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 CEdelmann@amre.com; 609-243-5584

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”)

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Teacher's Manual

The Manual contains background information, lesson plans, and many articles. In addition to the table of contents, this website has maps, a sample of site-specific lesson plans, habitat descriptions, species lists, and photos.

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."

Nature Trail Guide

Workshops for Teachers

Workshops developed by the New Jersey Department of Education are availabe for inservice and preservice teachers.

• BEES (Building Environmental Education Solutions) at the Stony Brook Millstone Watershed Association.
• ISLES, Inc. at Caldwalder Park, Trenton (609-393-5656, ext. 19, ext. 20)
• Lawrenceville School, Ken Mills (609-620-6926)
• US Fish and Wildlife Service; 119 Sandy Island Drive; Brick, NJ 08732. Christine Raabe (732-477-0946).

Science Research for High School Students

Day-long field science program at the marsh for high school students:

• Rider University's PROBE.

Field Trips for Students

Field learning for your students? (Ecology, wetlands, Native Americans, science, and more).

• BEES(Building Environmental Education Solutions) at Stony Brook Millstone Watershed Association. Jeff Hoagland (609-818-9277)
• ISLES, Inc. (609-393-5656, ext. 19)
• Mercer County Department of Parks, P.O. Box 8068; Trenton, NJ 08650. Joseph Schmeltz, Naturalist (609-989-6532).
• Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park (732-873-3050).

Scheduled Field Trips

• Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park (732-873-3050)
• New Jersey Audubon
• Washington Crossing Audubon
• Torrey Botanical Society