I won the Raritan River award !!

[AndyS]

Andy,
I am pleased to inform you that you will be receiving an award at the Sustainable Raritan Conference for Citizen Action. Congratulations!
The awards will be handed out at the Sustainable Raritan Conference this Friday, June 9 at 12:00pm at the Douglass Student Center, Rutgers, 100 George Street, New Brunswick.

Hit me like a tidal wave about 6 years ago. Starting going to Raritan river meetings. Started looking at all things Raritan river and told fellow anglers we may be missing something here. Got involved with Rutgers and PIT tagging shad, went to more meetings, started to go to F&G meetings. Ran into Central Jersey Stream Team by accident and joined forces with them. Peeled off and got help whenever I could and got just about the entire North Branch cleaned and part of the Lamington. Went on a spree going to Trout Unlimited meetings and talking to fellow fishermen about the Raritan river. I talk to whoever I can about the Raritan river and not to be afraid of the river. The river is GREAT. My thanks go out to everyone fishing the river and keeping it healthy.

[Jigman13]

The river keeper getting the recog he certainly deserves. I applaud your efforts Andy. I've been selfishly reaping the benefits and rewards of a cleaner river since you started your clean ups. Kudos man. Good karma to you!

[tycomps]

Who else could it go to but Saint Andrew, the patron Saint of the Raritan River!

Congratulations, your tireless efforts (pun intended) are greatly appreciated!

ps- here it is! :D

[Moz]

Well done Andy. Very happy for you and your efforts getting well earned recognition.

[meatwad555]

Congrats and thanks for all you do.

[Gerry Zagorski]

Well deserved Andy, congrats brother!!

[icebadger]

god bless and congrats andy,your are doing a great job. you absolutely deserve the award

[troutaholic]

Congrats to you , well deserve.. I learned about you on this site . I want to thank you , for opening my eyes to litter on our rivers an streams . I now find myself picking up litter every time I leave the streams . again thank you . god bless you

[thmyorke1]

Well deserved! Mr Raritan himself!

[Wilson]

Congratulations on your achievement. What is the award...a gold plated tire:D

[FASTEDDIE29]

Outstanding! Congratulations you river warrior MANIAC! Definitely well deserved after all the time you put into keeping out rivers clean and pristine! Thank you for everything you do! It's appreciated!!!

P.S. Please post a pic of the good plated tire ASAP!!! Hahahaha!:D

[Mark B.]

Congratulations, Andy!

[bunker dunker]

congrats and well deserved Andy.you are the man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Detour66]

Congrats and thank you Andy!

[Skunk City]

NOT giving Andy the award would be a travesty! Congrats bud!

[JDTuna]

Congratulations, Andy! Certainly a well deserved award. Thank you for your hard work!

[kcritch]

Nicely Done my friend. Well deserved for sure.

I didn't know you could actually get in that canoe!!! I thought you were only allowed to walk beside it while overloaded with tires and other river treasures! HAHA!

[Chrisper4694]

congrats! now give yourself a reward and go fishing more! you earned it!

[NJSquatch]

Awesome!!!

Through the years your posts have inspired me to take care of my little patch of the Rockaway.

[JimmyL]

Congratulations, sir. You're doing God's work as they say. Thanks again for you and your colleagues efforts.

[SPEARFISH]

Congrats!

[americandesi]

Congrats Andy !!!

[NorthJerzyG]

Congrats Andy!! Seems you've not only put in the effort but also inspired many others, including myself, to leave it better than they found it. THANK YOU!!

[XXlyakattacker]

Congrats to the American Pharoah of river clean up & thank you.

[Hookmanski]

Andy, congrats!!! That's awesome. Thanks for everything you do and for inspiring others to take action!

[SaltLife1980]

Congrats!

[Captain Eddie27]

Congrats! You earned that, keep up the good work...

[Eskimo]

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Congratulations on this hard-earned award!

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[jmurr711]

Congrats!!!

[bigfishy]

Two thumbs up !!!!

[AndyS]

Thanks for all the kind words. Remember you are "stakeholders" just as much as anyone else on this planet. If you see something say something.
Take your fishing to the next level, don't be afraid to get involved.

[sbalewitz74]

Congratulations Andy.

[Esox Luciano]

Big congrats Andy!!! You Da MAN! Andy has also inspired me to give more focus & tlc to my river as well. Your hard work extends through the hands & work of those you've inspired. I'll admit, I do like the award you got...but think the one Mark B. posted is boss and fits you well! 🍻🍻🍻