Delaware Bayshore

NJ’s Most Ecologically Rich and Threatened Region At Risk

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“A national spotlight is shining on the need to protect our coastal and bay ecosystems,” said Bill Wolfe, Director NJ PEER “We owe it to the Delaware Bayshore communities to practice regional ecosystem based planning and strict regulation” ~~~ New Report on Protecting Delaware Bay Ecosystem (Going Green on Delmarva, June 22, 2010)

[Update #2 4/28/13 – Sandy Bauers of the Philly Inquirer gets in and writes a must read story:  Along N.J. bay, rising sea draws ever closer]

Update #1: 4/1/13 – Gee, what an amazing coincidence!: Five months of silence, and today we get a DEP press release:

CHRISTIE ADMINISTRATION AND PARTNERS WORK TO RESTORE DELAWARE
BAY BEACHES ERODED BY SANDY TO HELP RED KNOTS AND OTHER
SHOREBIRDS DURING UPCOMING MIGRATION – end update]

Anyone interested can read the full Report – “Protecting the Delaware Bay Environment” –

I’m too lazy to write at the moment, so just look at pictures of an ecologically rich working landscape that will only get more beautiful as spring emerges.