Gateway National Recreation Area, Sandy Hook, will hold a spring equinox shore walk 7 p.m. March 20 beginning at Fort Hancock. The American Littoral Society will lead the free walk. Reservations are required and may be done by calling the ALS at 732-291-0055.
A two-hour spring bird walk with a New Jersey Audubon Society naturalist will be 10 a.m. March 21 beginning at the visitor center. “Battery Gunnison Preserved” will be noon- 4 p.m. March 21, and noon-3 p.m. March 22 at Fort Hancock. Attendees may stop by to see theArmy Ground ForcesAssociation restore and interpret Battery Gunnison and its guns. A woodcock and osprey walk will be 7 p.m. March 28 beginning at the visitor center.
A museum collection open house, “Behind the Scenes,” will be 1-4 p.m. March 29 at Building 47 and 25 at Fort Hancock. Attendees may visit the newly renovated museum storage at the buildings, and view the future Sandy Hook visitor center.
All the above are free. For more information, call 732-872-5970 or visit www.nps.gov/gate.