Dates for your Diary - 2004

January 26 Healthy Food, Healthy Planet

We all know (or should!) that eating locally grown produce, organic foods, and less meat is healthy for us. But did you also know it is healthy for the earth? Join us as Andre Cholmondeley of Second Nature in Red Bank explains how less intensive methods of agriculture can benefit the planet.

February 23 These Parks Are Your Parks

Come out and hear all about the Monmouth County Park System and its efforts to preserve open space and provide recreation for area residents. A representative of the MCPS will present an informative video, entitled "A Day in the Life of Monmouth County Parks" and answer your questions about your parks.

March 22 The Bayshore

-- Fishing, Clamming and So Much More! The Raritan and Sandy Hook Bays provide a livelihood for many local residents, as well as recreation opportunities for locals and visitors alike. Join us as Joe Reynolds of the Bayshore Subwatershed Regional Council informs us about this group's efforts to preserve and protect the watersheds of the Bayshore Region, and some of the issues confronting the Council in reaching its goals

April 26 Blowing in the Wind

Renewable energy, including wind energy, is a growing source of energy for many in the world. Join us as Robert Link, Permit Compliance Officer of Winergy, shares with us his company's plans for a "wind farm" off the coast of New Jersey.

May 24 Green Night

Here is your chance to do something positive for the environment. We will present current environmental issues -- you will write letters to elected officials and others. We supply the pens, paper, and stamps!

June 28 Empty Seas?

Are we depleting the oceans' resources by our methods of commercial fishing? Will enough fish survive to produce the next generation? Hear Tom Fote, one of New Jersey's representatives on the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, answer these and other questions about the status of our marine fisheries.

Sunday, July 25

Annual Summer Picnic, noon, Turkey Swamp County Park Join the Jersey Shore Group for our annual picnic at Turkey Swamp Park, Georgia Road, Freehold Township. Please bring a dish to share. And bring along the kids and grandkids for bocce, kites, light horseshoes, & board games. To coordinate food, and for more information and directions, contact Joellen Lundy at 732-741-4756, or jfutey@comcast.net.

September 27, 6:30 - 7:15 p.m.

Wolf Hill Walk Break in those hiking shoes or sneakers by taking a sunset 40 minute stroll along the well marked trails of the Wolf Hill Recreation Area. Meet 6:30 p.m. sharp near the southern end of the Eatontown Blvd (Rt. 537). Just a few hundred yards north of Rt. 36, go right (east) on Crescent Place. Meet in the parking lot enclosed by a split rail fence, across from the first entrance to St. Barnabas Health Care. (canceled if overcast or rainy weather) After walk, drive 3 minutes to the general meeting.

September 27, Wind Energy, Part II

As a follow-up to our spring meeting at which we learned about the proposed wind farm project off the New Jersey coast near Asbury Park, Eric Stiles of New Jersey Audubon Society will share with us his groupâ?Ts perspective on this form of renewable energy.

Friday, October 1 -- SPECIAL EVENT

Coffee House, 8:00 - 11:00 p.m., St James Memorial Episcopal Church, 69 Broad Street (Rt. 71), Eatontown. Good music and lots of goodies to eat! This is our annual group fundraising event, so bring all your friends. Suggested Donation - $10/person. For further information, or to volunteer to help, contact Marinel, at Baykoof944@aol.com, or 732-780-8678.

October 25, The Pinelands of New Jersey

Join us as Rich Bizub of the Pineland Preservation Alliance presents the film, "Pine Barrens: Up Close and Natural", highlighting the ecology of this special region, one of the last remaining wild areas in the state. He may even have some interesting folklore about the region, including, appropriately for this time so near Halloween, the elusive Jersey Devil

November 22, Green Night

Here is your chance to do something positive for the environment. We present current environmental issues -- you write letters to elected officials and others. We supply the pens, paper, and stamps!

December 12, Holiday Party

No meeting this month, but join us for a party to toast the holiday season. The fun starts at 3 p.m., at Joellen Lundy's home in Red Bank (25 Peters Place). For more information and directions, please call Joellen at 732-741-4756.

EX COM ELECTIONS

This fall the Jersey Shore Group will be holding an election to fill five (5) vacancies on its Executive Committee (ExCom). On August 1, the Nominating Committee composed of Stan Greberis, Steve Knowlton, and Rosemary Bagwell will present its nominations. Please contact any member if you would like to run for the Executive Committee. The name of any Group member proposed in writing by at least fifteen Group members prior to August 5, 2004 and who gives consent will also be included on the ballot. Please submit petitions to the chairman of the Nominations Committee, Stan Greberis, 143 Ely Harmony Road, Freehold, NJ 07728.

Stream Monitoring volunteers needed! Monmouth County is expanding their stream monitoring program. If you can help, call Joe Galacki, Shore Group Coordinator, 732-222-3362.