OCEAN COUNTY – As spring weather creeps out from winter’s shadow, people will be spending a lot more time outside, and there are environmental organizations making sure that there will be beautiful natural places to go.
There will be ample opportunities to help clean the environment this weekend by picking up litter at various waterways.
The beach sweeps are rain or shine, and approximately 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., although individual times may vary. The Clean Ocean Action website provided the following locations:
Bay Head: Beach House Classic Boardshop (517 Main Ave, Bay Head)
Berkeley: Dudley Park (Route 9 at Cedar Creek)
Brick: Brick Beach 1 (331 Route 35 North) (attendees may also clean Brick 3 by collecting supplies at Brick 1 check in site); Windward Beach Park (265 Princeton Ave.)
Island Beach State Park Bathing Pavilion #1
Lavallette – Philadelphia Ave Beach
Long Beach Island: Wally’s Restaurant (712 Long Beach Blvd, Surf City) in partnership with Alliance for a Living Ocean; Brant Beach (68th Street, additional parking at Bayview Park)
Mantoloking: Lyman St Beach (1021 Ocean Ave.)
Ocean Gate: Ocean Gate Beach (228 E Longport Ave.)
Point Pleasant: Maxson Ave. Beach (near Riverfront Park)
Point Pleasant Beach: Jenkinson’s Aquarium (300 Boardwalk, sponsored by Jenkinson’s Boardwalk and Aquarium); Maryland Avenue (off Beacon Ave., sponsored by Baine Contracting)
Seaside Heights: Grant Avenue Beach
Seaside Park: 5th Ave Beach; Midway Beach at 6th Lane (48 Ocean Ave., near Midway Beach Condominium Association); Stockton Avenue, near Funtown Beach
Toms River: Brown’s Woods Preserve (meet at Save Barnegat Bay Office, 117 Haines Road, in partnership with Save Barnegat Bay); Normandy Beach at 6th Ave; Ortley Beach at 3rd Ave (near St. Elisabeth’s Chapel, 5 3rd Ave)
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