Barnegat Bay Blitz
April 12th to April 19th, 2025
About the Barnegat Bay Blitz
Litter – it’s everywhere! You see it on our streets, in our parks, on our shorelines, and in the water. Blown by the wind on trash day, tossed out car windows, intentionally dumped – however it gets there, it’s an eyesore and bad for the environment.
The Barnegat Bay Blitz is an annual watershed-wide cleanup that brings together hundreds of volunteers with one goal in mind – keeping our land and water clean by removing litter from our neighborhoods. By removing bags, bottles, and butts to tires and larger items, Blitz volunteers make a difference!
Volunteer for a Blitz Cleanup
Volunteer at one (or more!) of the cleanups happening throughout the Barnegat Bay Watershed. In the coming weeks, Captains will submit Cleanup locations and dates, which will be displayed in the list below. You will use the list to find a cleanup in your area, then email the Captain to sign up as a volunteer. The Captain will send you information, including where to meet, and provide a waiver/photo release form for you to sign. For cleanups by kayak or canoe, bring your own except where noted. Read our “Tips for Volunteers” for information about what to bring and wear and how to stay safe during a cleanup.
Barnegat TwP
Date: April 15, 2025
Time: 9AM
Meeting Location: Barnegat Public Launch Area
Additional Info: TBD
Barnegat Light
Date: April 17th, 2025
Time: 10AM
Meeting Location: DPW Building
Additional Info: TBD
Berkeley
Date: TBD
Time: TBD
Meeting Location: TBD
Additional Info: TBD
Brick TWP
Date: April 13th, 2025
Time: 11AM-2PM
Meeting Location:
deCamp Wildlife Trail
365 Mantoloking Rd, Brick Township, NJ 08723 (40.044886, -74.086629)
Signup Required: https://forms.gle/6cs4v2711LPXxAnZ8
Brick TWP #2
Date: April 19th, 2025
Time: TBD
Meeting Location:
Riverwalk Refuge
538 Mantoloking Rd, Brick Township, NJ 08723
Eagleswood
Date: TBD
Time: TBD
Meeting Location: TBD
Additional Info:
Kayak-based cleanup of Westecunk Creek & land-based cleanup at Stafford Forge Wildlife Management Area.
**Bring Your Own Kayak**
EAGLESWOOD TOWNSHIP
Date: April 26, 2025
Time: 8AM
Meeting Location: 146 Division St. West Creek, NJ 08092
Additional Info: TBD
Island heights
Date: April 26, 2025
Time: 10AM-1PM
Meeting Location: 1 Wanamaker Municipal Complex, Island Heights, NJ 08732
Additional Info: TBD
JACKSON
Date: April 17, 2025
Time: 2PM
Meeting Location: TBD
Additional Info: TBD
Lakewood
Lake Shenandoah County Park
Date: April 17, 2025
Time: 9:30AM-12:00PM
Meeting Location: Clover Street entrance to Lake Shenandoah
Additional Info: The lake is very low due to construction, if they can’t raise the water by the 17th, the clean up will be cancelled.
Long Beach Twp
Date: April 15th, 2025
Time: TBD
Meeting Location: TBD
Additional Info: TBD
Little Egg Harbor
Pinelands Regional High School
Date: March 22nd, 2025*
Time: 9am-11am
Meeting Location: Pinelands Regional High School
Additional Info: EARLY BIRD CLEANUP
Manchester
Date: TBD
Time: TBD
Meeting Location: TBD
Mantoloking
Date: Sat, April 19th
Time: 10:30AM
Meeting Location: Bergen Avenue, at the Patty Brand Memorial Garden.
Plumsted
Date: Wed, April 16th
Time: 10AM
Meeting Location: Entrance to Colliers Mills WMA.
Plumsted #2
Date: April 12 or 13
Time: TBD
Meeting Location: TBD
Point pleasant beach
Date: April 15th
Time: 10AM
Meeting Location: Manasquan Inlet, Point Pleasant Beach side
Additional Info: Meet near the Fisherman’s Memorial
Point pleasant borough
Date: TBD
Time: TBD
Meeting Location: TBD
Additional Info: TBD
Stafford twp
Date: April 26th, 2025
Time: 9AM to 11AM
Meeting Location: Six Cleanup Locations
Additional Info: TBD
Seaside Heights
Date: April 17, 2025
Time: 10AM
Meeting Location: Sunset Beach parking lot, near Stewart’s Root Beer
Additional Info: CLEANUP IS FULL
Ship Bottom
Date: April 19, 2025
Time: 12PM-3PM
Meeting Location: Joe Pops Shore Bar
Additional Info: TBD
Toms River
Cattus Island
County Park
Date: April 18, 2025
Time: 10AM-1PM
Meeting Location: 1770 Cattus Island Blvd.
Additional Info: Parking Lot: (39.9815695, -74.1297886)
Toms River
Date: TBD
Time: TBD
Meeting Location: TBD
Additional Info: TBD
Tuckerton
Great Bay BLVD
Date: April 12th
Time: 10AM-12PM
Meeting Location: The Boat Ramp on Great Bay Boulevard (Great Bay Blvd, Little Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08087) or (39.563503432520974, -74.34213717910977)
Tuckerton
Kayak Cleanup
Date: April 12th
Time: TBD
Meeting Location: TBD
Wall twp
Allaire State Park
Date: April 17th
Time: 10AM-1PM
Meeting Location: Allaire State Park Trailhead Parking Lot at 2271 Hospital Rd, Wall Township, NJ 07727 (40.140980, -74.122377)
Additional Info: Along Hospital Road and Squankum Allenwood Road
You will need to sign a Liability & Photo Release waiver either prior to or the day of your cleanup. Once you’ve chosen the cleanup you’d like to attend, please click the button or fill out the form below. This will also be available for you to do the day of the cleanup.
Become a Blitz Sponsor
Interested in sponsoring the Blitz? Sponsors help with cleanup supplies, t-shirts for volunteers, refreshments, publicity, and more. Sponsor logos will be displayed on this site and on promotional materials. Contact Bailey Sanders at bsanders@ocean.edu for more information.
Thank you to NJ Department of Environmental Protection and Ocean County Clean Communities for its ongoing support of the Blitz!
A special thank you to Richard and Karen Knudson of Barnegat Township for their generous sponsorship of the Blitz!
