SAVE BARNEGAT BAY AWARD-WINNING VIDEO

With the help of friends Save Barnegat Bay has produced a "Telly" Award-winning video on the Bay and the challenges it faces. It's perfect for youth groups, adults, and schools.

Revised Model Lawn Fertilizer Ordinance

After taking many suggestions, Save Barnegat Bay has produced a revised Model Lawn Fertilizer Ordinance, which we have presented to the County of Ocean.

It's Spring! Let's be BAY BUDDIES !

Spring has sprung. Here's how to maintain a Bay Friendly yard. Where to buy Bay Friendly Fertilizers. Lawn care tips. More.

In Memoriam: Robert Anstett

Bob Anstett, a founder of the environmental movement in Ocean County, has passed away.

Barnegat Bay Student Grant 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!

In Memoriam: George Chase

Barnegat Bay and those who love it have lost a wonderful friend.

Save Barnegat Bay funding Island Beach State Park's Educational Programs

Save Barnegat Bay, Friends of Island Beach, and the Emily deCamp Herbarium are funding and staffing Island Beach State Park's Interpretive Programs this winter with the hope of keeping them from being terminated. Among the offerings: Nature Tours on Saturday Mornings at 11 AM.

SAVE F-COVE

The American Littoral Society, the Army Corps of Engineers, the NJ Dept of Transportation, and the US Fish & Wildlife Service are working on a habitat restoration plan that would involve closing F-COVE, the second most popular public access site on Barnegat Bay,. Please ask Brick Township officials to help keep F-Cove open.

THANK YOU Reedy Creek Cleanup Volunteers

On Saturday, November 1, about forty volunteers helped remove trash from the Reedy Creek woods in Brick. Thank You volunters! And Thank you, Brick Township for providing a dumpster.

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.

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.

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!

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.

Alert: Berkeley Town Center Ordinance: Tuesday, February 13 @ 7 PM

Come express your feelings to the Berkeley Town Council on the proposed 400+ Acre Town Center and proposed Extension of Western Blvd to from Pinewald to Route 9. Berkeley Town Hall, Pinewald-Keswick Road, Tuesday, Feb 13 @ & PM.

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.

Road building promotes overdevelopment

Instead of improving problem intersections, public officials are promoting overdevelopment by building parallel roads in Bayville, Forked River, Waretown and elsewhere.

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.