Barnegat Bay, a small brackish arm of the Atlantic Ocean, was under threat. Suburban sprawl and over-development prompted Governor Chris Christie in 2010 to direct the NJ Department of Environmental Protection to research and develop a protection plan for the Ocean County bay. Citizens from the region, recreational users, commercial fisherman, activists, scientists, and land developers all shared their experiences with the DEP during the research program activities to formulate a management plan for protecting the bay. This session explores how the research impacted the protection and stewardship planning.
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Thomas Belton
Research Associate in Science Writing with the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
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