Welcome to the beta (draft) version of the New Jersey Bay Islands Explorer – a decision-support tool for managing NJ’s bay islands from Metedeconk River south to Beach Haven / Little Egg Inlet.
This tool allows the user to select (filter) islands based on restoration need (ISLAND CONDITION) and to plan an ecological restoration project (PROJECT PLANNING).
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- To start, all islands are selected (all data/attribute ranges are “on”).
- LEFT MENU: Use the menu on the left to narrow the islands selected by turning on or off the data (island attributes) of your choosing.
- CENTER TOP MENU: Click to view supporting layers - waterways, subaqueous soils, marsh vegetation classification, and bathymetry. The opacity of each can be changed there too.
- RIGHT TOP MENU: Select the underlying imagery (base layer).
- Click on any island to reveal its list of data (attributes) and a 1-mile and 3-mile buffer/circumference from its shoreline.
This tool was created by Barnegat Bay Partnership, Stockton University Coastal Research Center, The Nature Conservancy, and USFWS-E.B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, which are members of the NJ Bay Islands Initiative.
Download Island Data: Shapefile
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