This did not happen overnight, but over more than a fifty- year period. Now it is up to all of us to work hard to change what has happened. Individuals and groups such as ALO are leading us in the right direction. Slowly the fish, birds and wildlife are starting to come back. People are aware of the destruction made along the shore.
Ecology is on most people's minds.
We are making a concerted effort. As an early morning walker I am heartened to see birds chirping overhead. An occasional squirrel crosses my path. Raccoons, possums, even a fox or two, have all been sighted on Long Beach Island. Rabbits munch on some greenery.