary of Ramapo River, a branch of the Passaic.
		RAMAPO- was formed from Haverstraw, March 18, 1791, as "New Hampstead." Its name was changed to "Hampstead" March 3, 1797, and to Ramapo in 1828.
	history.rays-place.com /ny/rockland-cty-ny.htm (1899 words)

	History of Oakland NJ
		As you drive west along Route 208/287 approaching the Ramapo River, it is hard to imagine that 300 years ago this interstate highway may have been a quiet tree-lined path in a little valley used by the Minsi Indians of the Lenni Lenape tribe.
		The first Dutch settlers, who were stopped by the Ramapo River at the end of the path that is now Franklin Avenue, became so enamored of the area that they bought some 5,500 acres of it.
		Ramapo Valley Road was a very important connecting line to West Point, especially for couriers with saddlebags of letters, commands, maps and battle plans.
	www.oakland-nj.org /history.html (1309 words)

	Watershed Managment Plan for the Orange County Section of the Ramapo River Watershed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The problems in the Ramapo River and its accompanying streams are similar to what would be predicted given the percent imperviousness of the subwatersheds in the upper Ramapo.
		Flooding should be mitigated with improved drainage at Legends in Harriman and in the Ramapo in vicinity of the Villages of Harriman and Monroe.
		The Ramapo River has a unique problem along much of the Orange County area, because of the limited area along the Ramapo for shade trees due to rail, road and utility rights-of-way.
	www.ocwagis.org /ramapo/findings.html (587 words)

	Ramapo River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Ramapo River is a tributary of the Pompton River, approximately 30 mi (48 km) long, in southern New York and northern New Jersey in the United States.
		In New Jersey, it flows SSW, along the west side of the ridge of the Ramapo Mountains.
		The river is a popular destination for fly fishing of trout.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ramapo_River (177 words)

	Passaic River Info
		The Passaic River Basin is roughly elliptical in shape, and drains approximately 835 square miles of Northern New Jersey and Southern New York State.
		For example, Morristown, on the Whippany River, and Denville and Dover on the Rockaway River are representative municipalities in the Highlands that have had major flood damages.
		Prior to 1902, flood control for the Passaic River Basin was limited to ditching local swamps and desnagging and enlarging sections of the Passaic River's channel.
	www.passaicriver.org /passaicriverinfo.htm (1832 words)

	ATSDR - PHA - Ramapo Landfill, Ramapo, Rockland County, New York
		The use of the words on-site and off-site throughout the document are to depict the area within the property lines shown on Figure 2, and are not intended to convey the meanings defined under Superfund.
		The Ramapo River, located about 300 feet from the southwest corner of the site, is designated by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC) for use as a source of water supply for drinking, culinary, and food processing purposes.
		This aquifer is recharged primarily by the Ramapo River.
	www.atsdr.cdc.gov /HAC/PHA/ramapo/rlf_p1.html (3342 words)

	GSE-Website - Ramapo River Committee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Ramapo River Committee is a grassroots environmental group operating under the not-for-profit umbrella of the Passaic River Coalition.
		Keeps watch over the Ramapo River for pollution sources such as runoff from new construction and treatment plant discharges, by monitoring river conditions, site visits, reporting violations, and inputting on pertinent local, state, regional and federal legislation and enforcement.
		In 2003, the Ramapo River Committee oversaw the application for a substantial federal appropriation towards a study and remediation of the Ramapo River.
	www.gsenet.org /host/ramaporivercommittee (322 words)

	A BIT OF HISTORY
		Known as Shatemuc (the river that flows two ways) to the Indians, the region became a county in 1798 when it separated from the County of Orange.
		The natural barrier of the Ramapo Mountains and the size of the County made it difficult to carry on governmental activities.
		The success of the Ramapo works during the early 19th century led to the construction of the Nyack Turnpike (1830) connecting Suffern and points west with Nyack and the Hudson River.
	www.co.rockland.ny.us /Arts/history.htm (2018 words)

	Ramapo, New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ramapo is a town in Rockland County, New York, USA.
		The Town of Ramapo is in the southwest corner of Rockland County, where it consists of about one-third of the western part of the county.
		The break in the Ramapo Mountains at Suffern formed by the Ramapo River causes the town to be the site of the New York State Thruway and I-287, New York State Route 17, and a railroad line.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ramapo,_New_York (882 words)

	Bergen County Park Lands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ramapo Valley Reservation includes part of the Ramapo River, Scarlet Oak Pond and McMillan Reservoir.
		With a camping permit, tenting is permitted beside the Ramapo River and the lower lake, Scarlett Oak Pond.
		There is a parking lot at the park entrance and portage access to the Ramapo River is provided.
	www.mahwahtwp.org /about_mahwah/bergen_county_pklds.php (356 words)

