{"id":728,"date":"2012-04-03T18:34:52","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T18:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meri.njmeadowlands.gov\/mesic\/?page_id=728"},"modified":"2018-08-06T20:50:14","modified_gmt":"2018-08-06T20:50:14","slug":"bellmans-creek-marsh-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meri.njmeadowlands.gov\/mesic\/sites\/candidate-restoration-sites\/bellmans-creek-marsh-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bellman’s Creek Marsh"},"content":{"rendered":"

Category<\/strong>: Candidate Restoration\/Preservation Site \"Bellmans<\/a><\/p>\n

Location<\/strong>: North of Bellman’s Creek and east of the Eastern Spur of the New Jersey Turnpike in the Town of Ridgefield, Bergen County, New Jersey.<\/p>\n

Latitude\/Longitude<\/strong>: 40.83189\/-74.01829<\/p>\n

Current Land Use<\/strong>: Tidal marsh<\/p>\n

Size<\/strong>: 62 acres<\/p>\n

Current Ownership<\/strong>: PSEG<\/p>\n

Site Description<\/strong>: Bellman’s Creek marsh is dominated by common reed (Phragmites australis<\/em>) and interspersed with pockets of wooded uplands and mudflats. Portions of the site are used for utility purposes, including a berm running through the site from the northeast to the southwest.<\/p>\n

Existing Site-Specific Data Inventory<\/h3>\n

A. Survey, Maps, and GIS<\/strong><\/p>\n

HMD regional data exists inclusive of this site.<\/p>\n

B. Real Estate\/Ownership<\/strong><\/p>\n

Owned by PSEG.<\/p>\n

C. Site History & Land Use<\/strong><\/p>\n

No data obtained.<\/p>\n

D. Biological Studies – Fauna<\/strong><\/p>\n

No data obtained.<\/p>\n

E. Biological Studies – General Environmental<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fish sampling study conducted in 1980.<\/p>\n

F. Geotechnical<\/strong><\/p>\n

No data obtained.<\/p>\n

G. Hydraulics and Hydrology<\/strong><\/p>\n

No data obtained.<\/p>\n

H. Water and Sediments<\/strong><\/p>\n

Water quality data was collected in 1980.<\/p>\n

I. Historical\/Cultural Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n

No data obtained.<\/p>\n

J. Restoration\/Remediation Design Plans<\/strong><\/p>\n

No data obtained.<\/p>\n

Site Reports<\/h2>\n

Site #13 \u2013 Bellman\u2019s Creek Marsh<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Category<\/strong>: Candidate Restoration\/Preservation Site<\/p>\n

Location<\/strong>: North of Bellman\u2019s Creek and east of the Eastern Spur of the New Jersey Turnpike in the Town of Ridgefield, Bergen County, New Jersey.<\/p>\n

Latitude\/Longitude<\/strong>: 40.83189 \/ -74.01829<\/p>\n

Current Land Use<\/strong>: Tidal marsh<\/p>\n

Size<\/strong>: 62 acres<\/p>\n

Current Ownership<\/strong>: PSEG<\/p>\n

Site Description<\/strong>: Bellman\u2019s Creek marsh is dominated by common reed (Phragmites australis<\/em>) and interspersed with pockets of wooded uplands and mudflats. Portions of the site are used for utility purposes, including a berm running through the site from the northeast to the southwest.<\/p>\n

Existing Site Specific Data Inventory<\/strong><\/p>\n

* \u2013 Report repeated under multiple data categories and\/or sites.<\/p>\n

A.\u00a0 Survey, Maps, and GIS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Relevant survey, mapping, and GIS data for the Meadowlands can be found in the Meadowlands-wide site report under data category A.<\/p>\n

B.\u00a0\u00a0 Real Estate\/Ownership<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bellman\u2019s Creek Marsh is owned by PSEG.<\/p>\n

C.\u00a0 Site History & Land Use<\/strong><\/p>\n

No data obtained.<\/p>\n

D.\u00a0 Biological Studies \u2013 Fauna<\/strong><\/p>\n

No data obtained.<\/p>\n

E.\u00a0\u00a0 Biological Studies \u2013 General Environmental<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *Anonymous. Biological Water Quality and Field Sampling Survey of the Hackensack Meadowlands. HMDC. 1980. [1a]<\/sup><\/strong>Water samples from 11 sites were collected on a single day, measuring temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and suspended solids. The biological portion of the study is negligible, as four fish sampling nets were set in Berry\u2019s Creek Canal and Sawmill Creek, but only one killifish was caught.<\/p>\n

F.\u00a0\u00a0 Geotechnical <\/strong><\/p>\n

No data obtained.<\/p>\n

G.\u00a0 Hydraulics and Hydrology<\/strong><\/p>\n

No data obtained.<\/p>\n

H.\u00a0 Water and Sediments<\/strong><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *Anonymous. Biological Water Quality and Field Sampling Survey of the Hackensack Meadowlands. HMDC. 1980. [1a]<\/sup><\/strong>Water samples from 11 sites were collected on a single day, measuring temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and suspended solids. The biological portion of the study is negligible, as four fish sampling nets were set in Berry\u2019s Creek Canal and Sawmill Creek, but only one killifish was caught.<\/p>\n

I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Historical\/Cultural Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n

No data obtained.<\/p>\n

J.\u00a0\u00a0 Restoration\/Remediation Design Plans<\/strong><\/p>\n

No data obtained.<\/p>\n

K. Bibliographic Updates\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n

Site #13: Bellman\u2019s Creek Marsh<\/a><\/p>\n

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Category: Candidate Restoration\/Preservation Site Location: North of Bellman’s Creek and east of the Eastern Spur of the New Jersey Turnpike in the Town of Ridgefield, Bergen County, New Jersey. Latitude\/Longitude: 40.83189\/-74.01829 Current Land Use: Tidal marsh Size: 62 acres Current Ownership: PSEG Site Description: Bellman’s Creek marsh is dominated by common reed (Phragmites australis) and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":55,"menu_order":13,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-728","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meri.njmeadowlands.gov\/mesic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meri.njmeadowlands.gov\/mesic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meri.njmeadowlands.gov\/mesic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meri.njmeadowlands.gov\/mesic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meri.njmeadowlands.gov\/mesic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=728"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/meri.njmeadowlands.gov\/mesic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1648,"href":"https:\/\/meri.njmeadowlands.gov\/mesic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/728\/revisions\/1648"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meri.njmeadowlands.gov\/mesic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meri.njmeadowlands.gov\/mesic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}