NJDEP

The long-awaiting results of a three-year study on the ecological health of Barnegat Bay by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection will be presented this Tuesday during a public symposium at Ocean County College in Toms River.

Now that the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) is in charge of obtaining the remaining easements necessary for allowing work to begin on the Army Corps of Engineers stalled dune project, Toms River officials are requesting monthly progress reports on every property from Point Pleasant Beach to Barnegat Inlet.

Almost three years after Sandy, residents of Toms River's Barrier Island are being informed by Township officials that the Army Corps of Engineers stalled Beach and Dune Replenishment project isn't likely to happen until spring, 2106 at the earliest.

Toms River will be able to better protect itself from future storms while awaiting for the much-delayed Army Corps of Engineers Beach Replenishment project to be completed, thanks to a $1 million grant from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP).

9th District Legislators are calling on the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) to rescind a $3 fee boaters must pay to access Island Beach State Park through the Fisherman's Walkway adjacent to Tices Shoal.

Toms River is being forced to spend $500,000 to replenish protective sand dunes that washed away during the January 26 Nor’easter as a temporary fix while the federal Army Corps of Engineers Project remains stalled due to easement holdouts, according to Township Engineer Robert Chankalian. The dunes that were swept out to sea cost $400,000 to build.

If Toms River doesn't look sparkly clean to you, that might soon change - and one township woman's spearheading effort makes it possible.

A very special organization that's unique to the Jersey Shore is getting ready to restart its mission.

We can soon start eating more Jersey Fresh crustaceans from the Barnegat Bay. The State Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) is reopening the southern part of the Sandy-damaged shellfish beds in the bay Friday morning.

Ocean County's 33 communities will divide more than $848,000 in grants from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to enhance their recycling efforts. Toms River snaps up $177,138 of the total, which is part of about $13,100,000 being distributed statewide...