Resources | Reclam the Bay (RCTB)

Shellfish Water Classification Chart – New Jersey DEP Bureau of Shellfisheries

Aug 26, 2019 | 1 Things Affecting Business, 2 Living The Coastal Life, 4 Fisheries, Harvest of Natural Resources - Not Fish

The Bureau of Marine Water Monitoring classifies shellfish growing waters in order to protect the public from health risks associated with the consumption of shellfish.

Jersey-Friendly Yards – Landscaping for a Healthy Environment

Aug 26, 2019 | 2 Living The Coastal Life, 5 Environment - Improve and Care For, 6 Municipal, County, State, Federal Prepare, Living Shoreline

Native plants help conserve and filter water, provide habitat for native wildlife, protect soil resources, and reduce the costs and environmental impacts associated with fertilizers and pesticides.

New Jersey Invasive Species Council, EE1

Aug 26, 2019 | 2 Living The Coastal Life, 5 Environment - Improve and Care For, 6 Municipal, County, State, Federal Prepare, 7 Organizations, Living Shoreline, Science Topics

To address growing concerns about invasive species, state officials convened the New Jersey Invasive Species Council to coordinate and guide invasive species activities throughout New Jersey and to act as a liaison for regional and national cooperative efforts.

US ACE Video – New Jersey Back Bays Study Public Meeting, Toms River, NJ September 13, 2018

Aug 25, 2019 | 1 Things Affecting Business, 2 Living The Coastal Life, 4 Fisheries, 5 Environment - Improve and Care For, 6 Municipal, County, State, Federal Prepare, Education, Public safety - flooding and natural disaster, Public safety - Resilient infrastructure, Science Topics

The first 10 minutes or so provide an overview of the study.

US ACE – Public Meetings to Explain the Back Bay Study rlbi3

Aug 25, 2019 | 1 Things Affecting Business, 2 Living The Coastal Life, 4 Fisheries, 5 Environment - Improve and Care For, 6 Municipal, County, State, Federal Prepare, Education, Public safety - flooding and natural disaster, Public safety - Resilient infrastructure, Science Topics

This Document includes the links to the video sessions. The Toms River session includes the slide presentation that is VERY informative.

The North Atlantic Coast Comprehensive Study (NACCS) – Army Corps of Engineers – US ACE rlbi3

Aug 25, 2019 | 1 Things Affecting Business, 2 Living The Coastal Life, 4 Fisheries, 6 Municipal, County, State, Federal Prepare, Education, Public safety - flooding and natural disaster, Public safety - Resilient infrastructure, Science Topics

THE GOALS OF THE NACCS ARE TO: Provide a risk management framework, consistent with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/USACE Infrastructure Systems Rebuilding Principles; and Support resilient coastal communities and robust, sustainable coastal...

Report on coastal storm and flood risk in the North Atlantic region of the United States

Aug 25, 2019 | 1 Things Affecting Business, 2 Living The Coastal Life, 4 Fisheries, 5 Environment - Improve and Care For, 6 Municipal, County, State, Federal Prepare, 9 Municipalities, Education, Public safety - flooding and natural disaster, Public safety - Resilient infrastructure, Science Topics

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today released to the public a report detailing the results of a two-year study to address coastal storm and flood risk to vulnerable populations, property, ecosystems, and infrastructure in the North Atlantic region of the United...

Understanding the US Army Corps of Engineers Back Bay Study – Video 12922, 030522

Aug 25, 2019 | 1 Things Affecting Business, 2 Living The Coastal Life, 5 Environment - Improve and Care For, 6 Municipal, County, State, Federal Prepare, 7 Organizations, Education, Public safety - flooding and natural disaster, Public safety - Resilient infrastructure, Science Topics

This 5 minute video sets the stager for the North Atlantic Coast Comprehensive Study conducted and presented by the US ACE

Land Use and Planning in the Barnegat Bay Watershed

Aug 25, 2019 | 1 Things Affecting Business, 6 Municipal, County, State, Federal Prepare

Land use by humans is a primary cause of ecological change at many scales. Ecological changes in the estuary appear to be closely coupled to temporal changes in land use within the watershed.

Nature Conservancy Shoreline Projects

Aug 25, 2019 | 1 Things Affecting Business, 2 Living The Coastal Life, 5 Environment - Improve and Care For, 6 Municipal, County, State, Federal Prepare, Education, Living Shoreline, Public safety - flooding and natural disaster, Science Topics

Contains a map that currently has 209 restoration sites that have been submitted to the database. The sites can be accessed either by pressing on a location or by scrolling through the project list. Each location includes a summary, photos and details such as...

LEARN ABOUT LIVING SHORELINES

Aug 25, 2019 | 5 Environment - Improve and Care For, 6 Municipal, County, State, Federal Prepare, Education, Living Shoreline, Public safety - flooding and natural disaster, Public safety - Resilient infrastructure, Science Topics

Learn about living shorelines – what they are, how they are designed and built, and how they serve our coastal habitats and communities. Whether you are a property owner looking for alternatives to mitigate erosion on your shoreline property, or a contractor or a...

Getting to Resilience 030522, 031922

Aug 24, 2019 | 2 Living The Coastal Life, 5 Environment - Improve and Care For, 6 Municipal, County, State, Federal Prepare, 7 Organizations, Public safety - flooding and natural disaster, Public safety - Resilient infrastructure

ENABLING COMMUNITIES TO BE PREPARED AND MORE RESILIENT. This provided a starting point leading to the Resilient LBI Program. http://www.prepareyourcommunitynj.org/ This online self assessment process is a tool to assist communities to reduce vulnerability and increase...

