Bagged Shell in Action (22808782535)
The first phase of the Hurricane Sandy-funded living shoreline installation in Downe Township, New Jersey, part of the Gandy’s Beach shoreline protection project, was completed in October 2015. For three days,... More
Aerial photo of Barnegat impoundment at Edwin B. Forsythe National Wil...
Barnegat impoundment has a boat in it (NJ)
Existing culvert sluice gates (15780757191)
The view looking from Wreck Pond. Photo credit: Katie Conrad/USFWS Like us on Facebook: Follow us on Twitter:
Existing culvert ocean exit (15596807389)
The proposed project would construct an additional 500-foot concrete box culvert (approximately 5.5 by 8 feet) next to the existing outfall pipe Photo credit: Katie Conrad/USFWS Like us on Facebook: Foll... More
Westecunk Creek barrier (23122447545)
This barrier removal project will help increase the protection of communities along 60 miles of coastal New Jersey as well as increasing fish passage to 13 km of upstream rearing and spawning and habitat. We... More
Westecunk Creek Barrier - Before Removal, Eagleswood N.J. (22391674830...
Removal of the Westecunk Creek Barrier in Eagleswood, N.J. will restore passage to 13 km of upstream spawning and rearing habitat for resident and migratory fish species; including alewife, blueback herring an... More
Westecunk Creek Barrier - After Removal, Eaglewood N.J. (24229761892)
Removal of the Westecunk Creek Barrier in Eagleswood, N.J. will restore passage to 13 km of upstream spawning and rearing habitat for resident and migratory fish species; including alewife, blueback herring an... More
Westecunk Creek Barrier - During Removal, Eagleswood N.J. (24255468351...
Removal of the Westecunk Creek Barrier in Eagleswood, N.J. will restore passage to 13 km of upstream spawning and rearing habitat for resident and migratory fish species; including alewife, blueback herring an... More
Wreck Pond fish monitoring - weighing eels (New Jersey) (17247026909)
As part of the larger Hurricane Sandy resilience project "Aquatic Connectivity & Flood Resilience in NJ: Removing the Hughesville Dam in Pohatcong and Restoring the Wreck Pond Inlet and Dunes", a 600 foot long... More
Wreck Pond Inlet restoration project, New Jersey (22527341164)
The American Littoral Society provided lessons, to 42 students from St. Rose High School, on the characteristics and importance of Wreck Pond and the Wreck Pond Brook Watershed, N.J. The day’s activities inc... More
Fish monitoring of the Westecunk Creek barrier removal project (227302...
Fish passage for both migratory and year-round resident fish is one of several benefits provided by the Westecunk Creek barrier removal project. It will also restore stream banks and increase the resiliency of... More
Oyster reef in the bay made from oyster castles, about 60% complete (2...
The first phase of the Hurricane Sandy-funded living shoreline installation in Downe Township, New Jersey, part of the Gandy’s Beach shoreline protection project, was completed in October 2015. For three days,... More
Secretary Sally Jewell speaking at Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife...
With Atlantic City in the background, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell is joined by Richard Kropp, U.S. Geological Survey (far left), and to her right (l to r) FWS Director Dan Ashe, Congressman Rush Hol... More
Secretary Sally Jewell speaking at Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife...
U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell speaking at Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge to announce Hurricane Sandy resiliency funding. Photo credit: Keith Shannon/USFWS
Debris removal using special equipment at Forsythe (15418078653)
The final phase of the Fall 2014 debris removal project will finish coastal debris cleanup from 22 miles of New Jersey coastline at EB Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge (NJ). Photo credit: Donjon Marine Compan... More
Building oyster reef breakwater structures or castles at Gandy's Beach...
Gandy's Beach is currently a Nature Conservancy Preserve along an area of undeveloped shoreline on the Delaware Bay that provides valuable habitat for a variety of fish and wildlife. Its shore has been increasi... More
Building oyster reef breakwater structures or castles at Gandy's Beach...
Gandy's Beach is currently a Nature Conservancy Preserve along an area of undeveloped shoreline on the Delaware Bay that provides valuable habitat for a variety of fish and wildlife. Its shore has been increasi... More
Building oyster reef breakwater structures or castles at Gandy's Beach...
Gandy's Beach is currently a Nature Conservancy Preserve along an area of undeveloped shoreline on the Delaware Bay that provides valuable habitat for a variety of fish and wildlife. Its shore has been increasi... More
Hurricane Sandy damaged Cape May National Wildlife Refuge (NJ) (816541...
Tilted Marsh Trail boardwalk due to support leg separation at Cape May National Wildlife Refuge's Two Mile Beach unit. Credit: Rosalind Wu/USFWS Stay informed
Hurricane Sandy caused damage to Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge ...
