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South
Jersey Bayshore Coalition
Formed
by seventeen nonprofit organizations, the South
Jersey Bayshore Coalition aims to protect special natural
resources in Gloucester, Salem, Cumberland and Cape May counties
along New Jersey's southwest coast. In addition the National Park
Service and the Nature Conservancy support the Coalition.
Aiming
to preserve the region's cultural heritage and the environmental
integrity through partnerships, advocacy and public education,
the Coalition is focusing on
- Promoting
sustainable agriculture industry and compatible economic revitalization;
- Preserving
cultural/historic heritage and wildlife habitat; and
- Protecting
ground and surface water quality and quantity.
Natural
resource protection enhances Bayshore's vital industries and economy
including
- Billion-dollar
commercial and sport fishing industries and marinas;
- $34
million nature tourism;
- Farming
and commercial food processing.
South
Jersey Bayshore Environmental Resource Inventory
Thanks to a William Penn Foundation grant, South Jersey Bayshore
Coalition now has an extensive Environmental Resource Inventory
of South Jersey Bayshore put together by Rutgers University's
Grant F. Walton Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis
(CRSSA).
Available
on the CRSSA
website, the Inventory consists of a series of geographic
information system (GIS) composite and thematic maps of the Bayshore's
- Existing
land cover,
- Natural
communities,
- Estuarine
zone,
- Habitat
and biodiversity,
- Water
resources, and
- Historic
and cultural resources.
The
Inventory will help with land-use planning and developing protection
strategies for the region's exceptional resources. The data are
available in several formats that accommodate users with varying
skills and needs.
Brochure
The
full color South Jersey Ours
to Protect brochure ( ),
made possible by a grant from the William Penn Foundation, contains
a map of the Delaware Bay Watershed, basic information and photographs
of the region.
9/07
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