Yan ƙasa su haɗu su kare kogin Maurice

**Citizens United to Protect the Maurice River and Its Tributaries, Inc.**, ko "CU", kungiya ce ta yanki ta 501 (c) (3)  (marasa riba). An kafa shi a shekara ta 1979 kuma an kafa shi a shekarar 1986.

CU ta sami lambar yabo ta Muhalli daga Hukumar Kare Muhalli ta Amurka (EPA) a cikin 1994  kuma a cikin 2000 don kokarin da suka yi na sayen sunan Wild da Scenic na tarayya don Kogin Maurice, Menantico, Manumuskin da Muskee Creek. A cikin shekara ta 2000 CU ta kuma amince da EPA don aikin da aka yi a kan mulkin mallaka na osprey, binciken raptor da tsuntsaye na shekara-shekara, fim din "Down Jersey" da jagorar malamai masu tafiya, da Dokar Kula da Wetlands ta Arewacin Amurka.

A shekara ta 2002 Citizens United to Protect the Maurice River and Its Tributaries, Inc. sun dauki matsayi na farko a cikin rukunin Cibiyar Ilimi da Ilimi, Ma'aikatar Kare Muhalli ta NJ, Sashen Gudanar da Ruwa don fim din su na PBS "Down Jersey" da kuma tsarin karatun malamai, "Down jersey: Celebrating Our Sense of Place". Fiye da malamai 500 sun dauki bita don koyar da tsarin karatun.

CU kuma ta hada kai da wani shirin tare da New Jersey Network wanda suka sami lambar yabo ta Mid-Atlantic Emmy don Shirin Fasaha na Musamman ko na Musamman. 

## Aikin
Manufarsu ta ce:

: *Citizens United ta sadaukar da kanta don kare ruwa na Kogin Maurice da yankin da aka sani da Down Jersey, don haka yana ba wa al'ummomi na yanzu da na gaba damar jin daɗin muhalli, nishaɗi, al'adu, da albarkatun duniya na Wild & Scenic.*

: CU tana ba da ikon mutane, kungiyoyi, da al'ummomin makwabta don inganta lafiyar yankin da ingancin rayuwa. CU tana gayyatar shiga kuma tana inganta kulawar alhakin. CU tana tallafawa ilimi, wayar da kan jama'a, da kuma yanke shawara ta hanyar yin amfani da aikin gona, bincike, da kuma bayar da shawarwari.[1]

## Ayyuka
Ayyukan CU a cikin Kogin Maurice yawanci suna farawa a cikin ƙasa a Willow Grove Lake kuma suna ci gaba da kudu; South Jersey Land and Water Trust suna fara aikinta a kusa da Willow Grova Lake kuma suna faɗaɗa zuwa arewa zuwa asalin ruwa na Scotland Run.

Kogin Maurice yana da ruwa mai murabba'in kilomita 386 (1,000 ) kuma yana gudana kudu ta hanyar Cumberland County, New Jersey zuwa Delaware Bay. Manyan koguna na Kogin Maurice sun hada da Scotland Run, Menantico Creek, Muskee Creek, Muddy Run, da Kogin Manumuskin . 

A ranar 1 ga Disamba, 1993, Shugaba Bill Clinton ya sanya hannu kan dokar majalisa da ta sanya mil 10.3 (16.6  na Kogin Maurice, mil 7.9 (12.7  na Menantico Creek, mil 14.3 (23.0  na kogin Manumuskin, da mil 2.7 (4.3  na Muskee Creek a matsayin Wild da Scenic.

Kogin Delaware Bay wani wuri ne na Ramsar Wetlands na Muhimmancin Duniya.  Har ila yau, The Nature Conservancy ta sanya masa suna a matsayin daya daga cikin "Babban Wuraren Ƙarshe a Duniya".

### Muhimmancin muhalli
Kogin Maurice ya haɗa da wurare daban-daban da ke tallafawa dabbobin daji da yawan shuke-shuke. Babban wuri mai laushi da gandun daji suna karɓar tsuntsayen ruwa na hunturu da tsuntsayen bakin teku masu ƙaura. Wani rahoto na 1992 da National Wild and Scenic River Study ya bayyana cewa "yi nazarin yankin yana aiki a matsayin wurin zama mai mahimmanci na ƙaura ga tsuntsaye, tsuntsaye masu raira waƙa, tsuntsayen ruwa, raptors, rails da kifi. Kogin Maurice da masu ba da gudummawa suna zubar da yankin Kudu maso Yammacin Pinelands National Reserve, wanda kuma shine Babban Birnin Biosphere na Duniya a ƙarƙashin Shirin Mutum da Biosphere ya Majalisar Dinkin Duniya.

### Tarihin al'adu
'Yan asalin ƙasar Amirka sun kira Kogin Maurice "Wahatquenack". Sunan kogin na yanzu ana zaton ya samo asali ne daga Yarima Maurice, jirgin Holland na karni na 17 wanda ake zaton ya nutse cikin ruwansa.

Tarihin teku na kogin yana da alaƙa da girbi na oyster, kamun kifi na kasuwanci, da ginin jirgi. AJ Meerwald, jirgin ruwa na 1928 wanda ke aiki a kan Maurice da Delaware Bay, wanda tsohon Gwamna Christie Whitman ya kira "NJ's Tall Ship", Bayshore Discovery Project ya dawo da shi don dalilai na ilimi.

## Manazarta