THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ATTEND THE FIRST EVER

RARITAN BAY-SANDY HOOK BAY

REGIONAL DREDGE MANAGEMENT FORUM

Date:       Thursday, November 10, 2005

Time:       7:30pm

Location: Atlantic Highlands Harbor, inside the Senior Center

Building on Sutton Walk, at the end of First Avenue.

As we continue to dredge our harbors, creeks, and lakes there is a need now of a comprehensive, regional dredge material management plan that involves long term economic interests and environmental protections. Your participation is essential to developing a plan that will increase economic growth, and protect and conserve local coastal resources.

Featured Speaker will be Commissioner Bradley Campbell – NJ Department of Environmental Protection

 Other Speakers Include:

o    Genevieve Boehm – NJ Department of Transportation’s Office of Maritime Resources

o    Valerie Montecalvo – President of Bayshore Recycling Corporation

o    Michael Sinnema – Senior Associate, Birdsall Engineering

o    Cindy Zipf – Executive Director of Clean Ocean Action

* Plus Mike Danko from New Jersey Sea Grant will be on hand to talk with people about the new Clean Marina Program

-          This forum is being presented by the Bayshore Regional Watershed Council - 

Since 2000, the Bayshore Regional Watershed Council (BRWC) has been working to improve the physical environment in the Bayshore region of Middlesex and Monmouth counties. The BRWC is made up of volunteers, including citizens, scientists, environmental commissioners, and municipal officials. Our goal has been and continues to be the restoration and conservation of Raritan and Sandy Hook bays.

The BRWC encourages public participation in this effort to create a regional dredge management plan for the Bayshore region, stretching from South Amboy to the Highlands.

The public has an important role in the development of this plan. The Bayshore Regional Watershed Council will incorporate concerns expressed by all those involved in the forum into a draft plan, which will be available for public review when completed.

Raritan Bay and Sandy Hook Bay cannot be restored overnight. It is only through the dedicated work of everyone living or working in the watershed, sustained over time, that we can restore the majestic beauty and bounty of the bay.

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