American Littoral Society
Protecting the Coast through Education, Conservation and Advocacy
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The American Littoral Society promotes the study and conservation of marine life and habitat, protects the coast from harm, and empowers others to do the same.
Since 1961 we have empowered people to care for the coast through advocacy, conservation, and education. We not only provide a voice for the coast, but also give concerned citizens the knowledge and tools they need to raise their voices with us. When we restore habitat, our objective is not only to restore a dune or rebuild an oyster reef, but also to motivate people to invest “sweat equity” into a piece of the coast, take ownership and become committed stewards. When we educate, we don’t merely provide books, CDs, or handouts. We lead students young and old into the water to get their feet wet and their hands muddy. Sitting at a computer or reading a book, people may develop an interest in the coast; standing knee deep in sea foam with sand between their toes, they will develop a passion for the coast. |
Program Spotlight: Education
FUN, SCIENCE At Summer Coast Camp
Dates and Locations:
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Barnegat Bay Coast Camp
July 23 - 27 10am - 3pm Maris Stella Retreat Center 7201 Long Beach Blvd, Harvey Cedars $275 per camper per week Students entering Grades 5-8 |
Sandy Hook Coast Camp
July 9-13 August 6-10 9am - 2pm American Littoral Society HQ 18 Hartshorne Dr, Highlands, NJ $275 per camper per week Students entering Grades 5-8 |
Join the Littoral Society for a week of educational fun that includes seining, kayaking, marine life identification, fishing, crabbing, birding, shelling, field journaling, plankton discovery, coastal botany, and understanding nature through art. Camps are being held on Long Beach Island and Sandy Hook, NJ in July and August.
Our coastal camps allow kids to have a great time while exploring the natural world. They do this by getting sand between their toes and their hands in the water under the guidance of our trained staff.
Sitting at a PC or turning the pages of a book, kids can develop an interest in the coast. Standing in the surf with the wind in their face and a live fish in their hands, they can develop a passion for it.
Click here for more information or to register, or call American Littoral Society Education Director Nicole Haines at 732-291-0055.
Our coastal camps allow kids to have a great time while exploring the natural world. They do this by getting sand between their toes and their hands in the water under the guidance of our trained staff.
Sitting at a PC or turning the pages of a book, kids can develop an interest in the coast. Standing in the surf with the wind in their face and a live fish in their hands, they can develop a passion for it.
Click here for more information or to register, or call American Littoral Society Education Director Nicole Haines at 732-291-0055.
Event Spotlight
Parade of Boats
Thursday, July 26
11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Wildwood Avenue Pier
Wildwood and East Longport avenues
Ocean Gate, NJ
Contact the Littoral Society to Participate
Help us carry our oyster babies to their new home in Barnegat Bay by joining in a parade of boats. If you have a boat, come motor or sail along with us. We will have limited seating available for attendees that don't have boats of their own.
The parade will transfer bags of shell seeded with oyster larvae in our spat tank on Ocean Gate, NJ's Wildwood Avenue Pier to a restored reef off Good Luck Point.
The oyster nursery and reef are part of Operation Oyster, a Littoral Society program that aims to bring oysters back to New Jersey's bays and tidal estuaries. Oysters are nature's water filters and each one is able to clean up to 50 gallons of water a day. Oyster reefs also serve as speed bumps for waves during storms.
For more information or if you would like to participate in the Parade of Boats, please contact Capt. Al Modjeski, Habitat Restoration Director for the American Littoral Society. Call him at 732-291-0055 or email al@littoralsociety.org.
11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Wildwood Avenue Pier
Wildwood and East Longport avenues
Ocean Gate, NJ
Contact the Littoral Society to Participate
Help us carry our oyster babies to their new home in Barnegat Bay by joining in a parade of boats. If you have a boat, come motor or sail along with us. We will have limited seating available for attendees that don't have boats of their own.
The parade will transfer bags of shell seeded with oyster larvae in our spat tank on Ocean Gate, NJ's Wildwood Avenue Pier to a restored reef off Good Luck Point.
The oyster nursery and reef are part of Operation Oyster, a Littoral Society program that aims to bring oysters back to New Jersey's bays and tidal estuaries. Oysters are nature's water filters and each one is able to clean up to 50 gallons of water a day. Oyster reefs also serve as speed bumps for waves during storms.
For more information or if you would like to participate in the Parade of Boats, please contact Capt. Al Modjeski, Habitat Restoration Director for the American Littoral Society. Call him at 732-291-0055 or email al@littoralsociety.org.
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