	Ramapo: Town buys land to balance open space, development (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Parkland is on the rise in Ramapo, Rockland County's largest and most populous town.
		In Spring Valley, which is the county's largest village with a population of 25,000, Ramapo has bought a long-closed theater to use as cultural arts center.
		Across the town in Suffern, Ramapo has bought the five-acre Stonegate park, which is in a condominium development.
	www.thejournalnews.com /LivingHere/rockland05/features/ramapo.html (602 words)

	Ramapo College of New Jersey \|\| News and Events
		It takes place on the banks of the Ramapo River and on occasion, in the river itself.
		"It’s going to be a cleanup, bank stabilization and trout stocking in the Ramapo River across the street from the college on the Ramapough Mountain Indian land," says Dr. Angela Cristini, director of the RST2 program and a professor of Biology at Ramapo College.
		Ramapo College of New Jersey • 505 Ramapo Valley Road • Mahwah, NJ 07430 • 201-684-7500
	www.ramapo.edu /news/pressreleases/1999/05_11_1999.html (374 words)

	Highlands Development Threatens Views From 3 State Parks, Water Supply, Habitat!
		The bad news is that the Ramapo Town Board and Supervisor Chris St. Lawrence granted the developer, Lorterdan Properties (of Montclair, NJ) a 24-fold increase in zoning density and specifically excluded the property from its much-touted Critical Environmental Area for the rest of Torne Valley.
		The good news is that the Ramapo Planning Board took a common sense approach at its June meeting and did not grant the applicant the requested approvals until it had time to study the proposal further.
		The Ramapo River and watershed is critically important to New Jerseyans because it supplies up to 64 million gallons of water daily to over two million residents in northern NJ (including up to 23 million gallons of water that are piped daily over to the Oradell reservoir in Bergen County).
	actionnetwork.org /SierraClubNJ/alert-description.html?alert_id=3461810 (786 words)

	Mercury in Ramapo River causes ripples downstream
		Alarm bells are ringing after test results showed mercury contamination in the Ramapo River near the Nepera Chemical plant in Harriman.
		Welch said a big danger associated with mercury is bioaccumulation — the buildup of mercury in the cells of fish and wildlife.
		Nepera conducted its own tests in the Ramapo River, which confirmed the results of the DEC tests.
	www.th-record.com /archive/2000/12/13/drfallou.htm (550 words)

	Historic Sloatsburg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		General Washington blocked their access on the Hudson River with a huge chain stretched across the river and gun emplacements at West Point.
		To block the inland route at the Ramapo Pass, he established a command post at the Sloat home and placed Captain Stephen Sloat in charge of the troops guarding the Pass.
		By 1792 he had constructed a dam across the Ramapo river with a system of sluice gates and a mill race to provide water power to run a saw mill and tannery located in what is now downtown Sloatsburg.
	sloatsburgny.com /Historic_Sloatsburg.htm (540 words)

	HIKING RAMAPO MOUNTAIN STATE FOREST
		Ramapo Lake was once known as Rotten Pond (or Lake LeGrande).
		Arriving at the station they were met by Amos W. Hopper, the mayor, with a number of the residents of the Borough of Oakland, who accompanied the Club on its ramble.
		West Oakland lies on the west side of the Ramapo River at the foot of the mountain of the same name, where there was a number of houses, one of them, "Shadowmont," being the summer home of Mr.
	nynjctbotany.org /njhigh/ramaposf.html (1026 words)

	PreserveRamapo.org
		The proposed law would increase the percentage to 55, a figure that Levine says is partly a result of Ramapo increasing its ratio to 90 percent in 2004 for a small section of the town that borders the village.
		The Saddle River is one of only two natural trout-breeding streams in Bergen County, and is a place where our children enjoy playing." A New Jersey resident expresses her views concerning Ramapo sewer failures in a letter to the Journal.
		When Ramapo was faced with the threat of an RLUIPA lawsuit, rather than oppose it in court as municipalities across the country have, Supervisor St. Lawrence and his board established 4 Adult Student Housing sites where no zoning regulations apply.
	www.preserveramapo.org (9305 words)

	NYSDEC Regulations 6 NYCRR Part 860 Ramapo River and Mahwah River Drainage Basins
		The primary waters of a drainage basin, such as rivers or large lakes are usually referred to by name or an abbreviation.
		When isolated lakes and ponds are referenced by a waters index number, it is merely for convenience of their identification and location within a subdrainage basin, and it is not necessarily indicative of their being tributary to any waters to which no surface connection is shown on the reference maps.
		(l) The Ramapo River and Mahwah River drainage basins shall be deemed to include the following areas: All land and water areas, the natural surface water drainage from which is directly or indirectly tributary to the Ramapo River and Mahwah River in new York State.
	www.dec.state.ny.us /website/regs/part860.html (2189 words)

