South Branch 7/24/21:

[AndyS]

So today was a recon mission to find the pile of 57 tires that were pulled and put on the bank at Studdiford only to have the river rise and wash them all back into the river..
A crew of 7, 6 of us in the water including thmyorke1 and 1 on land doing shuttle. We were fortunate to find about 10 or so in a back eddy near the bridge but after that no signs of "newly deposited" tires. What we did end up finding was about 50 tires we pulled from the mud. So this got us thinking that maybe the pile ended up by Perth Amboy during the flood ??? On a hunch we went over to the island at Robert St. in Raritan Borough and started to find some of the original pile. So we banked 28 tires there, 2 at Nevius.
So doing the math 28+2+10, we cant find the other 17, not bad though considering. Glad to sit back now thinking for the most part the North and South branches are tire free, (about 99%) after what, 7 years of this.
Please, if you see something say something, photos, photos and more photos if you do find something including the location is a huge help.
CJST will be on the Rahway river in August and back on the main stem near Piscataway in September..