 While Earth Day is Thursday, April 22, the American Littoral Society will mark the occasion with a series of events on and around that date in New York and New Jersey. Events will range from a beach cleanup in Howard Beach, NY to a dune grass planting on Reeds Beach, near Cape May, NJ., as well as several sites in between. Many of these events will involve volunteers and all will be outdoors. However, due to Covid restrictions in NJ and NY, group sizes are limited. In order to ensure our compliance with state restrictions, we are asking attendees to register online for in-person events. Littoral Society staff and volunteers will follow all state-mandated COVID-19 safety protocols and ask that all volunteers wear a mask, keep six feet distance from other volunteers, and to please stay home if you or someone you have been in contact with are sick. Society staff reserves the right to ask volunteers who are not following these guidelines to leave immediately. Click the Read More link to find our Earth Day events. Vineland Earth Day Maintenance
Saturday, April 17 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Giampietro Memorial Park Between Landis and Lincoln avenues Vineland, NJ Click here to register Join the Littoral Society and Vineland Environmental Commission at Giampietro Memorial Park in Vineland, NJ to help care for our riparian buffer planting. We’ll be removing invasive species so that our trees can thrive! Click the registration link for more information. Reeds Beach Dune Grass Planting Thursday, April 22 1 - 3 p.m. South Reeds Beach Parking along Reeds Beach Road Middle Township, Cape May County, NJ Click here to Register Join the American Littoral Society on the beach in Delaware Bay to plant dune grass! In early April, work will be completed on sand berms that will prevent horseshoe crabs from being washed into the marsh during extreme high tides. To create a more resilient beach berm and keep the sand in place, we will then plant dune grass. Click the registration link for more information. Earth Day Seining Friday, April 23 3 - 4 p.m. Via Facebook Live Check the Littoral Society Facebook Page for Event Join the Littoral Society through Facebook Live for seining in Wreck Pond, a costal lake between Spring Lake and Sea Girt, NJ. Slade Dale Volunteer Day Saturday, April 24 1 - 3 p.m. Sea Point Drive Point Pleasant, NJ Register to Volunteer Lend a hand completing the branchbox breakwaters begun in 2019 at Slade Dale Nature Preserve. Volunteers will help place recycled Christmas trees into the waters of Beaverdam Creek, where they will help reverse erosion that has been eating away at the shoreline. Click the registration link for more information. Asbury Park Dune Grass Planting Saturday, April 24 10 a.m. - Noon Meet on the Boardwalk at Asbury and Ocean avenues Asbury Park, NJ Click here to register Join the Littoral Society for an Earth Day volunteer beach grass planting at the South end of Asubry Park by the old casino. Due to Covid restrictions, group size must be limited to 50 people. So please click link above to register. Spring Creek Shoreline Cleanup Sunday, April 25 Noon - 2 p.m. Spring Creek Park Meet at 165th Ave and Cross Bay Blvd Howard Beach Brooklyn, NY Registration Required Join the Northeast Chapter of the American Littoral Society for a shoreline cleanup at Spring Creek Park. Spring Creek Park is a nice natural shoreline with some of the characteristic features associated with the Jamaica Bay Estuary. It is an important space for the people and wildlife that make their homes here. Click the registration link for more information. Spring Migration Bird Walk Saturday, April 24 10 a.m. - Noon Via Facebook Live Look for Event on the Northeast Chapter Facebook Page Join Littoral Society naturalist Don Riepe for a virtual Facebook LIVE program at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.
Marcy Van Zile
4/23/2021 02:38:14 am
What is going on in Barnegat Bay area now that Helen is gone? Comments are closed.
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