by Merrill Creek Reservoir | Mar 24, 2025 | Blog, Habitat
As part of habitat stewardship activities, prescribed fires were implemented for the first time at Merrill Creek Reservoir (MCR) by NJ Forest Fire Service on March 22, 2025. Prescribed fire, also known as a controlled burn, is the planned and controlled application of...
by Merrill Creek Reservoir | Jun 19, 2024 | Animals, Habitat, Insects, Plants
According to the Xerces Society, “Pollinators are one of the easiest groups of declining animals to support in not just a rural landscape, but in a residential and urban landscape as well, since even small spaces have the potential to meet the most basic needs of the...
by Merrill Creek Reservoir | Jun 8, 2024 | Fish, Habitat, Merrill Creek Reservoir, Uncategorized
Working with MCR, NJ Youth Corps of Phillipsburg helped build 78 fish habitat structures that have been being deployed in MCR since April 2024. These structures are a modified version of “Spider Bocks.” Typically, when constructing Spider Blocks, PVC tubes or plastic...
by Merrill Creek Reservoir | Apr 24, 2024 | Habitat, Plants
As Spring arrives the fields and woodlands begin to wake-up and burst with the emergence of plant life to color the landscape and welcome in the wildlife from the long cold winter. And with the arrival of the new buds, shoots and flowers comes opportunity for us...
by Merrill Creek Reservoir | Jan 11, 2024 | Animals, Blog, Eagles, Fish, Habitat, Images, Insects, Merrill Creek Reservoir, Migration, Plants, Uncategorized
Weather Information for MCR now on the MCR Website As many people who visit Merrill Creek Reservoir know, weather conditions can change pretty quickly here on top of the mountain, especially if you are operating watercraft on the reservoir. What may appear to be calm...
by Merrill Creek Reservoir | Nov 26, 2023 | Animals, Blog, Fish, Habitat, Merrill Creek Reservoir
Did you ever wonder what is at the bottom of Merrill Creek Reservoir (MCR)? Well let’s pull back the curtain – what is down there is: NOTHING. Yep, it’s a moonscape down there, rocks, rocks and more rocks. The reservoir was constructed by blasting into bedrock. ...
