Walk-in
Office Hours
Monday - Friday, 11AM to 2PM
Closed Wednesday
2012 CALENDAR
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SBB Annual Meeting
Thursday, July 12 @ 7 PM
at Lavallette First Aid Building
Come hear brief speakers on various aspects of the bay's ecology. Business portion
of meeting extremely short. We will finish by 9 PM. Bring friends.
Open to Public.
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Barnegat Bay's decline cannot be reversed until the New Jersey Department of Environmental declares the bay "impaired" for nitrogen.
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Governor Christie's unprecedented Barnegat Bay initiative contains much that is positive and some elements that require further attention.
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Know your stuff about saving Barnegat Bay from excess nitrogen. These are the four conceptual steps that must be taken by individuals and by government.
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Here's how to maintain a Bay Friendly yard.
Where to buy Bay Friendly Fertilizers. Lawn care tips. More.
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SBB and friends have produced a twenty minute video on the ecology Barnegat Bay. It's perfect for youth groups, adults, and schools.
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This is SBB's fortieth anniversary year. Take a look at just some of our site-specific accomplishments on this Pop-up Map.
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The state Senate and Assembly have passed, and Governor Christie in early January signed, Save Barnegat Bay's statewide nitrogen and phosphorus lawn fertilizer law. Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia all now have bills before their legislatures based on Save Barnegat Bay's law.
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Here's is a simple explanation by means of Frequently Asked Questions of New Jersey's strongest-in-the-nation fertilizer law that Save Barnegat Bay originated.
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Save Barnegat Bay's Student Grant Program, in partnership with the NJ Department of Environmental Protections and the Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Ocean County, is now accepting applications for the 2012 summer projects in which college students (or high school graduates about to matriculate) do mentored science projects and receive cash stipends of $1,000 or $1,500.
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From time to time Save Barnegat Bay's appeals are met not only with generous monetary responses but also with eloquent thoughts. Many are contemplations upon the indifference with which those who possess power too often disregard both persons without it and nature. Here is one such letter.
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Save Barnegat Bay explains the rationale for a fertilizer law governing content, not labeling. The bill was originated by Save Barnegat Bay.
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Visit SBB's website devoted exclusively to the problem of nitrogen in Barnegat Bay, learn more about www.nitrogenfree.com.
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Our coastal lakes are the beautiful but troubled jewels of the shore. Here are some ideas on restoring them.
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Dery Bennett, former Executive Director of the American Littoral Society, mentor to a generation of environmentalists, and inspirational leader of the coastal environmental movement on the New Jersey Shore has died.
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Reflections on inspirational Barnegat Bay environmentalists.
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