Announcements

Baykeeper and Rutgers University will be surveying the shoreline of Sandy Hook and the NJ side of Raritan Bay. The data collected will be used to make maps that can help guide potential shellfish restoration activities, among other things.

Data we will collect includes:

1. Presence of any existing shellfish speciesi
2. Presence of sea grass species
3. Presence of bulkheads or docks
4. Water quality parameters (dissolved oxygen, turbidity, salinity, pH)

This data will be collected in waters that are 2-3 ft deep at mean low tide.

This project cannot be done without the help of volunteers!! We need volunteers to operate hand help GPS devices, hand held water quality probes, and sort through grab samples.

A list of field dates and times for May, June, July, Aug and Sept. will be compiled and available.

If interested, please contact Meredith Comi, 732-888-9870 ext. 9 or at meredith@nynjbaykeeper.org.

Meredith Comi
Oyster Restoration Program Director
NY/NJ Baykeeper
52 West Front St.
Keyport, NJ 07735
Tel:(732)888-9870 ext. 9