What's new?

• Kevin Olsen of the Chemistry Department and Passaic River Institute at Montclair State University has authored a book that has just been published.  It is titled "A Great Conveniency: A Maritime History of the Passaic River, Hackensack River, and Newark Bay".     It's a fascinating account for NJ or maritime history buff, and lavishly illustrated.  For more information or to purchase, click here 

• Preliminary Announcement and Call for Abstracts THIRD PASSAIC RIVER SYMPOSIUM  Thursday October 16, 2008, Montclair State University Conference Center, Montclair, New Jersey. ABSTRACTS ARE DUE JULY 17
  

• Half-day workshop organized by the Passaic River Institute: Tackling Floatable Trash and Debris in the Passaic River, Hackensack River and Newark Bay: Current Efforts and New Approaches Friday April 4 2008, University Hall, Montclair State University Montclair, NJ

• Passaic River Institute Receives U.S. EPA Grant for High-School Based Water Monitoring Program December 4, 2007

• The Passaic River Institute ran three  two-week sessions of  a summer program for 7th and 8th grade students from Newark, comprising field trips to notable environmental features and infrastructure in the Passaic Basin along with computer labs involving data collected in the field.. The final report of our program can be found here

• PRI releases our "Statement of Qualifications", highlighting our expertise, abilities, facilities and personnel. Click here to open the PDF file, or click here email to request a hardcopy.

 

Dr. Kirk Barrett, Director of Montclair State's Passaic River Institute

and co-chair of the Symposium

with the panel of leaders of environmental agencies that lead off the

Second Passaic River Symposium. From left to right, Dr. Barrett; Alan

Steinberg, Region 2 Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency; Lisa P. Jackson, Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of

Environmental Protection; Colonel Aniello Tortura, New York District

Commander for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Lisa Baron, NJ

Department of Transportation and HDC-SETAC co-chair of the Symposium;

and Mark Stout, Assistant Commissioner, New Jersey Department of

Transportation

MISSION

 

Welcome! The mission of the Passaic River Institute (PRI) is to further environmental research and education and to help find solutions for environmental problems within the Passaic River Basin, including tributaries and surrounding watershed lands. PRI conducts scientifically sound research, monitoring and assessment, publishing findings in technical reports and peer-reviewed journals. Research areas include contaminant biological uptake, ecotoxicology, pollutant fate, transport and distribution, ecosystem degradation and restoration, and effectiveness of environmental policy. We vigorously seek external funding to support this research. PRI also develops scientific content for environmental education programs and supports science teachers in delivering this content. Finally PRI organizes academic and public conferences to facilitate exchange of ideas and information regarding the Basin. To fulfill our mission, PRI cooperates and collaborates with public and private sectors including federal, state and local agencies, corporations, schools and environmental advocacy groups.       Lower Passaic River near Newark Photograph by Mike Peters, Montclair State University   Passaic River Institute College of Science and Mathematics, Mallory 116 Phone: (973) 655-7117  or (973) 655-5423                 Fax: |973-404-8559| Email: pri@montclair.edu Montclair State University Montclair, New Jersey, 07043 USA - (973) 655-4000 Webmaster | Search