Christie DEP Limits Public Access to Urban Rivers and Shore

Raritan River striped bass
The Bergen Record Urban waterway access a concern in New Jersey and Star Ledger are running a good AP story: New N.J. beach access rules to impact urban and industrialized areas, enviornmentalists say
Those stories prompt me to repost some photos of the benefits of NJ’s urban waterways, in light of the Christie DEP efforts to restrict public access – take a look at some of our wonderful urban waterways and the people who enjoy them:

NOAA scientist w/kids at Sandy Hook
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Belford, NJ

Salem River

Judith Enck, EPA Region II Regional Administrator shows fish consumption warning of PCB toxic contamination of fish in Bound Brook

Raritan Bay

Atlantic City

Raritan Bay, Keyport. Too polluted for fish, shellfish, people and other living things

Birds eye view of lower Manhattan from Liberty State Park