{"id":1930,"date":"2022-10-13T20:47:41","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T20:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/herofortheplanet.org\/hackensack\/?page_id=1930"},"modified":"2023-10-13T18:33:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T18:33:56","slug":"human-needs-are-in-the-drivers-seat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/herofortheplanet.org\/hackensack\/human-needs-are-in-the-drivers-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Choose Your Path"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h5>explore<\/h5>\n<h1>Explore Uses<\/h1>\n\t<h3><strong>Human needs are in the driver&#8217;s seat<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>On the previous page, you brainstormed possible answers to the question <em><strong>What is a river good for?<\/strong><\/em> from different perspectives. What <strong>human needs &amp; uses<\/strong> did you come up with? Do they fit into these categories?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Consumption<\/b> &#8211; Drinking Water and Food (fish)<\/li>\n<li><b>Recreation<\/b> &#8211; Swimming, Boating, Fishing<\/li>\n<li><b>Agriculture<\/b> &#8211; Irrigation and Improved Soils<\/li>\n<li><b>Manufacturing &amp; Commerce<\/b> &#8211; Industry, Transportation &amp; Jobs<\/li>\n<li><b>Waste Management<\/b> &#8211; Waste Disposal Systems<\/li>\n<li><strong>Development<\/strong> &#8211; Waterfront residential or commercial building<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Looking back in history, we can see that the indigenous people of the Hackensack watershed used the river for very similar purposes. So did the early European Settlers. But over time, there has been a dramatic shift in the quality of the water in the river and the health of the land around the river. Population increase and industrialization demanded more and more from the watershed and ultimately resulted in degradation of the riparian and aquatic ecosystems.<\/p>\n\t\n<h3><b>How have modern communities changed the watershed to meet their needs?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>It&#8217;s time to explore uses of the river.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>How are the watershed and the river used in your community to support human needs? Let&#8217;s do a little research.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>You will be considering these essential questions while you work:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">What benefits have resulted from changes to the river\/\u00a0 watershed?<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">What problems or threats have resulted from changes to the river\/ watershed?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Research Steps:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Start with a closer look at the waterways in the watershed.\u00a0 Use the button below to visit the EPA&#8217;s website, &#8220;How&#8217;s My Waterway.&#8221;\u00a0 Type in your zip code and use the toggles to find the waterways, monitoring stations, and permitted dischargers in your area.\u00a0 Then use the tabs at the top to find out what is known about human needs and the water quality itself.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Next select from the Uses below to examine a specific human need.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Use the inquiry questions on each page to learn about this use of the river, and its impacts over time.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Ask yourself, is this use of the river more prevalent in the Upper or Lower Hackensack?<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">How does your community use the river? Develop new questions about your own community&#8217;s impact on the river as you learn.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Record any new questions and the answers you find in your journal or science notebook.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Do your best to answer the essential questions to summarize what you&#8217;ve learned.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mywaterway.epa.gov\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>How&#8217;s My Waterway?<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h3>\n\t\tUses of the River\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<h4>Consumption<\/h4>\n<p>Drinking Water and Food (Fish)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/herofortheplanet.org\/hackensack\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/10\/Semipalmated-Sandpipers_Mill-Creek-Marsh-Trail-300x215.jpg\" alt=\"Semipalmated Sandpipers_Mill Creek Marsh Trail\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"215\" width=\"300\" title=\"Semipalmated Sandpipers_Mill Creek Marsh Trail\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/hackensack\/explore\/consumption\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExplore this Use\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<h4>Recreation<\/h4>\n<p>Swimming, Boating, Fishing<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/herofortheplanet.org\/hackensack\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/07\/Hackensack-Riverkeeper-June-20_93-copy-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Hackensack Riverkeeper June 20_93 copy\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"200\" width=\"300\" title=\"Hackensack Riverkeeper June 20_93 copy\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/hackensack\/explore\/recreation\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExplore this Use\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<h4><b>Agriculture<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>Irrigation and Improved Soils<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/herofortheplanet.org\/hackensack\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/10\/Egret-Dekorte-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"Egret Dekorte\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"190\" width=\"300\" title=\"Egret Dekorte\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/hackensack\/explore\/agriculture\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExplore this Use\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<h4><b>Manufacturing &amp; Commerce<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>Industry, Transportation &amp; Jobs<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/herofortheplanet.org\/hackensack\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/10\/Osprey_Newark-Bay-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Osprey_Newark Bay\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"200\" width=\"300\" title=\"Osprey_Newark Bay\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/hackensack\/explore\/commerce\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExplore this Use\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<h4><b>Waste Management<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>Waste Disposal Systems<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/herofortheplanet.org\/hackensack\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/10\/Cormorants_Hackensack-River-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Cormorants_Hackensack River\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"200\" width=\"300\" title=\"Cormorants_Hackensack River\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/hackensack\/explore\/waste-management\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExplore this Use\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<h4><b>Development<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>Residential &amp; Commercial Building<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/herofortheplanet.org\/hackensack\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/10\/IMG_4100-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4100\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"200\" width=\"300\" title=\"IMG_4100\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/herofortheplanet.org\/hackensack\/explore\/development\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExplore this Use\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>explore Explore Uses Human needs are in the driver&#8217;s seat On the previous page, you brainstormed possible answers to the question What is a river good for? from different perspectives. What human needs &amp; uses did you come up with? Do they fit into these categories? 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