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The Barnegat Bay Shellfish Restoration
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LBI JOINT ENVIRONMENTAL
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The Borough of Beach Haven, along with other island towns, participates
in a Joint Environmental Commission. The purpose of the Commission is
for the protection, development and use of natural resources located
within the territorial limits of the towns.
Richard Crane and
Linda Colgan are the Borough’s representatives to the LBI Joint
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MORDECAI LAND TRUST |
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P. O. Box 1414
Beach Haven, NJ 08008
http://mordecaimatters.org
2011 Annual
Meeting—Sunday, August 21
at 5:00 PM
at the Molly Allison Sail House,
Berkeley & West Avenues
Mordecai
Island
is an uninhabited sedge island of approximately 45 acres located a few
hundred feet west of Beach Haven. It serves as a strategically
important nesting island for many state threatened and endangered bird
species, including one of the largest colonies of Black Skimmers on the
eastern seaboard.
The Mordecai
Land Trust is comprised of approximately 300 members from 15 states.
Its mission is to protect and preserve Mordecai Island through
education, studies and active participation. It recognizes the need to
retard continued erosion of Mordecai Island as a benefit to the Beach
Haven shoreline, keep it free of debris, and monitor and protect nesting
and migrating birds, as well as fish in its nearby waters.
The Trust is
dependent on grants, fundraisers and donations, including recent grants
from the American Littoral Society through NOAA and the LBI Garden Club,
to begin the physical process of restoring the southwestern edge of the
island. It is moving forward toward implementing a breakwater project
on the northern edge, with help from the Army Corps of Engineers. As it
continues to grow through educational and community outreach programs,
the Mordecai Land Trust believes that its efforts will have positive
long term effects, not only by preserving Mordecai Island and its
habitat, but also by creating public awareness of the beauty, importance
and fragility of its natural environment. Volunteers are welcome in any
capacity. For information on becoming a volunteer or member, contact
Pat Miller at
pmspatsy6@gmail.com or 609-492-4963. |
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ALLIANCE FOR A LIVING OCEAN (ALO) |
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1101 Central Avenue
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Ship Bottom, NJ 08008 |
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Mailing
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P.O. Box
2250
Long Beach Township, NJ 08008 |
609-494-7800 |
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www.livingocean.org |
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alolbi@verizon.net |
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Contact ALO for their 2011
schedule of
programs in
Beach Haven &
other island towns. |
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Clean Ocean Action
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The mission of
Clean Ocean Action (COA) is to
improve the degraded water quality of the marine waters off the New
Jersey/New York coast. Clean Ocean Action identifies sources of
pollution by using research, public education, and citizen action to
convince our public officials to enact and enforce measures which
will clean up and protect our ocean. This
25 year young non-profit organization is a coalition of over 125
active boating, business, community, conservation, diving,
environmental, fishing, religious, service, student, surfing, and
women's groups.
These “Ocean
Wavemakers” work together, under the guidance of COA’s Board of
Trustees and staff to further protect our ocean. The coalition
accesses the expertise of its different members to provide the
needed leadership and guidance required to attack each issue
head-on. Press events, rallies, letter writing campaigns,
presentations, phone calls, testifying at public hearings, and
distribution of literature and information at citizen action tables
are just some of the ways COAlition members contribute to protecting
our ocean from pollution and industrialization. For more
information on COA, please contact us at:
www.CleanOceanAction.org or:
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Clean Ocean
Action
18 Hartshorne
Drive
Suite 2
Highlands, NJ
07732
(732) 872-0111
FAX: (732)
872-8041
Email:
Info@cleanoceanaction.org |
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No need for re-treads of flip flops or sneakers and,
more importantly, no more need for throwing them away and despoiling our
environment. You can send old sneakers, flip flops and the like to
Nike’s “Reuse A Shoe” Program which collects old shoes of any brand and
gives them new life as athletic surfaces such as playgrounds, running
tracks, tennis courts, etc. To date, the program has kept more than 13
million pairs of shoes out of landfills. For more information on how to
participate, log onto
www.nikereuseashoe.com |
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EDWIN B.
FORSYTHE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE HOLGATE UNIT |
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The Edwin B. Forsythe
National Wildlife Refuge’s Holgate Unit beachfront is closed to the
public each year from April 1 to September 1 for the piping plover
nesting season. From September through May, visitors are welcome to enjoy surf fishing, wildlife
observation, hiking, photography, and nature study. Please be aware that Holgate’s fragile
dunes remain closed to public access all year to prevent erosion and
loss of wildlife habitat. For more information
click here. |
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NJ
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Who We Are and What We Do |
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The New Jersey Audubon Society (NJAS) is a privately supported,
not-for profit, statewide membership organization. Founded in 1897, and
one of the oldest independent Audubon societies, NJAS has no connection
with the National Audubon Society. The New Jersey Audubon Society fosters
environmental awareness and a conservation ethic among New Jersey's
citizens; protects New Jersey's birds, mammals, other animals, and
plants, especially endangered and threatened species; and promotes
preservation of New Jersey's valuable natural habitats.
In order to achieve
its purpose, New Jersey Audubon, through its Board of Directors,
professional staff, members, and volunteers, endeavors to:
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Develop, encourage, and support sound
conservation practices, programs, and legislation.
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Disseminate information on the natural
environment through education programs, information services, and
publications.
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Advance knowledge of New Jersey's
flora and fauna, and their relationships to the habitats on which
they depend, through field research.
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Acquire, establish, and maintain
wildlife sanctuaries and educational centers.
The objectives of the
Society are implemented by its professional staff under the leadership
of its Executive Director and supervision of an elected, voluntary Board
of Directors.
NJAS maintains
stewardship of 34 sanctuaries and conducts its programs through ten
staffed facilities.
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Barnegat Bay Partnership is one of 28 Congressionally
designated National Estuary Programs throughout the United States
working to improve the health of nationally significant estuaries. The
program is sponsored by the
United States Environmental Protection Agency,
the
Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders, and
Ocean County College.
For more information click
here.
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Pinelands Preservation Alliance |
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The
mission of the Pinelands Preservation Alliance is to protect and
preserve the resources of the New Jersey Pinelands, through the
advancement of public awareness and the promotion of cooperation among
public and private agencies and groups involved in actions that affect
the protection and preservation of the Pinelands. For more information,
visit the PPA’s website at
www.pinelandsalliance.org. |
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Pinelands Preservation Alliance |
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17 Pemberton Road |
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Southampton, NJ 08088 |
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Phone
609-859-8860 |
Fax 609-859-8804 |
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Email
ppa@pinelandsalliance.org |
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If you are interested in serving the Borough of
Beach Haven on any board or commission click
here to apply. Please submit your
application to the Municipal Clerk’s Office. |
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