Category: Recent News

Would an another inlet solve Barnegat Bay’s problems?

posted on: August 15, 2012

Creating a new inlet for Barnegat Bay might cause more problems than it solves. Would an Additional Inlet Help Solve Barnegat Bay’s Problems? The idea of creating a new inlet to the ocean has been raised by numerous persons who care about Barnegat Bay. They have in mind the notion of bringing clean ocean water […]

Global Warming: A Common Sense Approach

posted on: August 11, 2012

Common sense notions for sorting out climate change. The late Stephen Schneider offered these common sense notions as a way to sort out the noise on climate science.

Clam Tags Take One Last Voyage, Washup On Shore Beaches

posted on: August 10, 2012

A Lavallette beach trash uncovers one affect of the treacherous storms this summer! Check out this article in the Asbury Park Press about a local’s find on the beach that Save Barnegat Bay and Clean Ocean Action helped to uncover the identity of and how this summer’s storms have caused such pollution to wash up […]

A Lifetime on the Water: Sailors Chart Future, Past of Barnegat Bay

posted on: July 31, 2012

In the Asbury Park Press on July 31st, the US Sailing Jr. Olympics Regatta at Island Heights Yacht Club was featured, what Junior sailing means to the Jersey Shore community at large, and how sea nettles, algae blooms, and boat trafficing is affecting the love of the sport in the Bay. Last Monday and Tuesday […]

Assessment of Nutrient Loading and Eutrophication in Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor

posted on: July 12, 2012

The results are IN! The Rutgers interdisciplinary, multiyear ecosystem-based research effort has finally published its results and it’s getting the US EPA talking! An article about the research done by Rutgers marine and coastal scientists regarding the change in condition of the Bay was published this week. This multiyear study in the Barnegat Bay’s Little […]

Three Cheers for our Barnegat Bay Guardian!

posted on: July 12, 2012

David Freidman and Chris Smith have been advocating, researching, and questioning the conditions of the Barnegat Bay and how development is changing that ecological condition. After years of passionate work, the DEP is finally buying in big to SAVE THE BAY! David Freidman, retired director of the Ocean County Soil Conservation District, and soil scientist […]

“Dems OK Barnegat Bay bills; political fight with gov looms”

posted on: June 23, 2012

Political struggle in the State Senate over proposed bills of a “nitrogen diet” for the Barnegat Bay and required storm water plans by new developers leave the possibility of new nitrogen sources in the Bay. An article in the Asbury Park Press on Tuesday, June 19th shines a light on the “Battle of Barnegat Bay, […]

MEET THE SUMMER INTERNS!

posted on: June 22, 2012

Save Barnegat has fifteen dynamic interns helping the bay this summer and they want to meet YOU! This summer, Save Barnegat Bay has fifteen summer interns working hard and six student grants. The interns are working on all aspects of the SBB organization, including community education, public outreach & organizing, social media & marketing,advocacy & […]

Britta Wenzal appointed Executive Director

posted on: June 1, 2012

SBB has a new Executive Director!

DEP Must Declare Bay Impaired for Nitrogen

posted on: April 19, 2012

Barnegat Bay’s decline cannot be reversed until the New Jersey Department of Environmental declares the bay “impaired” for nitrogen. As printed in the Asbury Park Press April 18, 2012 NJDEP must declare Barnegat Bay “Impaired” if it is to be saved The fate of Barnegat Bay may be swayed by a concept that is obvious […]