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.
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.
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.
Students and staff from Stockton University and OCSCD conducted aquatic habitat monitoring as part of the COASTAL RCPP project.
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.
Ocean County Soil Conservation District teamed-up with several conservation organizations this summer to present Healthy Soil Workshops.
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.
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.
Known as the “Bee-Girl” Kaitlyn “Katie” Culbert is passionate about pollinators! Read about her many endeavors to support honey bees and other pollinators.
Common Grounds Community Garden is abuzz with the addition of a new pollinator garden!