Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Process will determine future access to Barnegat Bay site
Before a packed township council meeting Tuesday night, the manager of the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge told boaters from across the Jersey Shore that one of their favorite destinations would be off-limits this summer. Virginia Rettig told dozens of angry boaters that any recreation in the areas known as F-Cove and T-Cove must be tied to wildlife, and "boating, for boating's sake ... is what we call, 'not an appropriate use of a wildlife refuge.'" Technically, Rettig said, public access was never allowed at the 12-acre cove off Barnegat Bay, which got its name because its lagoons – once slated to be a residential housing development – are in the shape of the letter 'F.' But since 1991, when the federal government took over …
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Mayor: Health of Barnegat Bay comes first; challenge to feds appears unlikely
The township appears unlikely to challenge the decision of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to prohibit boaters from accessing a popular anchorage in Barnegat Bay. Marked barrels now block access to F-Cove, several lagoons just north of the Mantoloking Bridge, as well as another area known as "No Name Cove" or T-Cove. Both areas are popular destinations for local boaters, who beach their boats on the banks of the lagoons – the product of a failed attempt to build a residential development – and use the area for recreation. But the Fish and Wildlife Service, which says it has established ownership over the waterway, is blocking boaters from accessing the area because it is part of the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge and the …
Monday, April 30, 2012
Wildlife refuge manager will face the township council next week
Almost a month ago, the federal government told boaters the party was over at Brick's F-Cove. Now, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is making good on the message that was posted on signs erected at the site several weeks ago. Anchored, floating barrels now physically prevent boats from entering F-Cove and another nearby local boaters' hangout commonly known as No Name Cove. F-Cove, which was slated decades ago to become a residential lagoon community, developed into an anchorage for local recreational boaters, who for years spent days of fun, music and partying in the waterway, dug out in the shape of the letter 'F.' The cove, located just north of the Mantoloking Bridge and the former Traders Cove Marina in Barnegat Bay, eventually …
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Brick hot spot off-limits, signs say
Without so much as a last call, the party looks like it might be over – at least for now – at one of Brick's most popular summer hot spots. F-Cove, made up of two undeveloped man-made lagoons off Barnegat Bay in the shape of the letter 'F,' has been a gathering place for party-minded boaters for decades. It's located just north of the Mantoloking Bridge, west of the ICW channel. But an effort by the federal government to curtail recreational use of the area appears to be heating up again. The latest salvo: a number of signs posted at the site which warn boaters that the area is closed beyond the signage. The explanation: "It is a national wildlife refuge," Virginia Rettig, manager of the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, told …
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Federal government had wanted to shutter access to popular boaters' hangout
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
Brick's hottest party spot has survived another winter. F-Cove, a cove off Barnegat Bay just north of the Mantoloking Bridge, gets its name due to its unique shape, with several channels and spits of adjoining land forming the shape of the letter 'F.' The location, though shallow at its entrance, contains deeper water and beaches along its interior and serves as a gathering place for party-minded boaters all summer long. But early in 2009, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service had wanted that party to be stopped in its tracks without so much as a last call. Because the area is part of the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, the federal government took issue with boaters' use of the cove as a general recreation area, arguing that …
John
6:49 pm on Friday, May 18, 2012
we should all just anchor outside of the cove instead more ›