Sand Dunes

Ocean County Commissioners have directed about $4-million of the bill for the municipalities along the northern barrier island to have beach replenishment work done.

You can join volunteers from AmeriCorps New Jersey, Friends of Island Beach State Park and the Barnegat Bay Partnership at 9:30 a.m. at Ocean Bathing Area 1 for the planting of 30,000 American Beachgrass plants.

This Saturday, Toms River is looking for volunteers to help maintain and improve the town's dune system.

This Saturday 4/26, be part of hundreds of volunteers helping to plant Dune Grass in Island Beach State Park. Take part between 10a-1p in planting over 40,000 American Beachgrass plants to help solidify the sand dunes. Participants will meet at Ocean Bathing Area 1, which is the most popular and visible area at the park in Ocean County.

It's unlikely the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will modify their federal sand dune project to meet the individual storm protection needs of beach communities along the Jersey Coast.

The battle over sand dunes at the Jersey Shore continues.

Toms River officials are asking residents who had a freshly cut Christmas Tree (NOT fake ones) this year for the holidays to not throw it out with the trash, but to please donate it to Ortley Beach to help rebuild the dunes along the beach