NY/NJ Baykeeper and Hackensack Riverkeeper successfully sued NJDEP in 2016 to enforce better statewide protections of the public’s right to access their waterways. Much needed legislation, which will codify and strengthen state obligations to the Public Trust doctrine, was agreed upon by the League of Municipalities, the business community and environmentalists. It sailed through the Senate Environment and Energy Committee unanimously and was referred to the Assembly after a nearly unanimous floor vote. The Public Access Bill ensures through state law that the public has meaningful and practical access to, and use of, the shoreline and tidal waters that Read more →
- Water Advocates Seek Public Backing for Massive Infrastructure Upgrade, NJ Spotlight, December 4, 2017
- Coalition Led Ballot Question Approved, Safeguarding Pollution Settlements, Tap, November 8, 2017
- When Polluters Pay States for their Damage, Who Should Benefit, Governing, October 27, 2017
- Paterson Students Plant in their Newly Built Rain Gardens, Paterson Times, October 19, 2017
- Ballot Question Closer to Stop Raiding of Natural-Resources Damages, NJ Spotlight, October 6, 2017
- NJ Voters to Consider Dedicating Money from Environmental Damage Awards, Newsworks, October 6, 2017
- Lesniak, Environmentalists Seek to Fight Christie’s Exxon Mobil Giveaway, NJToday.net, September 11, 2017
- Letter: Making a Difference for New Jersey’s Environment, The Bergen Record, August 24, 2017
- Politicians, Environmentalists Rally Against EPA Cuts, Jersey Shore Online, August 17, 2017
- Cuts to EPA Budget are Attack on NJ, Environmental Groups Say, NJ.com, August 17, 2017
- Federal Funds Needed to Fix State’s Aging Sewage Systems, The Record, August 16, 2017
- Rain Gardens Being Installed at Paterson’s School 4 and School 28 to Capture 500, 000 Gallons of Water, Paterson Times, August 8, 2017
- State Needs to Step up Attempts to Curb Greenhouse Gas Emissions, NJ Spotlight, August 11, 2017
- Keyport Environmental Groups Hold Information Event, CentralJersey.com, July 18, 2017
- Proposed EPA Cuts Have NJ Environmentalists Worried, NJTV, July 14, 2017
- Public Meeting on Williams Pipeline, July 13, Amboy Guardian, July 14, 2017
- 5 Things to Know About the Proposed Raritan Bay Pipeline, Asbury Park Press, July 14, 2017
- Public Meeting in Keyport on Thursday Regarding Williams Pipeline, Atlantic Highlands Herald, July 11, 2017
- We’re in Court, as EPA, NY State, NYC Fail of Clean Water, NRDC, June 29, 2017
- NYC Beachgoers Beware, EPA Hit with Sprawling Sewage Suit, Courthouse News Service, June 30, 2017
- Christie Doubles Down Again with No Apologies, Politico, July 3, 2017
- Greens See Red Over Budget Plans, Raids on Pollution Settlements, NJ Spotlight, June 23, 2017
- Who Pays for One of the Costliest Cleanups Ever, E&E News, June 12, 2017
- NY/NJ Baykeeper Pumpout Boat in Navesink, Shrewsbury, and Raritan Bay, June 12, 2017
- NJ Schools Make Efforts to Ban Styrofoam Food Containers, NJ.com, June 6, 2017
- Glen Ridge CCC Gives Its Endorsements, NJ.com, May 20, 2017
- Advocates Unhappy with Edgewater Superfund Cleanup Plan, NJ.com, May 16, 2017
- Abandoned Boat in the Shrewsbury River, The Two River Times, May 16, 2017
- NY/NJ Baykeeper and Partners Release NJ Bayshore Water Quality Data, Atlantic Highlands Herald, May 14, 2017
- Keansburg – The Best Kept Secret, The Two River Times, May 12, 2017
- Union Beach Cleanup this Sunday, Middletown Patch, May 5, 2017
- Funding Fight Continues for Margaret’s Creek Cleanup, Red Bank Green, May 2, 2017
- Letter: Transco Pipeline Project Demands Public Resistance, Daily Record, April 20, 2017
- Metuchen to Host Two Earth Day Celebrations, NMG Media Group, April 18, 2017
- Outrage Over Company Backing out of Superfund Cleanup Through Bankruptcy, NJTV News, April 18, 2017
