Event descriptions
June 2008 Event Descriptions
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11th Annual Barnegat Bay Festival |
Theme for the festival is “Go Green! We All Want Our Bay Clean”. Re-Clam the Bay will be hosting an exhibit at the event, educating the public on filter feeding shellfish and their contribution to a clean bay as well as how the public can help too. |
10:00AM-4:00PM |
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Class – Certified Shellfish Gardener Course |
5th Classroom training session covering Data collection and Silo Construction. Location Rutgers Cooperative Extension Office, 1623 Whitesville Rd, Toms River, NJ. Class roster attendees only. |
7:00PM |
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| June 7 | Field Trip |
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day on Barnegat Bay, Waretown, NJ
This field will spend the day with a commercial clammer and members of the NJ DEP Bureau of Shellfisheries at the Galley Grill in Waretown. Opportunity to visit Sedge Island by boat to harvest clams. |
9:00AM - 3:00PM |
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Class – Certified Shellfish Gardener Course |
6th Classroom training session covering safe shellfish gardening and Review for Mid-term assessment * Recommended for all shellfish gardeners. Location Rutgers Cooperative Extension Office, 1623 Whitesville Rd, Toms River, NJ. Class roster attendees only. |
7:00PM |
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Sedge/Waretown Clam Screen cleaning |
Get in the bay and clean the marine growth form the nets used to protect the clam seed from predators |
Tide dependant |
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General Membership Meeting |
Monthly general membership meeting. Location Rutgers Cooperative Extension Office, 1623 Whitesville Rd, Toms River, NJ (732) 349-1152 |
6:30PM |
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Class – Certified Shellfish Gardener Course |
7th Classroom training session. Mid-term Assessment and Plan Summer Practicum Field Experience. Location Rutgers Cooperative Extension Office, 1623 Whitesville Rd, Toms River, NJ. Class roster attendees only. |
7:30PM |
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Bayman’s Seafood Festival |
RCBT Volunteers will explain why the shellfish population is so important to Barnegat Bay and how individuals can participate in a program to place millions of clams in the bay. Tuckerton Seaport, Tuckerton, NJ |
10:00AM-5:00PM |
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Sedge/Waretown Clam Screen cleaning |
Get in the bay and clean the marine growth form the nets used to protect the clam seed from predators |
Tide dependant |