	Fall 2000 Sprawl Report- Sprawl - Sierra Club
		The Ramapo Mountains used to be known for hiking trails, trout-filled streams and pre-Columbian archaeological sites.
		Ramapo Reserve, as the project is known, should never have happened.
		Second, the development's "pioneering" status as the first building site west of the Ramapo River violated existing natural boundaries and will place incredible pressure on the natural resources in the area.
	www.sierraclub.org /sprawl/50statesurvey/newjersey.asp (545 words)

	ATSDR - PHA - Ramapo Landfill, Ramapo, Rockland County, New York
		Past recreational use of Torne Brook stream and the Ramapo River is unlikely to result in any adverse health effects due to contamination with metals from landfill leachate.
		The purpose of the PHAP is to ensure that this public health assessment not only identifies public health hazards, but provides a plan of action designed to mitigate and prevent adverse human health effects resulting from exposure to hazardous substances in the environment.
		The Public Health Assessment for the Ramapo Landfill site was prepared by the New York State Department of Health under a cooperative agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).
	www.atsdr.cdc.gov /hac/PHA/ramapo/rlf_p3.html (1938 words)

	Living Here: Ramapo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ramapo is the most complicated and largest of Rockland's five towns, but that's part of its charm.
		The 2000 U.S. Census showed that Ramapo was home to more than a third of Rockland's residents, about 108,905 out of 286,753, and the ethnic and racial makeup was among the most diverse in the suburbs of New York City.
		This year, Ramapo agreed to buy 144 acres of the Torne Valley to protect the historic area from overdevelopment and to develop a new town park along the Ramapo River with ballfields, a recreation center and hiking trails.
	www.thejournalnews.com /LivingHere/rockland/features/ramapo.html (701 words)

	SierraActivist.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Ramapo River and its watershed sit atop a federal Sole Source Aquifer and supply drinking water to almost 1.5 million people, a quarter of the population of northern New Jersey.
		Various segments of the river are contaminated for fecal coliform, dissolved oxygen, pH, arsenic, cadmium, mercury and phosphorous.
		The river is tapped to feed the Wanaque Reservoir, one of the largest water supplies in the state.
	sierraactivist.org /print.php?sid=43415 (415 words)

	Saddle River, New Jersey - Saddle River History
		The tract consisted of 42,000 acres of land along the Ramapo River eastward, north into New York state and south towards Pompton.
		At this time also, the eastern side of the Saddle River was known by the Indians as Weerommensa, or "Land of the Grapes," and inhabited by them.
		It ran along the east side of the Saddle River south from the Proprietors' lands, extenng to a place called Indian Rock which marked the southernmost portion of the Indian land.
	www.saddleriver.org /content/42/default.aspx (614 words)

	Ramapo River mercury level gets satisfactory grade
		Harriman — In June and July last year, state workers visited nine places on the Ramapo River and caught 90 fish — zapping them with an electric shock — to study mercury levels in their tissues.
		The work was part of a study to see how much mercury has gotten into the river from the grounds of the Nepera Inc. chemical plant, where decades ago, a previous owner had workers regularly dump and burn chemical waste.
		The river and its watershed supply drinking water to an estimated 2 million people in Rockland County and New Jersey.
	www.recordonline.com /archive/2002/06/26/cammercu.htm (545 words)

	Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Ramapo River at Oakland flood control project consists of two construction contracts: (1) a channel modification of 5,800 feet of the Ramapo River and (2) the installation of flood control gates at the existing Pompton Lakes Dam.
		As you prepare to mark up HR 4939, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006, we respectfully request your consideration of funding for the Ramapo River at Oakland flood control project in the State of New Jersey.
		The contract for the Pompton Lakes Dam at the Ramapo River at Oakland project is set to expire on March 31, 2006.
	lautenberg.senate.gov /newsroom/record.cfm?id=253915& (758 words)

	AMC NY-NoJ: C & K River Cleanups
		Cleaning up the Bronx River may not sound attractive to most paddlers, but thousands of people were affected and impressed by what we did in their community.
		One Chapter trip was on the Housatonic River in Connecticut, and and another on the Pequest River in west-central New Jersey.
		The Pequest was not considered a "dirty or trashy" river by recreational paddlers and leaders of trips during the Spring of 1992 or 1993.
	www.amc-ny.org /recreational-activities/canoe/photos/cleanrpt.html (1955 words)

	Mahwah Bikeway Project
		In the 2002 funding round of the Bergen County Open Space, Recreation, Farmland and Historic Preservation Trust Fund, the Township of Mahwah received an award of $300,000 to help acquire the Danza property in Mahwah.
		This acquisition enables the Township to keep the property as open space and would allow the Township’s bikeway/walkway to continue along the Ramapo River and would eventually allow the property to be connected to the 75-acre Mary Patrick property in the west side of the Ramapo River.
		The envisioned bikeway/walkway is a continuous path from Darlington Avenue all the way thought the municipal properties, the Danza property to the Mary Patrick property and to the base of the Stag Hill Road.
	www.co.bergen.nj.us /OpenSpace/Mahwah.html (116 words)

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