New Jersey Stormwater Basin Toolkit
This toolkit is designed to help public works employees maintain stormwater basins effectively and stay informed about relevant regulations, best practices, and resources available in New Jersey.
Ocean County Soil Conservation District
Lakewood Township Stormwater Basins Self-Guided Tour 2024
Take some time out of your busy schedule to take our Lakewood Stormwater Basins Self-Guided Tour. Learn how our retrofitted basins create healthy soil and water resources and provide habitat for wildlife.
Surveying Summer Growth: Plant Inventory in Lakewood’s Stormwater Basins
This summer, the Lakewood Township Stormwater Basin Retrofit Project made significant strides, with project partners conducting field visits to assess the conditions and plant growth across several stormwater basins that have been retrofitted over the past three years.
Weeding for Wildlife, Helping the Common Grounds Pollinator Garden Thrive
OCSCD staff returned to the Common Grounds Pollinator Garden to carry out some essential maintenance. Weeding is a key part of keeping the garden healthy and ensuring that the native plants can thrive, allowing them to provide habitat and food for pollinators.
From Summer Beach Days to Scientific Breakthroughs: A Young Scientist’s Journey on the Jersey Shore
As a young scientist, Nora Morton is using her passion and love of the Jersey Shore to help protect its fragile ecosystem through her WILSON project.
Coastal Project Update: Aquatic Habitat Monitoring
Students and staff from Stockton University and OCSCD conducted aquatic habitat monitoring as part of the COASTAL RCPP project.
NJ State Standard of Dewatering
Dewatering is a critical process in construction. Here’s a closer look at what dewatering is, why it’s necessary, and how it should—and shouldn’t—be done.
Summer of Soil Workshops 2024
Ocean County Soil Conservation District teamed-up with several conservation organizations this summer to present Healthy Soil Workshops.
Soil and Water, Working Together Underground
Did you know that a large chunk of the water cycle is going on in the soil underneath your feet? Read more about the underground relationship between soil and water.
COASTAL RCPP Project
The COASTAL RCPP Project has officially begun with conservation practice implementation underway. Through this USDA-NRCS funded partner-driven project, nine participating aquaculture producers have acquired disease resistant, diploid oyster spat on shell and have moved it onto their in-water farm lease to begin the grow-out process.