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DEAL, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey's wide, sandy beaches have been paid for by taxpayers across the U.S., from wheat farmers in Kansas to fishermen in Alaska. But for decades, local governments in some Jersey Shore towns — and elsewhere around the country — have used a variety of tactics to keep outsiders off their sand. One of the most effective methods has been restricting parking near the beach. The practical effect in shore towns like Deal, a wealthy enclave popular with New York doctors, lawyers and business executives, has been that people who don't live within walking distance...

NJ Beaches Paid for by All, But No Parking Tactics Keep Outsiders Away 'There is a long and shameful history of beach towns trying to keep people off their sand,' says the executive director of the American Littoral Society By Wayne Parry • Updated on May 21, 2021 at 1:43 pm NBC Universal, Inc. What to Know New Jersey’s wide, federally funded sandy beaches have been paid for by taxpayers across America. But for decades, local governments in some Jersey Shore towns and elsewhere around the country have used a variety of tactics to keep outsiders off their sand. One of t...

New Jersey beaches paid for by all, but parking keeps outsiders away Top Searches New Jersey beaches paid for by all, but parking keeps outsiders away AP / Updated: May 21, 2021, 22:40 IST FacebookTwitterLinkedinEMail Deal has a long history of wanting to keep its beaches to itself. AP Photo DEAL: New Jersey's wide, sandy beaches have been paid for by taxpayers across the US, from wheat farmers in Kansas to fishermen in Alaska. But for decades, local governments in some Jersey Shore towns - and elsewhere around the country - have used a variety of tactics to keep outsiders off their sand. ...

Credit: (Jon Hurdle) Larry Niles Larry Niles has spent the last 25 years trying to ensure the survival of the red knot and the horseshoe crabs the bird depends on at New Jersey’s Delaware Bay beaches. But he says it’s much too soon to declare victory. Niles, an independent wildlife biologist who once headed New Jersey’s endangered species program, was shocked to find in the late 1990s that the tiny shorebird’s population had plunged by some 80% because the crab eggs it needs to complete a long-distance migration had been badly depleted by an over-harvest of the crabs for the commercia...

Credit: Sister72 via Creative Commons CC BY 2.0 Flood warning along the coast. New Jersey’s towns and cities must now plan for climate change after Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law that requires municipalities to include effects like flooding and higher seas in updates of their master plans. The law (A-2785/S-2607) puts new demands on local governments to plan for coastal storms, shoreline erosion, bigger storms, flooding, and how they will affect a town’s current and future infrastructure. Municipalities must now identify critical facilities such as roads and utilities that might be affect...