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DRAFT - Township of Byram Lakes and Watersheds Management Plan
Posted: August 29, 2024
Byram Township received grant approval for a Lake and Watershed Management Program for 10 of the township’s waterbodies. The grant was provided by the New Jersey Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council (Highlands Council), a regional planning agency that works in partnership with both municipalities and counties in the Highlands region.
The waterbodies included in Byram’s Lake and Watershed Management Program are: Cranberry Lake, Lake Lackawanna, Johnson Lake, Forest Lake, Panther Lake, Wolf Lake, Wright Pond, Jefferson Lake, Stag Pond, and Kofferls Pond.
Byram Township chose to engage the services of Princeton Hydro, an ecological and engineering consulting firm, to support the project work.
For the first phase of the Lake and Watershed Management Program, Princeton Hydro conducted several analyses, including watershed modeling; hydrologic and pollutant loading analysis; watershed-based and in-lake water quality assessments; and tropic state assessments. Now that all the lab data has been processed, the watershed modeling being completed, and historical data reviewed, Princeton Hydro created a General Assessment Report summarizing the data/observations and identifying which watershed management techniques and measures are best suited for immediate or long-term implementation.
See Links below for the DRAFT = Township of Byram Lakes and Watershed Management Plan and supporting Appendices.
Click for Updated Draft (8/30/2024) - DRAFT - Lakes and Watershed Management Plan
Clicke for Updated Appendices (9/1/2024) - Final Draft Appendices
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Click for: Appendices
