Tag: Clean Ocean Action
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Atlantic Hub News Briefs, Feb. 2
Rumson Garden Club, a member of the Garden Club of America, announced it will offer a new scholorship in memory of Catherine B. Gonska, a committed gardener and environmentalist. The scholarship will be presented to a Two River area student who plans to attend an accredited college and has a demonstrated interest in any area…
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DEP’s denial of permits for pipeline through Raritan Bay hailed in region
Local elected officials and representatives of environmental groups continued to share their pleasure this week with recent decisions in New Jersey and New York that scuttled plans for the construction of a 23-mile-long pipeline through Raritan Bay to Rockaway, N.Y. In mid-May, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the New York State…
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The DEP to determine health of Navesink River for shellfish harvesting
RUMSON – In 2020, The New Jersey Department of Environment Protection (DEP) will determine whether the Navesink River is clean enough to resume shellfish harvesting after the waterway was flagged as bacteria-ridden in 2016. But will the estuary be free of pathogens – including fecal matter – in one year? In an interview on March…
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Legislators seek to monitor ocean quality
SEA BRIGHT – Aiming to provide citizens with safer and cleaner ocean water, Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Rep. Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-Monmouth, Middlesex) discussed recently introduced legislation while standing on the Sea Bright Public Beach. According to a prepared statement from Menenedez, the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act (BEACH Act) of…
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Pollution, lighthouses topics of discussion at library
Among the Old Bridge Library’s April programming highlights are lectures on pollution, composting and lighthouses. “Pointless Pollution” will be held at 2:30 p.m. on April 9. Amanda Wheeler from Clean Ocean Action will share information about the function of a watershed and its importance to the environment. “Make Compost, Not Waste” will be held at 7…
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Health of local marine waters topic of lecture in Rumson
RUMSON — The Rumson Country Club will host Cindy Zipf, executive director of Clean Ocean Action, who will present “Watershed Mindfulness — We Are All Connected to the Sea” from 11 a.m.-noon Oct. 18 at 163 Rumson Road. The lecture is free and open to the public. Zipf will speak about the uniqueness and importance…
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Rally for the Navesink shines a light on jellyfish, pollution
By STEVEN VIERA Staff Writer RUMSON — Representatives of New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Rutgers University, Montclair State University and other organizations joined members of the community to rally for the Navesink River. Clean Ocean Action, a Highlands-based nonprofit that is dedicated to improving water quality along the coasts of New Jersey and…
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Community rallies to discuss Navesink River pollution
By STEVEN VIERA Staff Writer RUMSON — More than one year after New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) downgraded 565 acres of the Navesink River as unsuitable for shellfishing, members of the community recently poured into Bingham Hall to learn about the pollution plaguing the waterway. Clean Ocean Action, a Highlands-based nonprofit dedicated to…
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Shore Paddle event called off due to fear of jellyfish
By Kenny Walter Staff Writer OCEANPORT- The Shore Paddle event has felt the sting of the jellyfish. Clean Ocean Action (COA) has pulled the plug on the third annual event due to fears of the clinging jellyfish in the Shrewsbury River. The Sandy Hook-based environmental group announced this past week that the Shore Paddle event…
