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INFO ABOUT THE HAMILTON – TRENTON MARSH
Trail guides: “Exploring the Hamilton – Trenton Marsh, A Guided Walk. Spring Lake Access Area, John A. Roebling Memorial Park” Available on line and hard copy from Mercer County Department of Parks (609-989-6559)
Resource manual: “Hamilton – Trenton Marsh Teacher’s Guide and Resource Manual”. Lesson plans, lists of species, bibliography, and much other information about the marsh. Some parts of this (e.g., maps) are available on line. There are copies in local libraries. For your own copy ($20), contact Mary Leck (leck@rider.edu or 609-895-5420)
Video: “Turtle Stone” Abbott Farm National Landmark archaeology. (NJN Video, Trenton NJ 08625-0777; 609-777-5093)
For loan -- Slide shows (with scripts) A Marsh Visit A Natural History of the Marsh Contact Mary Leck (leck@rider.edu or 609-895-5420)
For talks about the marsh, the following are willing to charm your group: (Please let us know if you would like to add your name to this list. Send us your topic and contact information).
Lucy Aiello – Dr. Charles Abbott (609 - 895-1044)
Lou Beck – Birds and Birding at the HTM (609-737-0070)
Carolyn
Edelman - A Nearby Site: The Hamilton Trenton Marsh
Ned Gilmore -- Reptiles and amphibians of the T/H marsh Natural History rambles and discoveries of Charles C. Abbott at the T/H marsh. Home phone is 856-786-7815; work is 215-405-5065
Charlie Leck – Birds of the Marsh – with Observations about Charles Abbott’s Writings (732-821-8310)
Clyde Quin – Native Americans (609-585-8491)
Mary Leck – Wild plants in Wet Places: A Marsh Ecology. (609-895-5420)
SELECTED MARSH READINGS: (Please let us know if we’ve missed a great reference. leck@rider.edu)
We’ve just discovered John McPhee’s most recent book, which should be of interest to paddlers, anglers, and the rest of us! McPhee, J. 2002. The Founding Fish. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. New York.
Also:
Abbott, C.C. 1887. Waste-land Wanderings. Harper & Brothers, New York.
Aiello, L. 1968. Charles Conrad Abbott, M.D., Discoverer of Ancient Man in the Delaware Valley. Bulletin New Jersey Academy of Science 12(2):3-6.
Anonymous. 1996. The Abbott Farm national Historic Landmark. The Cultural Resource Group of Louis Berger & Associates, Inc., East Orange, NJ. (Also available from NJ DOT Bureau of Environmental Analysis). This 24 page booklet is a synthesis of a 15 volume series about the Abbott Farm archaeology.
Greenway, D.R. 1999. Hamilton / Trenton Marsh Management Plan -1999. Hamilton / Trenton Marsh Management Committee (D & R Greenway, 609-924-4646).
Stroud, P. 2000. The Emperor of Nature. University of Pennsylvania Press. Philadelphia.
Tiner, R.W., Jr. 1985. Wetlands of New Jersey. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Wetlands Inventory, Newton Corner, MA.
Veit, R. 2002. Digging New Jersey’s Past: Historical Archaeology in the Garden State. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, NJ.
Also: Simpson, R.L., Good, R.E., Leck, M.L., and Whigham, D.F. 1983. The ecology of freshwater tidal wetlands. BioScience 33: 255-259.
(For a complete list of marsh resources and ecological publications see the “Hamilton – Trenton Marsh -- Teacher’s Guide and Resource Manual”)
M. Leck 2/03 Rider University
"Hamilton - Trenton Marsh Teacher's Guide and Resource Manual" A printed copy of the Guide may be obtained at the Rider University Store (609-896-5121) for $20.00 plus postage. Accompanying it is a copy of the nature trail guide, "Exploring the Hamilton Trenton Marsh, A Guided Walk. Spring Lake Access Area, John A. Robeling Memorial Park."
Hamilton Trenton Bordentown Marsh, A Vital Natural Resource
"Exploring the Hamilton Trenton Marsh, A Guided Walk. Spring Lake Access Area, John A. Robeling Memorial Park" This nature trail guide provides a map of the trails and information about the plants and animals found along the trails. Additional copies of the nature trail guide can be obtained from the Mercer County Department of Parks, P.O. Box 8068, Trenton, NJ 08650 (609-989-6530)
Workshops developed by the New Jersey Department of Education are available for in-service and pre-service teachers.
Science Research for High School Students Day-long field science program at the marsh for high school students:
Field learning for your students? (Ecology, wetlands, Native Americans, science, and more).
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