Split tree at the refuge. Credit: David Sagan/USFWS Stay informed
Hurricane damage at Edwin B. Forsythe Refuge (NJ) (8145791771)
Wildlife Drive at Edwin B. Forysthe National Wildlife Refuge was breached after Hurricane Sandy. EBForsytheHurricaneSandyDamages Stay informed
Hurricane Sandy caused damage at Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge ...
Downed tree at the refuge. Credit: David Sagan/USFWS Stay informed
Hurricane Sandy caused damage at Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge ...
Storm damage to one of the boardwalks at the Wildlife Observation Center. Credit: USFWS Stay informed
Hurricane Sandy damaged Cape May National Wildlife Refuge (NJ) (816541...
Wayside exhibits at north boundary of Cape May National Wildlife Refuge's Two Mile Beach Unit buried in sand (previously waist-high). Credit: David Bocanegra/USFWS Stay informed
Hurricane Sandy damaged Cape May National Wildlife Refuge (NJ) (816544...
More than 75 percent of North Dune Trail at Cape May National Wildlife Refuge's Two Mile Beach unit is underwater (some areas knee-deep). Credit: Davis Bocanegra/USFWS Stay informed
Hurricane Sandy debris at Edwin B. Forsythe Refuge (8185357797)
A big challenge for staff at Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in New Jersey: cleaning up of tons of debris deposited by Hurricane Sandy in hard-to-access areas. (USFWS)
Hurricane Sandy caused damage at Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge ...
Storm damage to siding of refuge housing Credit: USFWS Stay informed
Hurricane Sandy hit the New Jersey Field Office (8141569630)
A fallen tree nearly misses the government vehicles and the New Jersey Field Office in Pleasantville, N.J. Credit: USFWS Stay informed
Hurricane Sandy damaged Cape May National Wildlife Refuge (NJ) (816544...
Accessible parking lot at Cape May National Wildlife Refuge's Two Mile Beach Unit middle observation platform flooded. Credit: David Bocanegra/USFWS Stay informed
Hurricane Sandy hit the New Jersey Field Office (8141569890)
A fallen tree nearly misses the government vehicles and the New Jersey Field Office in Pleasantville, N.J. Credit: USFWS Stay informed
Marsh and bogs at Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge (15031965...
Salt marsh at Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Credit: Lia McLaughlin/USFWS Find out more about the trip at http://usfwsnortheast.wordpress.com/tag/hurricane-sandy-aerial-tour/ Stay up to date on ... More
Wreck Pond - Captain Al Modjeski of American Littoral Society monitors...
As part of the larger Hurricane Sandy resilience project "Aquatic Connectivity & Flood Resilience in NJ: Removing the Hughesville Dam in Pohatcong and Restoring the Wreck Pond Inlet and Dunes", a 600 foot long... More
Wreck Pond fish monitoring - moving captured fish from fyke net into b...
As part of the larger Hurricane Sandy resilience project "Aquatic Connectivity & Flood Resilience in NJ: Removing the Hughesville Dam in Pohatcong and Restoring the Wreck Pond Inlet and Dunes", a 600 foot long... More
Wreck Pond fish monitoring - measuring an alewife herring (New Jersey)...
As part of the larger Hurricane Sandy resilience project "Aquatic Connectivity & Flood Resilience in NJ: Removing the Hughesville Dam in Pohatcong and Restoring the Wreck Pond Inlet and Dunes", a 600 foot long... More
Wreck Pond fish monitoring - holding a spawning alewife (New Jersey) (...
Katie Conrad, wildlife biologist and project leader for the Hurricane Sandy funded Wreck Pond restoration project, holds a captured alewife herring that will be weighed, measured, and placed back into the wate... More
E.B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge (NJ) (8151151239)
View of the marsh on the north end of the refuge after Hurricane Sandy. Photo credit: Greg Thompson/USFWS Stay informed http://www.facebook.com/usfwsnortheast https://twitter.com/usfwsnortheast
Forsythe After Cleanup - Brick Township (14060417632)
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service removed over 280 tons of post-Sandy debris from refuge lands in Brick Township, New Jersey. Credit: Virginia Rettig/USFWS
Forsythe NWR debris cleanup (13088747693)
Water-based debris removal at E.B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge. Credit: Ryan Hagerty/USFWS
Forsythe NWR debris cleanup (13088612445)
Post-Sandy debris at E.B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge. Credit: Ryan Hagerty/USFWS EBForsytheHurricaneSandyDamages
Houses on edge of Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge (15035031...
