Fantastic Weather Highlights Annual New Year's Day Walks Breezy Point, NY and Sandy Hook, NJ Thanks to fantastic weather, the Littoral Society enjoyed a great turn out for our annual New Year's Day walks on Sandy Hook, NJ and Breezy Point, NY. Find more info and pictures on our website! Christmas Tree Collection Keeps Littoral Society in Holiday Spirit Point Pleasant, NJ The Littoral Society remains in the holiday spirit thanks to the ongoing collection of used Christmas trees for the Slade Dale restoration project. Learn more at our website! Whale Sightings Highlight Initial Eco-Cruise  Highlands, NJ With the start of the new year, the Littoral Society began a series of eco-cruises in partnership with the Seatstreak Ferry. While the 3-hour excursions - which will continue out every Saturday through the end of March - are predominantly for seeing seals and birds, we saw some unexpected visitors during the inaugural voyage! Learn more on our website. Initial Phase of Living Shoreline Project Nears Completion Neptune Township, NJ Over the past two months, work has been underway in Neptune Township, NJ to build a living shoreline that help protect the surrounding community from storms and waves, reduce flooding impacts, and create habitat for wildlife. Learn more about the project and associated volunteer opportunities. Society Among Recipients of Grant for Natural Climate Solutions Shell Pile, NJ The American Littoral Society has been named one of the initial recipients of a New Jersey grant program designed to fund projects that use nature-based techniques to combat the effects of climate change. Discover more about the grant and the project it will help fund! Society Honored with NJ Governor's Environmental Excellence Award Sandy Hook, NJ Just before Christmas, the American Littoral Society was recognized as one of the winners of New Jersey's 23rd Annual Governor’s Environmental Excellence Awards. The Society was honored for work on Healthy Ecosystems and Habitats, specifically for constructing oyster reefs to help improve the resiliency of beaches and shorelines. Learn more at our website. Community-Based Project Aims to Protect Forked River Beach Lacey Township, NJ Historically, Barnegat Bay had over 12,000 acres of eastern oyster beds. Today, nearly the entire natural oyster population is gone. With their elimination, Barnegat Bay not only lost the oysters themselves, but the ecosystem services they provided such as water filtration, wave energy mitigation, and habitat for other marine life. Find out what the Littoral Society is doing about that through a project at Forked River Beach, NJ. Helping Pollinators Help Us: Littoral Society Kicks Off Environmental Stewardship Program with Students at South Jersey High School Bridgeton, NJ Over the past 5 months, students in Agriculture Research and Development and Animal Science classes at Cumberland Regional High School in Bridgeton, NJ explored the impacts of climate change and habitat loss on pollinators while getting their hands dirty in an environmental stewardship project led by the American Littoral Society. Learn more about this program.  Join us in caring for the coast DONATE Our Contact Information *{{Organization Name}}* *{{Organization Address}}* *{{Organization Phone}}* *{{Organization Website}}* *{{Unsubscribe}}*

Wonders of Winter Bird Walk Sandy Hook, NJ Tuesday, January 17 at 10 am-Noon Let's get birdy! Find more information and register on our website. Seal and Winter Waterfowl Walk Sandy Hook, NJ Friday, January 20 at 10:30 am-12:30 pm Learn about Sandy Hook's many winter visitors - both aquatic and avian! Find more information and register on our website. Montauk Winter Weekend Montauk, NY Friday through Sunday, January 20-22 Discover the many wonders of Montauk with a Littoral Society weekend on Long Island! Zero Waste Workshop Via Zoom Monday, January 23, Noon-1 pm Join the Littoral Society for a virtual workshop on ways to reduce waste this holiday season. Seastreak Seal and Bird Eco-Cruises with the American Littoral Society Highlands, NJ January through March 2023 Join Littoral Society staff for seal and winter wildlife cruises aboard the Seastreak ferry on Saturdays from January through March. Christmas Trees Can Be Dropped off at Church in Point Pleasant, NJ Point Pleasant Borough, NJ January 2023 Christmas trees can keep on giving, even after the holiday season has come to an end. Learn more at our website. Winter Wildlife Walk at Cumberland County Eagle Festival Millville, NJ Saturday, February 4 at 3 pm Come along for a winter wildlife walk with staff from the Littoral Society's Delaware Bayshore office. The walk will be part of the Cumberland County Eagle Festival, which will run all day at the Mauricetown Fire Hall in Millville, NJ. American Littoral Society Seeks Corporate Volunteers New York and New Jersey Throughout 2023 Is your company interested in volunteering with the Society in the new year? We’d love to have you help in our coastal conservation efforts through activities that could include dune planting, clean-ups, reef building and rain garden construction! Please contact Director of Development, Membership, and Outreach Lindsay McNamara at lindsay@littoralsociety.org for more information and to book early on in 2023.  Join us in caring for the coast DONATE Our Contact Information *{{Organization Name}}* *{{Organization Address}}* *{{Organization Phone}}* *{{Organization Website}}* *{{Unsubscribe}}*

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