Margot Walsh spoke at Congressman Pallone’s press conference at the Keyport waterfront to support the Congressman’s legislation that would provide grants to communities to construct Living Shorelines through the application of natural resources like dune grass to curtail erosion, create biodiversity, and improve water quality.
Read more →The return on investment from beach replenishment funding is one of the best financial decisions the state has ever made. The people of New Jersey and beyond are reaping the benefits of beautiful recreational beaches, made safer through beach replenishment maintenance. Increased funding to $50 million will ensure that the state-funded municipal projects can...
Read more →“GO GREEN” AT YOUR NEXT EVENT The 2019 Summer Celebration Committee decided to accept the challenge of going green at the June 10 event hosted at Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook for close to 600 people. Most of the products we used were biodegradable and compostable to minimize waste and avoid the use of...
Read more →Stockton University recently received a $100,000 state grant to conduct the feasibility study on the new Marine and Environmental Science Center. According to university officials, the facility would cost about $41 million to build on a 15-acre portion of Bader Field. Stockton University’s current science facility in Port Republic was built in the early...
Read more →Think about it? Is it a phenomenon that all the beaches from Sandy Hook to Cape May are drawing thousands of beach lovers to the Jersey Shore this summer? Is it a phenomenon that there is an increase in migrating birds, protected species like piping clover, least turns and black skimmers, that are returning...
Read more →Congressman Pallone held a press conference in Long Branch last week to oppose oil and gas drilling along the Atlantic. The Jersey Shore Partnership spoke. Below is a quote from Cindy Ziff, Clean Ocean Action. Congressman Pallone has taken the helm and charted a renewed course for ocean protection by steering a bipartisan majority...
Read more →Please see the attached press release regarding Summer Celebration 2019.
Read more →Summer Celebration was recently written up in The Journal. You can read the full article here.
Read more →Tom Gagliano, founder and former Chairman of the Jersey Shore Partnership, recently passed away. Tom recognized the need for legislative support for shore protection and, through his unique ability to bring together elected officials and corporate leaders, Tom established the non-partisan, not-for-profit Jersey Shore Partnership in 1992 to seek stable funding on the state...
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