Heather Nix with Clemson Cooperative Extension covers the basics of HABs, with a main focus on cyanobacteria including identification, contributing factors, prevention, and treatment options.
Our wild oyster populations are now a small fraction of what they were before major declines from overharvesting, diseases, and changes in our marine ecosystems. Many efforts are ongoing throughout New Jersey, as well as around the US and worldwide, to help restore depleted oyster populations. Increased oyster populations would provide shellfish for harvesting and […]
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is currently working on revising the statewide Water Supply Plan. This plan aims to balance traditional uses of water like residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural irrigation with ecological sustainability of streams and other waterbodies.