OUR STEWARDSHIP PROJECTS:
OUR 2011 DUNE PLANTING PROJECT SATURDAY NOV. 12 AT 11AM ON THE MARYLAND AVE BEACH
Students from Point Pleasant Beach High School and volunteers from C.R.A.B restoring a portion of the dune at Maryland Ave. Beach, Sat. Nov. 12, 2011
THANK YOU TO ALL WHO CAME OUT TO HELP!CLICK HERE FOR PROJECT INFORMATION
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CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON 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.
Our YouTube Video on Planting American Dune Grass
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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SPECIAL NOTE: We forgot to get the names and contact information of some of the participants. We would like to formally thank each one of you and present you with a complimentary C.R.A.B. membership. Please email your contact information to crabnj@yahoo.com. CLICK HERE FOR ADDITIONAL PROJECT INFORMATION AND PARTICIPATING GROUPS |
THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO LEND A HAND IN THE PROJECT. IT WAS GRATIFYING TO SEE SO MANY POINT PLEASANT BOROUGH AND POINT PLEASANT BEACH STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND COMMUNITY MINDED CITIZENS WORKING TOGETHER (AND SO HARD) TO TRANSFORM THE DUNE. ON BEHALF OF THE PPB ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THOSE WHO MOVED ON TO LOUGHRAN PT. TO CONTINUE THE PLANTING.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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IN MEMORY OF NICK "JAWS" JAWOROVICH
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THIS PAGE IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF NICK "JAWS" JAWOROVICH, ONE OF C.R.A.B.'S FOUNDING MEMBERS AND C.R.A.B VICE PRESIDENT UNTIL HIS UNTIMELY PASSING NICK'S PASSION FOR DOING THE "RIGHT THING", HIS LOVE OF THE BEACH,AND HIS FRIENDSHIP AND HUMOR THROUGH THE TOUGH TIMES OF OUR FORMATIVE YEARS SERVES AS AN INSPIRATION TO ALL WHO HAD THE HONOR AND PLEASURE OF KNOWING HIM "NICK JAWS....FOREVER AT THE BEACH....FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS" |
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