Sunday, January 20, 2013
Dunes breached in a number of sections of the state park during Superstorm Sandy; sections of park slated to open sometime next week
Surf fisherman often trudged through the sand on Two-Bit Road at Island Beach State Park to make their way around the towering dunes, on their way to the beach and the waves. But there is little in the way of a cut now, since Superstorm Sandy swamped the park on Oct. 29. And in many sections of Island Beach, the carefully cultivated, cherished dunes - strengthened by beach grass and protected by snow fence - are no more. "There's a lot more devastation at this end of the beach," said Area Supervisor Ray Bukowski, as he steered his Ford F-250 down the nearly deserted beach in the park's Northern Natural Area. The beach is littered with pilings, crab pots, storm debris and even a roller coaster car from nearby Seaside Heights. The scene is …
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Sharks have a bunker feast off the beach
A Youtube video posted by a local fishing website shows what are suspected to be brown sharks or sandbar tigers feasting on baitfish off Island Beach State Park. The video, shot by Tom Lynch of AngryFish.tv, shows the sharks in a frenzy about 50 feet off the beach, presumably feeding on bunker, a type of baitfish plentiful in the Shore region. "This rare feeding frenzy started about a mile offshore and moved into the surf zone in a matter of minutes," a description of the video posted on Youtube reads. The video was shot Thursday, Aug. 16.
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Beaches along the Shore in several towns are flying red flags today
Swimming bans have been instituted at a number of beaches at the Jersey Shore today due to dangerous rip currents caused by a passing storm. The National Weather Service's office in Mount Holly has issued a rip current warning through 9 p.m. today for all of New Jersey's ocean beaches and for Delaware. "High surf and large swells will produce dangerous pounding surf and rip currents at the beaches," the warning on the service's website reads. "These rip currents will be life threatening for anyone who enters the surf. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf." In Point Pleasant Beach, Jenkinson's has posted a message on its Facebook page telling patrons that swimming is not permitted today because of the danger. Brick's …
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Beach Plums are in season but wiped out from Irene
This week's nature column highlights a species that’s locally celebrated, delicious, and making a comeback. Today’s Beach Plum Festival, held by the Friends of Island Beach State Park at the swimming beach gazebo, means we’re taking a look at the small dune-grower known as prunus maritima. What they are: Beach plums are unlike the plums you’d find in the produce aisle during summer. Instead, beach plums are small in comparison: bigger than a blueberry but smaller than a cherry. And while many plums fall from trees, beach plums are often plucked from shorter shrubs growing among the sand dunes. At Island Beach State Park, one of the few places locally with a large stretch of the plants, their growth on the dunes means they are an important …
Greg
5:52 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Aj best stop spreading false rumors about people. Aren't u in enough trouble already, boy? more ›