NJ Flood Mapper 020621, rlbi1

Aug 24, 2019 | 2 Living The Coastal Life, 5 Environment - Improve and Care For, 6 Municipal, County, State, Federal Prepare, Education, Public safety - flooding and natural disaster, Public safety - Resilient infrastructure, Science Topics

Coastal Highway Resilience

Aug 24, 2019 | 5 Environment - Improve and Care For, 6 Municipal, County, State, Federal Prepare, Education, Public safety - flooding and natural disaster, Public safety - Resilient infrastructure, Science Topics

Nature Based Solutions

Aug 24, 2019 | 2 Living The Coastal Life, 5 Environment - Improve and Care For, Living Shoreline

The purpose of this guide is to help communities utilize the right RFP language that will increase the quality and variety of the resulting proposals in favor of those that use nature-based or other innovative solutions that increase resiliency and provide...

Living Shorelines Engineering Guidelines

Aug 24, 2019 | 5 Environment - Improve and Care For, 6 Municipal, County, State, Federal Prepare, Education, Living Shoreline, Public safety - flooding and natural disaster, Public safety - Resilient infrastructure

Living Shorelines And Resiliency Planning

Aug 24, 2019 | 2 Living The Coastal Life, 5 Environment - Improve and Care For, 6 Municipal, County, State, Federal Prepare, Living Shoreline, Public safety - Resilient infrastructure

Coastal Resilience.org is a decision support tool that incorporates the best available science and local data to enable communities and conservation practitioners to identify nature-based solutions for enhancing resilience and reducing risk where possible. For...

Threats to Barnegat Bay

Aug 23, 2019 | 2 Living The Coastal Life, 5 Environment - Improve and Care For, 6 Municipal, County, State, Federal Prepare, Education

Ecological Solutions to Coastal Communities

Aug 23, 2019 | 2 Living The Coastal Life, 5 Environment - Improve and Care For, 6 Municipal, County, State, Federal Prepare, Education, Public safety - flooding and natural disaster, Public safety - Resilient infrastructure

This report advances practices designed to help coastal communities become safer and more sustainable using nature based solutions that work with, rather than against, nature.

NJ Sea Grant Dune Manual

Aug 23, 2019 | 2 Living The Coastal Life, 5 Environment - Improve and Care For, 6 Municipal, County, State, Federal Prepare, Education, Living Shoreline, Public safety - flooding and natural disaster

Stevens Coastal Center Facebook 030522, EE1

Aug 23, 2019 | 2 Living The Coastal Life, 6 Municipal, County, State, Federal Prepare, 7 Organizations, Public safety - flooding and natural disaster

USDA – Coastal Zone Soil Survey

Aug 23, 2019 | 1 Things Affecting Business, 2 Living The Coastal Life, 5 Environment - Improve and Care For, 6 Municipal, County, State, Federal Prepare, Education, Living Shoreline, Science Topics

Stockton Oyster Reef 2018

Aug 23, 2019 | 2 Living The Coastal Life, 4 Fisheries, 5 Environment - Improve and Care For, Education, Harvest of Natural Resources - Not Fish, Science Topics

Jaques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve Management Plan

Aug 23, 2019 | 1 Things Affecting Business, 2 Living The Coastal Life, 5 Environment - Improve and Care For, 7 Organizations, Education, Public safety - flooding and natural disaster, Science Topics

The plan was put in place in 2018 it is to be in effect until 2022

JCNERR Training 030522, EE

Aug 23, 2019 | 7 Organizations, Education

JC NERR Research & Monitoring

Aug 23, 2019 | 5 Environment - Improve and Care For, 6 Municipal, County, State, Federal Prepare, Education, Public safety - Resilient infrastructure, Science Topics

Barnegat Bay Studies & Reports 030522

Aug 23, 2019 | 2 Living The Coastal Life, 7 Organizations, Education, Science Topics

CATTUS MAINTENANCE AND OYSTER LARVAE ARRIVAL

Aug 19, 2019 | Cattus Island County Park

The oyster larvae are expected to arrive at my home via FEDEX by 10:30 am tomorrow. Weather looks OK right now. I will therefore wait for them to arrive and then transport them to Cattus for transplanting to the spat tank. We received new oyster seed today thanks...

CATTUS MAINTENANCE AND SPAT TANK

Aug 16, 2019 | Cattus Island County Park

We will be meeting this Tuesday, 8/20/19, at 10:00AM to perform our normal weekly maintenance. Also we will be receiving 2 million oyster larvae for the spat tank on 8/20/19. I don't know what time the larvae will arrive so be prepared to go through the process on...

Work Party Reminder

Aug 13, 2019 | Barnegat Light Nursery (LBI), Cattus Island County Park, Clam College, Holiday Harbor Marina, Little Egg Harbor Yacht Club (LBI), Mantoloking Yacht Club, Old Coast Guard Station (LBI), Saint Francis Upweller (LBI), Seaside Park / Island Beach State Park, Surf City Yacht Club (LBI), Traders Cove Park / Marina, Upwellers, Work Parties

Just a reminder that we will be filling mesh bags with shells tomorrow, Aug. 14 starting at 9:00 am. We need to fill 100 bags and transport them to the Cattus Island spat tank prior to the arrival of oyster larvae. They are scheduled to arrive by next Tuesday. ...

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