< May 2013 >

We will be participating in the B. Bay Blitz in Little Egg Harbor Twp. There is a lot of debris that was created by Superstorm Sandy all throughout the bay. We plan to focus our work on Great Bay Blvd, where our Terrapin Project is based.

Duties: Volunteers are asked to help pick up trash in the Barnegat Bay watershed. Trash bags and some gloves will be provided by the Twp. and/or DEP for the trash clean up.

In New Jersey, vernal pools are critical habitat for amphibians, reptiles, invertebrates, migratory waterfowl, raptors and songbirds. All 14 of New Jersey's frog species use vernal pools to breed and 2 endangered salamander species breed exclusively in vernal pools, including Cape May's eastern tiger salamander.

Take a walk with Conserve Widlife Foundation (CWF) of New Jersey wildlife biologist, MacKenzie Hall, to a nearby vernal pool, learn about CWF's work to protect these unique ecosystems, and discover for yourself some of the wildlife that need these temporary pools for survival.

Cost is $10 per person and you must register on the Duke Farms website.

Come out and learn more about work being done to stop unnecessary road kills of northern diamondback terrapins along Great Bay Blvd. in Little Egg Harbor. Ben Wurst, Habitat Program Manager will discuss terrapins, the Great Bay Terrapin Project, and volunteer opportunities throughout the summer that involve conducting road patrols and educating people along the road.

Please RSVP by emailing Ben.

Every Sunday at 11am you are invited to join a biologist with NJ Division of Fish & Wildlife to walk on the beach at Cape May Point State Park to discuss efforts being made to help endangered beach nesting birds. Meet at the Park Office.