Mill Creek Marsh is a nature preserve in the New Jersey Meadowlands located in

Secaucus Secaucus ( ) is a town in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States census, the town's population was 16,264,North Bergen, the Cromakill Creek, in

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. It is fed by the Hackensack River, and is a contributing property to the

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. It is contiguous to the west by Mill Creek and the Schmidts Woods and

Secaucus High School Secaucus High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Secaucus, in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Secaucus Board o ...

, to the north by Western Brackish Marsh, to the east by the Eastern Brackish Marsh, and Cromakill Marsh. The Eastern Spur of

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runs through the nature area, which is bordered to the south by

The Plaza at Harmon Meadow The Plaza at Harmon Meadow is a shopping complex in the Meadowlands of Secaucus, New Jersey, approximately six miles from New York City. It was developed by Hartz Mountain Industries, whose corporate offices are located in the Plaza. The Plaz ...

, which includes the Mall at Mill Creek.

History

Much of the land was acquired from Hartz Mountain. The 209-acre Mill Creek Marsh was acquired for preservation by the

New Jersey Meadowlands Commission The New Jersey Meadowlands Commission (NJMC; formerly the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission) was a regional zoning, planning and regulatory agency in northern New Jersey. Its founding mandates were to protect the delicate balance of n ...

in 1996. Two years later, the Commission began to remediate the site, including re-establishing the

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, constructing trails and planting native vegetation.Peterson, Iver
"Compensating for Filling In a Wetland"
'' The New York Times'', December 31, 1989. Accessed 16 September 2018.

References

{{Hudson County Parks, New Jersey Secaucus, New Jersey Parks in Hudson County, New Jersey Neighborhoods in Hudson County, New Jersey 1996 establishments in New Jersey New Jersey Meadowlands District Nature reserves in New Jersey

History

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References