The Barnegat Bay National Estuary Program

The Barnegat Bay National Estuary Program (BBNEP)
is one of 28 Congressionally designated National Estuary Programs throughout the United States working to improve the health of nationally significant estuaries. The program is sponsored by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders, and Ocean County College.

Mission Statement In cooperation with our community, the BBNEP is committed to action to restore, maintain, protect, and enhance the natural resources of the Barnegat Bay estuary and its contributing watershed through the 21st century.

The Barnegat Bay Grants Information and Q & A Night - November 12, 2008, 6 p.m.

Please join the Barnegat Bay National Estuary Program and the Trust for Public Land to find out how you can apply for grants to increase public awareness, promote stewardship, and protect and restore the

Barnegat Bay ecosystem. Grant administrators and reviewers will be present to answer your questions.

Light refreshments will be served. Please register by calling Mary Judge at 732-255-0472, ext. 1 or emailing mjudge@ocean.edu .

See if your family, home, business or municipality can take on small but important actions to protect Barnegat Bay!

Save Barnegat Bay, Clean Ocean Action, and the many organizations of the Nitrogen Pollution Action Project encourage you to download the Barnegat Bay Buddy Challenge brochure and become a "certified" Bay Buddy this summer. Bay Buddy certificates can then be proudly displayed at your home or business and in The Barnegat Bay Beat.