- Officials Say Company is Avoiding Passaic Cleanup Costs, NJ.com, April 18, 2017
- Watershed Ambassadors Keep an Eye on the Raritan River, MyCentralJersey, April 12, 2017
- Three Greater Morristown Groups Among Nonprofits Sharing $2.7M in Dodge Grants, April 13, 2017
- Trump’s Budget Means Big Trouble for NJ Environment, Experts Warn, NJ Spotlight, March 20, 2017
- Paterson to Get $300,000 Worth of Green Infrastructure To Collect Stormwater, Paterson Times, March 7, 2017
- Rally for the Navesink Meeting Wednesday in Fair Haven, Rumson Patch, March 6, 2017
- What to Know About the Proposed 32,000 Gas Powered Compressor Station Coming to Franklin Township, TapInto, February 28, 2017
- Learn About Proposed 32,000 Horsepower Gas Powered Gas Compressor Coming to Franklin, TapInto, February 21, 2017
- Cuomo Blocks New York City Plastic Bag Fee, The Record, February 15, 2017
- The Two River Times Wins Awards, The Two River Times, February 13, 2017
- Efforts to Curb Plastic Bag Litter Faces Major Opposition, The Record, February 2, 2017
- NY/NJ Baykeeper Unveils Platform to Educate, Engage, on Plastic In Area Waterways, January 31,2017
- Telling the Story of Plastic Bags, Plastic Forks, and Microplastics Polluting Our Planet, January 31, 2017
- Could Trump Administration Undo Toxic Passaic River Fix? WNYC, January 13, 2017
- As Temperature Dips, Beach Access Debate Gets Underway, NJ Spotlight, January 10, 2017
Recent News
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Public Access Is a Right, Not a Privilege!
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Bill Introduced by Mukherji and Cunningham Seeks to Protect Liberty State Park
A bill recently introduced in the New Jersey State Legislature will seek to protect Jersey City’s Liberty State Park from inappropriate privatization and commercial development plans. “The Liberty State Park Protection Act,” introduced by New Jersey Assemblyman Raj Mukherji (D-Hudson) and Sen. Sandra Cunningham (D-Hudson), seeks to preserve open space at Liberty State Park (LSP) in perpetuity and to protect it against the relentless assaults of inappropriate privatization and commercial development schemes that have plagued this great, free American public commons since it opened in 1976. The park encompasses more than 1,200 acres–approximately 600 acres of land and 600 acres of Read more →
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Make It a Baykeeper Valentine’s Day! Send a Dozen Oysters!
Visit http://nynjbaykeeper.org/adoptanoyster/ for more information and to order your one dozen oysters! Read more →
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NY/NJ Baykeeper is Celebrating its 30th Year!
Since 1989, NY/NJ Baykeeper has been championing clean water and healthy habitats. We are on a mission is to protect, preserve and restore the NY-NJ Harbor Estuary! Join us for a year-round schedule of special events, programming and initiatives! Stay tuned for more details! Read more →
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NY/NJ Baykeeper Receives Planning Merit Award for Living Shoreline in Raritan Bay
Matawan, NJ—Matawan-based environmental organization NY/NJ Baykeeper has received the Monmouth County Planning Board 2018 Merit Award for its Living Shoreline in the Raritan Bay. The award, presented at the December 17 Monmouth County Planning Board meeting in Freehold, recognized the project as making a significant contribution to the advancement of planning in Monmouth County. NY/NJ Baykeeper was the pioneer of oyster restoration in New Jersey’s portion of the Raritan Bay, creating the Bayshore area’s very first living shoreline. In 2016, NY/NJ Baykeeper and the Rutgers University Center for Urban Environmental Sustainability installed a 0.91-acre Living Shoreline adjacent to Ware Creek Read more →
