cac-pawg-11dec8 .pdf - New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary ...

ProposedbyDorinaFrizzera,NJDEP andPAWGchairNY/NJBaykeeperPriority Project type Work Items $ (if estimateavailable)PA/Research/1legalCommunity$10,000Resolution2312PA/Stewardship Adopt apublic accessPA InventoryandassessmentOysterGardeningOysterConferencePortion of Oyster GardeningCoordinator’s salary formaintaining OysterGardening Program’s 20+nets and participants;perform classroom outreach;recruit new gardeners;update program materials;cage building and oysterdistribution; maintain oystergardening data; plan andorganize lecture series; planfor building of OysterGardening Reef and executeHall rental; food; supplies;printing and postage; portionof salaries and associatedcosts$25,000$10,000$17,600$26,0005CommentsHave attorney or SeaGrant Law draft a resolution in support ofPublic Access to be adopted by waterfront communities ‐ inaddition in support of goals of HEP ‐ recognize their contribution toHarbor.$5,000 grants to local community/neighborhoods to adopt anaccess site or stretch of shoreline, clean‐up, signage, plantidentification, water monitoring ‐ partner with others to givetraining, hold events ‐ showcase as partner inHEP (hey ‐ were's our signage and display poster?)Inventory and assessment (report) of Public Access sites in HEP ‐how many in each community, on the different tribs, are theyactually formal sites or just ability to get to; public, private owned,signage, are there any reaches of the shoreline that don't haveaccess ‐ how far apart. This begins to set the metric formeasureable improvements.NY/NJ Baykeeper is submitting these projects for fundingconsideration. Continued support of the Oyster Gardening Programhas become an important element of our region’s oystermovement. This program engages a broad range of constituentsand is an important educational tool. We would like to build off thesuccess of our Restoring the Urban Oyster Conference by holdinganother conference that will be able to accommodate moreattendees and highlight the important oyster research, restoration,and educational work of all our partners in the Estuary.