WELCOME
TO THE OCEAN COUNTY SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT
Ocean
County Soil Conservation District (OCSCD) provides
Ocean County with a wide variety of natural resource
conservation services.
Our success is tied to the goals and policies set by the Board of Supervisors
and implemented by OCSCD staff. It is dependent, however, upon public awareness
of soil health and water quality issues, and upon partnerships formed with groups
and individuals who are committed to this important work of conservation. We
hope that as you read about us on these pages, you will want to learn more about
our effective Chapter 251 program, our progressive education program, our research
in soil health and water quality in the Barnegat Bay watershed, and our role
in farmland preservation.
We welcome your questions and suggestions, and especially your participation.
S.O.S. – Sustainable
Opportunities through Soil
Soil Health Conference – May 30, 2012
Click here for more information.
Registration is now OPEN for ANJEE’s
27th annual conference “Exploring our Blue Planet” which
takes place January 27-28 , 2012, at the beautiful Wyndham
Princeton Forrestal Hotel & Conference Center; centrally
located in Plainsboro. Event descriptions and registration
information can be found at www.ANJEE.net/conference.
NEW! Barnegat
Bay Watershed Resources for Environmental Education
for 2011- 2012
October 2011, Stormwater
The Real Dirt on the Jersey Shore
New policies promote healthy soil.
By David C. Richardson
David Friedman, the District Director of the Ocean County
Soil and Conservation District, says,
“Healthy soil is the key component of a thriving
watershed. It is the structure of our soils which sustains
clean water, abundant wildlife, lush forests, and wetlands.” Read
the full article here.
NEW!! Stormwater Management & Planning Tool
for the Barnegat Bay Watershed (SWMPT)
New Website Address - Same Great Stormwater
Basin Information - The Ocean County Stormwater Management
Planning Tool website has a new, easier to remember
website address:
www.BarnegatBayBasins.rutgers.edu
This project was a collaboration between Dr. Richard
G. Lathrop and Scott Haag of the Grant F. Walton Center
for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis (CRSSA) at Rutgers
University and Lisa Auermuller of the Jacques Cousteau
National Estuarine Research Reserve (JCNERR). Funding
provided by NOAA/UNH Cooperative Institute for Coastal
and Estuarine Environmental Technology (CICEET). The
interactive mapping site was developed by Vertices under
the direction of CRSSA and JCNERR
Please bookmark this new address and enjoy all the same
great Barnegat Bay Watershed stormwater basin information!
Ocean County Soil Conservation District is proud to
announce:
OCSCD has received the Region
2 EPA Environmental Quality Award.
For more information about this award, please visit:
http://www.epa.gov/region2/eqa/index.html
[ PRESS RELEASE ]
L-R – Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez , Anthony DiLodovico,
David Friedman,
Dr. William Pollock, Martha Maxwell-Doyle, all of Ocean
County Soil Conservation District, and EPA Region 2 Regional
Administrator, Judith Enck
The nomination packet was submitted and contained twelve
fabulous letters of
support from our various partners - each a testament
to our value to the
conservation community in and around Ocean County and
beyond! This is a
most prestigious award and recognizes the strong leadership
and dedication
of our Board, staff and District Director, as well as
our community of
partners in conservation and education.
Web Soil Survey
The Web
Soil Survey (WSS) provides soil data and information
produced by the National Cooperative Soil Survey. It
is operated by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation
Service (NRCS) and provides access to the largest natural
resource information system in the world. NRCS has soil
maps and data available online for more than 95 percent
of the nation’s counties and anticipates having
100 percent in the near future. The site is updated and
maintained online as the single authoritative source
of soil survey information. Click
here for additional information and instructions on how
to use this site.
New Jersey NRCS has numerous resources
on soil avilable. Click here for
an extensive list of resources available, from searchable
data to historic traditional soil surveys which include
soil maps, a manuscript of soil descriptions, and interpretation
tables.
