The SandPaper: Angela Andersen Details Bay Islands Initiative at Feb. 4 Science Saturday
February 02, 2023
By Juliet Kaszas-Hoch
Long Beach Township Sustainability Director Angela Andersen is at the helm for the Feb. 4 installment of Science Saturday, presented weekly – and virtually – by the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences. All Science Saturday talks run 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., on Zoom. Andersen, who also serves as manager for the LBT Marine Education Field …
The SandPaper: Long Beach Township Awarded Bay Islands Restoration Grant
October 04, 2022
By Juliet Kaszas-Hoch
Long Beach Township has been awarded a National Fish and Wildlife Foundation community resiliency grant in the amount of $87,065.68, to fund the restoration of five bay islands located in the waters west of the municipality. At its September meeting, the township board of commissioners passed a resolution accepting the grant, with Mayor Joseph Mancini signing and executing the grant…
The SandPaper: NJ Bay Islands initiative Collective ‘Looks West’ from LBI
Marsh Makeover
The Nature Conservancy went above and beyond with this educational and entertaining video about coming to the rescue for our saltmarshes! Click here to watch it.
The SandPaper: App to help users restore and maintain NJ Bay islands
Click here to see a brief overview of work, courtesy of a story done by accuweather.com
NJBII Receives grant funding from National Fish & Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)- National Coastal Resilience Fund
In January, NJBII member Long Beach Township (LBT) proposed to and was granted funding for Restoring Bay Islands for Community Resiliency from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)- National Coastal Resilience Fund. The project will increase NJBII’s community capacity building and planning to conduct site assessments and create preliminary designs for five bay islands with the dual purpose of ecological health and community resilience. The Bay Island Restoration Planner (BIRP) was used to identify five islands with the greatest restoration potential. Islands that buffer Long Beach Township were prioritized so that the restoration work will provide flood risk reduction to LBT. Community engagement is paramount to this process and will be centered from the Long Beach Township Marine Education Field Station in the Holgate section of Township. Follow the LBT Field Station on Instagram or visit the website for more information.
