Category: Candidate Restoration/Preservation Site
Location: Bordered on the east and south by the Hackensack River and on the north by Marsh Resources Meadowlands Mitigation Bank in Carlstadt, Bergen County.
Latitude/Longitude: 40.81180/-74.03711
Current Land Use: Tidal marsh
Size: 74 acres
Current Ownership: NJMC
Site Description: This Metro Media Tract surrounds the Metro Media Broadcast site and radio towers. The site is undeveloped and dominated by common reed (Phragmites australis). The current conceptual restoration plan includes restoring tidal hydrology, restoring high and low saltmarsh habitat, creating a tidal channel network, and creating an upland buffer zone.
Existing Site-Specific Data Inventory
A. Survey, Maps, and GIS
HMD regional data exists inclusive of this site.
B. Real Estate/Ownership
Owned by NJMC.
C. Site History & Land Use
No data obtained.
D. Biological Studies – Fauna
No data obtained.
E. Biological Studies – General Environmental
Study on effects of differing soil types on growth of smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) was conducted in 1995.
F. Geotechnical
Study on effects of differing soil types on growth of smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) was conducted in 1995.
G. Hydraulics and Hydrology
No data obtained.
H. Water and Sediments
No data obtained.
I. Historical/Cultural Resources
No data obtained.
J. Restoration/Remediation Design Plans
No data obtained.
Site Reports
Site #22 – Metro Media Tract
Category: Candidate Restoration/Preservation Site
Location: Bordered on the east and south by the Hackensack River and on the north by Marsh Resources Meadowlands Mitigation Bank in Carlstadt, Bergen County.
Latitude/Longitude: 40.81180 / -74.03711
Current Land Use: Tidal marsh
Size: 74 acres
Current Ownership: NJMC
Site Description: This Metro Media Tract surrounds the Metro Media Broadcast site and radio towers. The site is undeveloped and dominated by common reed (Phragmites australis). The current conceptual restoration plan includes restoring tidal hydrology, restoring high and low saltmarsh habitat, creating a tidal channel network, and creating an upland buffer zone.
Existing Site Specific Data Inventory
* – Report repeated under multiple data categories and/or sites.
A. Survey, Maps, and GIS
Relevant survey, mapping, and GIS data for the Meadowlands can be found in the Meadowlands-wide site report under data category A.
B. Real Estate/Ownership
Metro Media Tract was acquired on July 28, 2003 by NJMC for one-million dollars.
C. Site History & Land Use
No data obtained.
D. Biological Studies – Fauna
No data obtained.
E. Biological Studies – General Environmental
1. *Celebrano, M. A Characterization of Sites in the Hackensack Meadowlands District Experiencing Unexplained Decline of Spartina alterniflora. HMDC. 1995. [1a] Compares soils from the Eastern Brackish Marsh, Western Brackish Marsh, Empire Tract, and Metro Media sites to determine if differing soil characteristics effect the growth of smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) seedlings in the first growing season. Soil cores from were analyzed for nutrients, metals, percent organic, grain size, acid-volatile sulfides.
F. Geotechnical
2. *Celebrano, M. A Characterization of Sites in the Hackensack Meadowlands District Experiencing Unexplained Decline of Spartina alterniflora. HMDC. 1995. [1a] Compares soils from the Eastern Brackish Marsh, Western Brackish Marsh, Empire Tract, and Metro Media sites to determine if differing soil characteristics effect the growth of smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) seedlings in the first growing season. Soil cores from were analyzed for nutrients, metals, percent organic, grain size, acid-volatile sulfides.
G. Hydraulics and Hydrology
No data obtained.
H. Water and Sediments
No data obtained.
I. Historical/Cultural Resources
No data obtained.
J. Restoration/Remediation Design Plans
No data obtained.
K. Bibliographic Updates
Site #22: Metro Media Tract