STONE HARBOR – At a Stone Harbor Borough Council meeting Sept. 17, Coastal Research Center Director Dr. Stewart Farrell reported on the state of the borough’s beaches.
Farrell delivered a report derived from a May survey of the borough’s oceanfront. He reminded council that a similar survey would be conducted in October.
Modest storm activity in the spring left the beaches in relatively good shape, Farrell said. The broad beach, from behind the dunes to 16 feet from shore, lost about 96,000 cubic yards of sand, but the beaches from the front of the dunes to the low water mark gained sand.
This was good news for a borough that will not get new sand from a 2019 federal beach replenishment project. Neighboring Avalon should receive about 425,000 cubic yards, Farrell said.
Stone Harbor will have to relocate excess dune sand to those areas of beach that are most in need. This is because of a controversial ruling by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which banned the use of federal funds for borrowing sand from Hereford Inlet.
The effort will provide less protection against an increase in storm activity than would be gained by full participation in the federal replenishment project.
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