The Water Under the Bridge cache is a kid friendly educational cache located at Pyramid Mountain Natural Historic Area which has many human and wildlife neighbors around its 1,500 acres of protected land. Please remember to stay on the marked trails as you navigate to the cache. You are in sensitive wildlife habitat! Maps are available inside the Visitors Center or at the parking lot kiosk.
Aquatic macroinvertebrates are animals that have no skeletons, are visible without a microscope, and are found in lakes, streams, ponds, marshes and puddles, and help maintain the health of the water ecosystem by eating bacteria and dead, decaying plants and animals.
The cleanliness of the water affects which types of organisms can survive, so by identifying which macroinvertebrates are present in a body of water, we can determine how clean the water is.
Which macroinvertebrates indicate that water is clean? Find out in the cache.
The Morris County Park Commission maintains approximately 1,500 acres in Montville, Kinnelon, and Boonton Township as the Pyramid Mountain Natural Historic Area. The Pyramid Mountain Visitors Center offers year-round nature programs for all ages as well as 25 miles of nature trails open to the public from dawn to dusk. The Visitors Center is open Wednesdays through Sundays from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For more information, visit www.morrisparks.net or call 973-334-3130.
This cache is placed in partnership between The Morris County Park Commission and The Northern New Jersey cachers, (NNJC). This cache is part of the Pyramid Mountain education geocaching program.