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.
Events and Headlines
2009 Public Participation & Education
Minigrants Available!
(click
here
to view)
The Barnegat Bay Grants Information and Q & A Night
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November 12, 2008,
6 p.m.
Ocean County Library - Mancini Room,
101 Washington Street, Toms River, NJ
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 .
In the News
"Grass roots effort asks public to help save Barnegat Bay"
(click
to read full Press of Atlantic City
article)
"Going to waste"
(click
to read full Asbury Park Press
article)
BARNEGAT BAY BUDDY CHALLENGE
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.
Barnegat Bay Tile Mosaic Mural
Project
Photo Gallery
To see more photos click
here,
or on the pictures.
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