March 30, 2018

Screenings of “The Anthropologist” at Ocean County College

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Screening for "the Anthropologist" at Ocean County College

The Barnegat Bay Partnership and the Ocean County College Global Education Committee are presenting two screenings of award-winning writer, producer, director Seth Kramer’s documentary The Anthropologist: Looking at Climate Change through a Global Lens at Ocean County College on Thursday, April 19 during Earth Week. The screenings, including a Q&A with Kramer, will take place at 12:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. A reception will take place at 5:00 p.m. Screenings will be held in the Gateway Auditorium (Building #101), Ocean County College, Main Campus, College Drive, Toms River, NJ. Admission is Free and Open to the Public!

The Anthropologist: Looking at Climate Change through a Global Lens weaves together accounts of humanity’s struggle with change, whether environmental, societal, or individual. The film features the parallel stories of two women: Margaret Mead, who popularized cultural anthropology in America, and Susie Crate, an environmental anthropologist currently studying the impact of climate change. Uniquely revealed from their daughters’ perspectives, Mead and Crate demonstrate a fascination with how societies are forced to negotiate the disruption of their traditional ways of life, whether through encounters with the outside world or through climate change.

Kramer graduated from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film Production. He is a partner in Ironbound Films in upstate New York and has been writing, producing, and directing award-winning documentaries for more than a decade.

For more information, contact Betsy Hyle, Special Events Coordinator for the Barnegat Bay Partnership, ehyle@ocean.edu or 732-255-0400, ext. 2977.

 

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UNKNOWN

There is limited data available to quantify Wetland and Riparian Buffer Preservation, or updated data to quantify Wetland Acreage. The BBP has obtained funding and will begin assessment efforts for both targets, in the next few years.

 

 Hard Clam abundance has not been updated since 2012. Recovery of the stock will be guided by the Fishery Management Plan for Hard Clams, which is under development with the NJDEP, BBP, and other organizations. Reclam the Bay and other partners have continued to plant clams for restoration purposes. Continued plantings in strategic locations which maximize survival and reproduction is one strategy to pursue in the coming years. This work can use a model developed by Rutgers with BBP funding which identified areas where planted clams could have the greatest dispersal of their larvae and thus potentially maximally contribute to the recovery of the stock.

 Water Withdrawals were over the target in the 2021 report; USGS has not yet completed its latest update, so a definitive determination of status is not available. However, additional NJDEP data show that it is likely that we continue to not meet the target. Per capita water use has gone down, demonstrating the effectiveness of water-saving appliances and practices, but that decrease has been offset by population gains. 


IN PROGRESS

New maps quantifying Submerged Aquatic Vegetation extent were developed, but poor image clarity resulted in a high degree of uncertainty in the total acreage. NJDEP and Rutgers are working to resolve the uncertainty of these maps, and improve the total acreage estimate. Funding has also been obtained for further research and restoration activities. Several groups are developing potential restoration actions.

The USGS has completed the first phase of its study to identify minimum ecological flows in select Barnegat Bay tributaries. USGS scientists compared streamflow statistics between historical and current time periods to better understand trends in watershed flow conditions. This work provides a foundation for developing ecological flow targets in the Barnegat Bay watershed.  Similar to SAV extent, funding (approximately $450K) has been obtained by the BBP to complete the remaining phases necessary for threshold determination.

 

TARGETS ACHIEVED

No targets can be considered “Achieved” at this time.

 

NOT ACHIEVING

Several Public Swimming Beaches exceeded their safe swimming standards more frequently than during their baseline time period (2016-2018).

While most beaches are routinely safe for swimming, several problematic areas such as Beachwood, Hancock, Windward, and several lake beaches need track-down studies and restoration to pinpoint and address sources of bacteria.

Acres of Approved Shellfish Waters decreased from the last report. While this decrease was small, it represents a loss of previously approved waters. Similar to public beaches, track-down studies and restoration work are needed to pinpoint and address sources of bacteria.

 

Screenings of “The Anthropologist” at Ocean County College

The Barnegat Bay Partnership and the Ocean County College Global Education Committee are presenting two screenings of award-winning writer, producer, director Seth Kramer’s documentary The Anthropologist: Looking at Climate Change through a Global Lens at Ocean County College on Thursday, April 19 during Earth Week. The screenings, including a Q&A with Kramer, will take place at 12:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. A reception will take place at 5:00 p.m. Screenings will be held in the Gateway Auditorium (Building #101), Ocean County College, Main Campus, College Drive, Toms River, NJ. Admission is Free and Open to the Public!

The Anthropologist: Looking at Climate Change through a Global Lens weaves together accounts of humanity’s struggle with change, whether environmental, societal, or individual. The film features the parallel stories of two women: Margaret Mead, who popularized cultural anthropology in America, and Susie Crate, an environmental anthropologist currently studying the impact of climate change. Uniquely revealed from their daughters’ perspectives, Mead and Crate demonstrate a fascination with how societies are forced to negotiate the disruption of their traditional ways of life, whether through encounters with the outside world or through climate change.

Kramer graduated from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film Production. He is a partner in Ironbound Films in upstate New York and has been writing, producing, and directing award-winning documentaries for more than a decade.

For more information, contact Betsy Hyle, Special Events Coordinator for the Barnegat Bay Partnership, ehyle@ocean.edu or 732-255-0400, ext. 2977.

 

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