Many coastal communities boarder the salt marsh habitat found on the refuge. This marsh is vital for storm protection and clean, healthy drinking water Credit: Lia McLaughlin/USFWS Find out more about the tr... More
Kimbles Beach, New Jersey (during restoration) (13468649714)
New sand is deposited onto badly eroded beaches on New Jersey's Delaware Bay during restoration. Credit: Eric Schrading/USFWS KimblesBeachCapeMayHurricaneSandy
Kimbles Beach, New Jersey (pre-restoration) (14172568658)
Kimbles Beach, looking North. Pre-restoration. Credit: Wetlands Institute Credit: Eric Schrading/USFWS KimblesBeachCapeMayHurricaneSandy
Kimbles Beach, New Jersey (post-restoration) (14336094936)
Kimbles Beach, looking South. Post-restoration. Credit: Wetlands Institute KimblesBeachCapeMayHurricaneSandy
Moore's Beach after restoration (25080073202)
Moore's Beach after beach and dune restoration Dianne Daly/American Littoral Society MooresBeachCapeMayHurricaneSandy
Moore's Beach, New Jersey (before and after) (14042703726)
One of several post-Hurricane Sandy beach restorations on the Delaware Bay. Before: left, after: right. Credits: Tom Sturm/USFWS; Dianne Daly/American Littoral Society MooresBeachCapeMayHurricaneSandy
New Jersey Shore Partners Project (15031970471)
Working with state and local partners, there will be beach restoration at locations like this one along the New Jersey shore Credit: Keith Shannon/USFWS Find out more about the trip at http://usfwsnortheast.... More
Poles at Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge (15012040216)
Hundreds of old, unused, obsolete telephone towers and lines will be removed from around 700 acres of salt marsh which will be restored to provide resilience against future storms Credit: Lia McLaughlin/USFWS... More
Point at Gandy's Beach (14848294309)
Day 3 of Hurricane Sandy Aerial Photography Tour - Cape May, National Wildlife Refuge At Gandy's Beach in New Jersey, 4,000 feet of living shoreline and breakwater will be constructed to restore 337 acres of s... More
Putting Oyster Castles Together (22819972901)
The first phase of the Hurricane Sandy-funded living shoreline installation in Downe Township, New Jersey, part of the Gandy’s Beach shoreline protection project, was completed in October 2015. For three days,... More
Quadrant sampling at Wreck Pond, N.J. (22731563407)
The American Littoral Society provided lessons, to 42 students from St. Rose High School, on the characteristics and importance of Wreck Pond and the Wreck Pond Brook Watershed, N.J. The day’s activities inc... More
St. Rose High School students seining at Wreck Pond, N.J. (23161629281...
The American Littoral Society provided lessons, to 42 students from St. Rose High School, on the characteristics and importance of Wreck Pond and the Wreck Pond Brook Watershed, N.J. The day’s activities inc... More
The mill next to Hughesville Dam (15436807584)
This Hurricane Sandy resilience project will evaluate and remove the Musconetcong River Hughesville Dam in Pohatcong, New Jersey. More project details: http://www.fws.gov/hurricane/sandy/projects/NJDamRemoval... More
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service helicopter takes off (8151102526)
Service staff are taking to the air to assess damages caused by Hurricane Sandy. Stay informed http://www.facebook.com/usfwsnortheast https://www.twitter.com/usfwsnortheast
Water flowing over the Hughesville Dam (16057139031)
This Hurricane Sandy resilience project will evaluate and remove the Musconetcong River Hughesville Dam in Pohatcong, New Jersey. More project details: http://www.fws.gov/hurricane/sandy/projects/NJDamRemoval... More
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"The President and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie talk with local residents affected by Hurricane Sandy at the Brigantine Beach Community Center in Brigantine, N.J." (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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U.S. Coast Guard recruits march to class during indoctrination training at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Oct. 29, 2012, after evacuating from Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., due to weather... More
121102-G-OA962-367 (8164098136)
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Shannon, a marine science technician with the Coast Guard Pacific Strike Team, takes a water sample near a damaged tank at an oil refinery in Sewaren, N.J., Nov.... More
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan Visits New Je...
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan delivers remarks on Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts during a press conference at the FEMA Joint Field Office in Lincroft, N.J., Nov. 16, 2012. Sec. Donovan... More
Aerial photo of Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge (NJ) (81477...
Rack line with debris and a boat on refuge
Aerial photo of marina near Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge...
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Aerial view of an Oyster Reef (22819976251)
The first phase of the Hurricane Sandy-funded living shoreline installation in Downe Township, New Jersey, part of the Gandy’s Beach shoreline protection project, was completed in October 2015. For three days,... More
Aerial view of damage at Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge (N...
