CURRENT PROJECT:

 

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION OF THIS YEAR'S MARYLAND AVE. BEACH DUNE PLANTING PROJECT

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C.R.A.B. HAS INITIATED AND SUPPORTED A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE AND ENHANCE  PUBLIC AWARENESS AND TO ENCOURAGE PROPER STEWARDSHIP OF OUR BEACHES AND COASTAL WATERS.

C.R.A.B. applied for and received a New Jersey Conservation Foundation Matching Funds Grant for our Dune Preservation and Education Project at the Maryland Ave. Beach in Point Pleasant Beach.

Click here for "The Ocean Star" article on the project.

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We are currently working with CLEAN OCEAN ACTION , municipal officials, and companies like ABTECH ATLANTIC to formulate solutions to the discharge onto the sand at the Sea Ave. Outfall Stanchion.  We are taking a multi-faceted approach to remediation of the outfall

• Public Awareness and education as to the effects of litter, use of pesticides and fertilizers, animal waste, and other polutants have on storm water drainage systems.
• Working with municipal, county, and state officials on initiating and monitoring
•  an effective storm water management plan
• Demanding regularly scheduled testing of the Outfall discharge and the SAND adjacent to the outfall stanchion
• Working with the private sector to investigate technologies available to help remediate the system
• Investigating federal and state funding sources available for the remediation program

 A RECENT DISCHARGE ONTO THE SAND FROM THE SEA AVE. OUTFALL STANCHION

On April 4, 2006, C.R.A.B. was invited to attend a Point Pleasant Beach Council Caucus session to hear a presentation from the County Engineer's office on the Outfall Stanchion.  At our request , Jennifer Sampson, Principal Scientist for Clean Ocean Action also attended the meeting.

CLICK HERE TO READ HER LETTER TO THE MAYOR

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