SAVE F COVE

There is a plan by several governmental agencies that may result in F Cove in Brick being filled. Save Barnegat Bay opposes filling in F Cove. Stay tuned for updates on this site over the winter. You may be able to help save F Cove by writing letters or attending a hearing.

Why there is No Speed Limit on Barnegat Bay

Save Barnegat Bay has consistently urged that there be some speed limit on Barnegat Bay. The NJ Boat Regulation Commission, the Marine Police, and the NJ Performance Powerboat Club have consistently prevailed in their opposition. Read some history...

The Nitrogen Problem in Barnegat Bay

Barnegat Bay is like a garden getting too much fertilizer and no weeding. Excess nitrogen is the problem.

Lawn Care Tips - Be Green with Less Nitrogen

The Bay has a problem: too much nitrogen. According to researchers, an astounding 1,738,000 pounds of nitrogen enter Barnegat Bay every year. Rutgers University researchers believe that 30% of the total nitrogen entering the Bay results DIRECTLY FROM FERTILIZER. Try these low nitrogen tips for your lawn.

Coastal Lakes - An Approach to Restoration

Our coastal lakes are the beautiful but troubled jewels of the shore. Here are some ideas about restoring them. Read it in the Sandpaper.

Volunteer Opportunity - Get involved with Nature at Island Beach

This summer Island Beach State Park's Interpretive Center and the Emily deCamp Herbarium need volunteers to help keep them open. Learn about nature and help others as you help keep the Park's educational programs open. The hours are flexible.

Barnegat Bay Scholarship Program

Barnegat Bay Scholarship Program Whether you're looking to get or give financial assistance to help further study the Barnegat Bay Watershed, here is the program for you!

Oyster Creek - Your Help is Needed!!!

Oyster Creek's cooling system pulls through, 1.4 billion gallons of Barnegat Bay water per day, straining it of life. THAT IS 2.3% OF THE TOTAL VOLUME OF THE BAY DAILY. Governor Corzine can easily cure the problem by obeying the law and requiring cooling towers. Even North Korea uses cooling towers. Please write Governor Corzine.

Oyster Creek cooling system harms the Bay 5 Ways

The Oyster Creek nuclear reactor's cooling system sucks through 1.4 billion gallons of Barnegat Bay water each day, greatly harming the bay. This is 2.3% of the bay's volume per day. Cooling towers can easily end this abuse. Even North Korea uses cooling towers. Please contact Governor Corzine.

THANK YOU, Herring Point Cleanup Volunteers!

On Saturday, March 29, thirty-two volunteers hauled eight cubic yards of trash out of the Herring Point section of the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge. THANK YOU !! This was SBB's 20th Herring Point Cleanup !!

TRADERS COVE ORDINANCE SHOULD BE TABLED

Heres why --

A Victory in Long Beach Township!

Long Beach Township on Friday, Sept 21, tabled a proposed ordinance allowing 100% IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE throughout its commercial district. SBB spearheaded opposition. - Read about it in the Press of Atlantic City.

SBB featured in National Video

YERT (Your Environmental Road Trip) is traveling all 50 states and posting creative videos on the environmental problems Americans face. Barnegat Bay was stop number two in YERT's national adventure!

Check out our Newsletter

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Background on Nitrogen Pollution

Learn about causes and effects of nitrogen pollution in Barnegat Bay.

Native Plant Sale a Growing Success!

Fifty-eight customers helped keep nitrogen from polluting Barnegat Bay by purchasing 540 native plants.

Petition to Make Anchor Reef a Park with Boat Ramp

The Anchor Reef Marina area (southwest foot of Seaside Bridge, in Toms River) is by far the best opportunity for public access to the water, including a boat ramp in Dover Township. Please help gather signatures on a petition to make it happen. Download Petition [pdf] - Read about it in the Asbury Park Press.

Thank You Herring Point Cleanup Volunteers!

For approximately twenty years SBB has been holding cleanups at Herring Point. On the last Saturday in March, our volunteers did it again.

Transfer of Development Rights

An Overview on implementing the State TDR Act in your community

Save Reedy Creek

A developer wants to put 11 homes in woods that are part of the Reedy Creek area. This property is owned by the Diocese of Trenton and is located near Baywood Blvd & Havens Cove rd. The area is wet and flooding is a concern.

Toms River merits Category One Protection

Save Barnegat Bay has written DEP Commissioner Lisa Jackson requesting action on the petition by numerous environmental groups to protect the Toms River.

Bayville - Pine Beach - Beachwood Alert

Help stop massive development of the New Jersey Pulverizing Site (Fisher's Pit) and more traffic on Route 9: Stop the extension of Western Boulevard from Pinewald to Route 9.

Save Lake of the Lilies

Save Lake of the Lilies, a Point Pleasant Beach group separate from Save Barnegat Bay, has formed in order to pursue restoration of what was once one of the shore's premier pristine natural jewels -- legendary for fishing, wildlife, and rare botanical species. - Vist Save Lake of the Lillies on the web.

A Scientist's Warning on the Nitrogen Problem in the Bay

On June 29, Rutgers marine biologist Mike Kennish delivered a talk to over fifty attendees at Save Barnegat Bay's Annual Meeting. Nitrogen and other polutants are having an alarming impact on the bay's ecology.

In Memoriam

Reflections on some Barnegat Bay environmentalists inspirational to the present generation. Elizabeth Morgan, Evan R. Spalt, Bill deCamp, John A. Sly.

Global Warming: How much longer will there be a Barnegat Bay?

As Global Warming acclerates, will our successful efforts toward conserved open space and parks be drowned? Read this Time Magazine Cover Story

FAQ's on a Speed Limit on Barnegat Bay

Frequently Asked Questions about a speed limit on Barnegat Bay. Also, read SBB's testimony before the Boat Regulation Commission.