Privacy Policy

Privacy Statement

What information we gather and why.
Your privacy is very important to us. Simply stated, our policy is to collect no personal information about you when you visit barnegatbaypartnership.org, unless you choose to make such information available to us through forms associated with this site.

How do you use the information I might provide you?
If you choose to share personal information by filling out an electronic form with personal information such as an email address, BBP may use this information in the future to contact you by email about matters pertaining to BBP.

What if I don’t want to receive emails from BBP?
Any future email communications originating from BBP will provide you with an opportunity to opt out of further email communication.

Do you share my information with anyone?
Our policy is to protect the integrity of your personal information. BBP will not lease, share or sell any personal information collected through this site.

What are Cookies and how do you use them?
Like most websites, BBP uses cookies, which are pieces of data stored on the user’s hard drive. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site. Cookies are used to make it easier for us to broadly measure statistics such as the average number of daily unique visitors to this site.

Information is only gathered regarding the volume and timing of access to the site by collecting information on the date, time and pages you visited while at the site. This is done so that the content of the site can be improved.

If you have other questions about this privacy policy, or have suggestions on how it may be improved, please feel free to e-mail us or contact us directly.

Copyright

This site is owned and operated by Barnegat Bay Partnership. Materials may be downloaded on any single personal computer, for non-commercial use only providing all copyright and other proprietary notices are kept intact. Modification of the materials or use of the materials for any other purpose is a violation of BBP’s copyright and other proprietary rights. For purposes of this Agreement, the use of any such material on any other Web site, except to promote or publicize BBP’s news, events and activities, is prohibited. Linking to Barnegatbaypartnership.org is acceptable and encouraged.

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.