BaySave is a New Jersey non-profit corporation focused on advocacy and restoration of our tidal wetlands.

SBA declines flood disaster loan app

July 14, 2011 - The U.S. Small Business Administration declined disaster loans for losses sustained in April 2011 floods citing lack of a qualified business. BaySave is a non-profit corporation operating solely on contributions and does not meet the requirements of the SBA. The flood caused physical damages plus the cancellation or postponement of 2011 summer programs totaling about $225,000. A copy of the decline letter is available here. The decline letter was also provided to local authorities with other interests in restoring the storm-ravaged community.

BaySave is investigating a sale of flooded properties through the NJ Department of Environmental Protection Blue Acres Program as an alternate response.

Oyster restoration resources

BaySavefoundation.com launched a new page dedicated to oyster restoration news and reports from around the world.

Living Shorelines Restoration Project

This spring we launched  restoration projects on three new sites utilizing gardening methods specifically adapted to the waters of the Delaware Bay. Shoreline gardening is a great way for property owners to help improve their local watershed.  See more details and photos.

Port Mahon, DE

The small town of Port Mahon, Delaware was already lost to rising water level along the Delaware Bay shores. Now the last of the surviving roadway to a public boat launch is threatened.

BaySave audit results

July 26, 2010 - BaySave issued the results of its compliance review of New Jersey operations that recommend a complete withdrawal from New Jersey due to the current unfavorable legislative climate for environmental restoration.

Horn Point Labs

The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science runs the Horn Point Laboratories in Cambridge Virginia. This bayside facility is a leader in restoration science in the east coast. (more)

 

Beach Grass Restoration

Eight types of beach grasses were planted in denigrated sites this month (August). We may not know results in terms of survival or affect on the site until next year.

A contaminated site near Gandy's Beach in need of clean-up and restoration.

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Tangier Island VA offers model for sustainability

This small island community in the lower Chesapeake Bay has been largely self-sufficient based on a crab harvesting and shedding economy for more than 100 years. See our photos.

Delaware Estuary Summit held in Cape May NJ

Scientists, environmentalists and government representatives gathered in Cape May on January 31 - February 2 for the Delaware Estuary Science and Environmental Summit. Many of the presentation materials are available for download and viewing.

Community-based restoration presentation offered

A new program is available on the potential of community-based oyster restoration projects in the Delaware Bay.

NJ Shellfish Law Reform Proposal

BaySave adapted a New Jersey shellfish law reform position paper that includes 8 key provisions:

1.  Amend NJ statute Title 50 to provide for the separation of control between our environmental resources and the industry that harvests them.

2. Ensure that the majority of Shellfisheries Council members are citizens without a direct commercial interest in the shellfish industry.

3. Adapt a management plan that would substantially increase the current oyster population.

4. Redirect public funding from the planting of commercial seed beds to environmentally sustainable oyster restoration.

5. Set a moratorium on commercial oyster harvest.

6. Promote oyster gardening, research and restoration.

7. Promote modern safe shellfish handling practices.

8. Promote NJ aquaculture.

Read more in the full proposal.

July 4th Cleanup

Five high school students from Philadelphia area helped with a July 4 cleanup of Nantuxent Marina including the removal of trash and tires that had accumulated for decades before BaySave began the site restoration.

 This cleanup is expected to be the final stage of physical before re-opening the beach for recreational activities including a kayak and small boat launch.

 

Schuylkill Watershed Congress Report

Tony Novak, founder of BaySave, attended the Schuylkill Watershed Congress on March 13 hosted at Montgomery County Community College in Pottstown Pennsylvania. The event covered a wide range of issues represented by more than thirty diverse interest groups, there were a few common threads and values shared by all stakeholders. (more)