GREAT EGG HARBOR NATIONAL SCENIC
   AND RECREATIONAL RIVER COUNCIL

     The Great Egg Harbor River was studied and designated into the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System in 1992 based on its outstandingly remarkable cultural, historic, recreational and natural resource values and became a cooperatively-managed unit of the National Park System.

     A Comprehensive Management Plan was developed, which called for the creation of a River Council made up of the 12 local municipalities with acreage in the designated river corridor, and 1 member appointed from the Great Egg Harbor Watershed Association.

     The purpose of the River Council is to assist municipalities in effectively implementing the Great Egg Harbor National Scenic and Recreational River Comprehensive Management Plan and Local River Management Plans with the National Park Service, and to coordinate among competing interests, always keeping in mind resource protection. 

     For references to the original Memorandum of Understanding, the River Council Bylaws, Minutes of the meetings, and the Watershed Minutes, click HERE.

       GREAT EGG HARBOR RIVER COUNCILORS

Gregory Gregory (Chair) Somers Point Term Expires 2/10	Joel A. Spiegel  Borough of Folsom Term Expires 2/10
Richard Coe Monroe Township Term Expires 2/10	Bill Christman                    Township Of Hamilton Term Expires 2/09
Gary Theno Egg Harbor Township Term Expires 2/10	Bill Egan Weymouth Township Term Expires 2/10
Jim Owen Estell Manor Term Expires 2/09	Clark Sprigman Winslow Township Term Expires 2/08
Keith Kendrex Hammonton Term Expires 2/10	Julie Akers  Buena Vista Township Term Expires 2/09
Dick Colby Great Egg Harbor Watershed Assoc. Term Expires 2/08	William Handley Upper Township Term Expires  2/08
Richard Foster Corbin City Term Expires 2/09	Fred Akers River Administrator (Staff)

     The River Council shall conduct meetings at the Warren E. Fox Nature Center, Estell Manor Park, Route 50, Estell Manor, New Jersey, commencing at 7:00 p.m. on the third Wednesday of every even numbered month as follows:

February 18, 2009, April 15, 2009, June 17, 2009, August 19, 2009, October 21, 2009, December 16, 2009, February 17, 2010

Please contact River Administrator Fred Akers at 856-697-6114 or mailto:fred_akers@gehwa.org  to confirm meeting dates or receive additional information.

Please send correspondence to: River Council, P.O. Box 109, Newtonville, NJ 08346

For more information about the River Council, please go to the River Council Documents Page