Opposing relicensing the aging Oyster Creek nuclear
power plant in Forked River. The plant, the nation's oldest, poses not
only environmental and health risks, but is a potential threat to national security
because of concerns of terrorist attacks on the facility.
Get the facts about Oyster Creek and
see what you can do to help stop it's relicensing.
County and Local issues include:
Getting
C1 status for several local waterways, including Cedar Creek and the
Toms River. !!Update!!
Working with the Lacey Rail/Trail Environmental
Committee to prevent a section of the trail in Lacey Township from
being paved over.
In Jackson Township we’ve “Drawn
a Line in the Sand” to put a halt to three major housing
projects that have the potential to add up to 6,000 new homes to the
township.
To combat this onslaught by the developers we’ve joined
forces with PPA
(Pinelands Preservation Alliance), SBB
(Save Barnegat Bay) and
S.P.A.R.E.
(Save Protect And Respect our
Environment), a local environmental group that has opposed
Mitch Leigh’s massive Towne Centre since 2002.
Our broad environmental coalition also includes a group of
concerned homeowners from the Grawtown section of Jackson, who are
fighting to stop the building of a proposed 700 new single family homes
in their area.
Together we’re going to stop the never-ending sprawl
that’s eating up, not only Jackson Township’s, but
all of Ocean county’s remaining open space like a cancer.
We're also working together with Save Barnegat Bay on NPAP the Nitrogen Pollution Action Project. Go to the NPAP web site to find out more about this serious threat to the Bay and what you can do to help.
Are you
currently a Sierra Club our member, or an Ocean County resident
concerned about your environment? If so we could use your help on; our
membership outreach programs, tabling at local events, fund-raising and
our computer-based voter education program for the local, state and
national elections. For more information about volunteering please
contact Group Chair A. Greg
Auriemma, Esq.
If you’d like to
become a Sierra Club member, simply click on the Join Sierra Club
banner and fill out the easy on-line registration form. Not comfortable
registering on-line, then just print out the mail-in
form, fill it out and send it in along with your
Individual or Joint membership fee, to the address on the form. As a
Sierra Club member you can be an active member of the Ocean County
Group.
There are no
group membership fees or dues, but contributions of money, goods or
services are accepted and greatly appreciated. To make a monetary
contribution, send a check or money order (no cash please),
made payable to Sierra Club, Ocean County Group to
the address below:
Treasurer: Ocean County Group c/o Rick Washik
P.O. Box 4520
Brick, NJ 08723
All other
contributions please contact group Fund-Raising Chair Joyce Isaza.
Note: Contributions, gifts and dues to the Sierra Club and Sierra Club, Ocean
County Group are not tax deductible; however they do support our effective, citizen-based advocacy and lobbying efforts.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS:
Generally held monthly on the SECOND MONDAY
of each month. Current location is the home of X-Com members Howard and
Sandy in Forked River. For more information contact Group Chair A. Greg Auriemma, Esq.
Open to the general public, we meet bi-monthly at 7:00
PM, at the Skywalk Cafeteria in the Ocean County
Administration
Building (2nd Floor),
129 Hooper Avenue, Toms River.
Our outings and activities include hikes, canoe/kayak trips, social functions, tabling and fund raising events. You don't need to be a Sierra Club member to participate, just a love of the outdoors, a longing to commune with the natural world and a desire to help preserve those things for future generations.
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