Salt marshes in Brick Township’s portion of the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, Jan. 2023.
Salt marshes in Brick Township’s portion of the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, Jan. 2023.
Now, the $4,997,124 in restoration funds will place more than 120,000 cubic yards of suitable dredged sediment into a series of 13 cells to increase tidal salt marsh elevation, protecting the marsh from drowning. The total area of sediment placement is approximately 95 acres of marsh. The bulk of the marshland in Brick Township is located in an area south of Mantoloking Road, extending for miles from the intersection of Adamston Road, out to the bayfront itself.
State officials said added protective measures will be used to contain placed sediment and strengthen shorelines. The elevated marsh will be planted in areas that did not previously contain vegetation “to ensure recolonization of vegetation occurs to ultimately restore the health of the marsh.”
Salt marshes in Brick Township’s portion of the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, Jan. 2023.
Salt marshes in Brick Township’s portion of the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, Jan. 2023.
Salt marshes in Brick Township’s portion of the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, Jan. 2023.
Salt marshes in Brick Township’s portion of the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, Jan. 2023.
Additional marshland in Ocean County will be preserved as part of a second $4,998,109 outlay from the state which will restore about 33 acres of tidelands at Popular Point, located south of Route 72 in Stafford Township, opposite Ship Bottom. A third local project will see $1.8 million dedicated to restoring salt marshes in Waretown near the Lighthouse Center by improving hydrology and water flow.