To round out Earth Week, we'll be joining ACUA - Atlantic County Utilities Authority for their 32nd Annual Earth Day Festival this Sunday 04/28! With more than 150 vendors, food trucks, & exhibitors, there will be something for everyone to enjoy!

Learn more below. We'll see you there!
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This Saturday, 04/27, is Rutgers Day! Experience Rutgers University in a way you haven't before...with live performances, children's activities, info booths, food trucks, & more!

Visit us at the Cook/Douglas Campus & see everything that Rutgers has to offer!
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Earth Week is still going strong! You can celebrate by visiting us at THREE events this weekend!

This Saturday, 04/27, join us at the 44th celebration of the Cattus Island Nature Festival! With vendor booths, live animal talks, seining, & more!
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Can you spot our MyCoast Photo Station along this back bay shoreline at Island Beach State Park? Step outside this #EarthDay & help document our changing shorelines! There are 6 photo stations along the NJ coast.

Visit the MyCoast NJ website today!
mycoast.org/nj

#TBT to the PALS (Police Activities League - Egg Harbor Township & Atlantic County) STEM Expo from last month! Our Education & Research Coordinators joined the students they have been working with on the effects of dredging using ROVs. Their passion & drive is unmatched!

#OceanFunDays2024 is 1 month away! Join us for the 21st annual Ocean Fun Days on 05/18 at Island Beach State Park & 05/19 at the NJSeaGrantConsortium in #SandyHookNJ . Hosted by NJ Natural Gas, featuring dozens of exhibitors, eco-tours, seining & a scavenger hunt!
oceanfundays.org

May 1st, 10am! We partner with the NJ Coastal Resilience Collaborative to bring practitioners technical assistance coffee chats. Hear from grant writing experts from the public & private sector & about grant funding for local resilience projects.

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King Tides are here! Check out the scene from the Rutgers Marine Field Station this morning, showing king tides inundating the Tuckerton marsh, with Great Bay Blvd in the distance!

Submit photos of high tide flooding in your community to MyCoast.org/NJ
PC: Patty McHugh

Happy World Water Day! This year we are giving a shout out to our friends, the Eastern Oyster. Not only do adults help keep our waterways clean...but DYK that the Mullica River houses one of the last self-sustaining oyster reefs on the Atlantic Coast of NJ?!

#FBF to our visit to the Leeds Avenue School in Pleasantville on 03/14 for their Family STEM Night! An exciting night full of science and fun! We had a great time chatting with the families about estuaries, and can't wait to come back! Leeds Avenue School

RESCHEDULED to this Sunday 03/24 @10am! Join Melanie, our Watershed Ambassador AmeriCorps NJWAP , to give the Bass River trails some TLC. This project is part of the larger initiative called 'Projects in the Parks'! AmeriCorpsNJ

Register & learn more:
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Don't miss tomorrow's Lunch N' Learn, featuring our very own Research Coordinator & Research Associate Professor Rutgers University , Dr. Thomas Grothues! We'll chat about offshore sand deposits, who's seeking them out, & what disturbances can mean for fish.

rutgers.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

#TBT to just last week, when we welcomed some feathered friends to the JC NERR! HUGE thanks to Rachel from the Cedar Run Wildlife for introducing us to Aldora (Red-tailed hawk), Cyrus (Broad-winged hawk), and Houdini (Great horned owl)!

Now that we've learned about what an estuary is, let's look at the many ways that estuaries show their lOve to us!
O - DYK that OVER 75% of all fish and shellfish harvested in the US start their life in estuaries?!
#iHeartEstuaries

Rep. Mikie Sherrill Congressman Jeff Van Drew

Here's one of our favorite reasons why we lovE estuaries: Estuaries are for all. Whether it's to escape the business of everyday life, make lifelong memories, strengthen your body, calm your mind, & everything in between...estuaries are places for all to enjoy! #iHeartEstuaries

It's the final day of #iHeartEstuaries ! DYK that over 70K members of the area’s waterfowl population reside in the Mullica River-Great Bay estuary over the winter? There are at least 44 distinct water bird nesting colonies for 15 different species.
Rep. Mikie Sherrill Congressman Jeff Van Drew

We are showering estuaries with lOve this Valentine's Day, and for good reason!
O - DYK that in New Jersey alone, wetlands saved more than $425 million in property damages?! 🤯💙
#iHeartEstuaries Sen. Cory Booker Senator Bob Menendez

PC: Life on the Edge Drones

This #iHeartEstuaries , we are putting the L-O-V-E in love!

L: What are estuaries? The best place to start in spreading the love of estuaries is to LEARN what makes them tick! Take this quiz to see where your current estuary knowledge lies! NOAA Digital Coast

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DYK that the Mullica River-Great Bay estuary is the one of the least disturbed estuaries in the densely populated urban corridor of the Northeastern United States?? 🤯 These special places are where humans and nature thrive. Sen. Cory Booker Senator Bob Menendez
#iHeartEstuaries

When we show our 💚 to estuaries, we can't forget to celebrate people; those that work to protect them & those that live in those special places. NOAA 's Social Forum kicked off with a keynote that did just that! HUGE thanks to Parker McMullen Bushman! #iHeartEstuaries