Helicopter view of the south dike. Extensive sections of the south dike of the wildlife drive now look like this. Stay informed http://www.facebook.com/usfwsnortheast https://twitter.com/usfwsnortheast
Aerial view of damage at Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge (N...
Helicopter view of damage to the wildlife drive south dike near the observation tower.
City surrounding Forsythe Parcel (15012042096)
For some coastal communities, salt marsh is all that separates the houses from the ocean. These productive and vital ecosystems provide buffers from storm events as well as clean water and recreational opportun... More
Day 2 - Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Flyover (16042035574)
Day 2 of Aerial Tour of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Sites: Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ.
Day 2 - Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Flyover (16042033674)
Day 2 of Aerial Tour of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Sites: Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ.
Day 2 - Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Flyover (16457035597)
Day 2 of Aerial Tour of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Sites: Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ.
Day 2 - Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Flyover (16457035377)
Day 2 of Aerial Tour of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Sites: Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ.
Day 2 - Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Flyover (16457034777)
Day 2 of Aerial Tour of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Sites: Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ.
Day 2 - Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Flyover (16042028674)
Day 2 of Aerial Tour of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Sites: Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ.
Day 2 - Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Flyover (16476927130)
Day 2 of Aerial Tour of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Sites: Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ.
Day 2 - Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Flyover (16457025337)
Some parts of the refuge need more help than others. Day 2 of Aerial Tour of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Sites: Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ.
Day 2 - Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Flyover (16457021757)
Take the road less traveled by. Day 2 of Aerial Tour of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Sites: Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ.
Day 2 - Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Flyover (16476919560)
Day 2 of Aerial Tour of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Sites: Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ.
Day 2 - Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Flyover (16476745268)
Day 2 of Aerial Tour of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Sites: Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ.
Day 2 - Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Flyover (16044411683)
Day 2 of Aerial Tour of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Sites: Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ.
Day 2 - Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Flyover (16478196319)
Day 2 of Aerial Tour of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Sites: Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ.
Day 2 - Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Flyover (16478195089)
Day 2 of Aerial Tour of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Sites: Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ.
Day 2 - Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Flyover (16476751798)
Day 2 of Aerial Tour of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Sites: Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ.
Day 2 - Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Flyover (16476748248)
This dike protects the refuge from being completely flooded. Day 2 of Aerial Tour of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Sites: Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ.
Day 2 - Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Flyover (16638409616)
Day 2 of Aerial Tour of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Sites: Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ.
Day 2 - Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Flyover (16476928200)
Hurricane Sandy flooded much of the refuge. Day 2 of Aerial Tour of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Sites: Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ.
Day 2 - Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Flyover (16478182769)
Day 2 of Aerial Tour of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Sites: Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ.
Day 2 - Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Flyover (16638396506)
Day 2 of Aerial Tour of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Sites: Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ.
Day 2 - Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Flyover (16638408316)
Day 2 of Aerial Tour of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Sites: Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ.
Day 2 - Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Flyover (16638411936)
Day 2 of Aerial Tour of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Sites: Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ.
Day 2 - Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Flyover (16478190749)
The salt marsh of Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge protect the homes of those who live on the shore, acting as a buffer zone for these communities. Day 2 of Aerial Tour of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Sites: Fors... More
Day 2 - Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Flyover (16662941761)
More salt marsh to be restored! Day 2 of Aerial Tour of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Sites: Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ.
Day 2 - Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Flyover (16662938221)
Salt marsh. Day 2 of Aerial Tour of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Sites: Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ.
Day 2 - Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Flyover (16662936231)
Ditches run the length of the saltmarsh. Day 2 of Aerial Tour of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Sites: Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ.
Day 2 - Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Flyover (16662942461)
See the dead plant matter and sand? Hurricane Sandy did a number here. Day 2 of Aerial Tour of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Sites: Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ.
Day 2 - Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Flyover (16662949121)
Without Forsythe NWR to protect them, many homes would be inundated by the ocean. Day 2 of Aerial Tour of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Sites: Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ.
Day 2 - Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Flyover (16663304472)
Day 2 of Aerial Tour of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Sites: Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ.
Day 2 - Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Flyover (16663310352)
Day 2 of Aerial Tour of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Sites: Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ.
Day 2 - Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Flyover (16663311782)
Day 2 of Aerial Tour of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Sites: Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ.
Day 2 - Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Flyover (16663320242)
The salt marsh of Forsythe NWR protects the homes of many New Jersey residents. Day 2 of Aerial Tour of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Sites: Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ.
Day 2 - Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Flyover (16663318812)
Day 2 of Aerial Tour of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Sites: Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ.
Day 2 - Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Flyover (16663316122)
Unused telephone poles will be removed in this project. Day 2 of Aerial Tour of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Sites: Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ.
Day 2 - Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Flyover (16664345225)
Day 2 of Aerial Tour of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Sites: Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ.
Day 2 - Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Flyover (16664336535)
Day 2 of Aerial Tour of Hurricane Sandy Recovery Sites: Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ.