The award purpose is to protect river values by achieving comprehensive management plan goals as enumerated in the great EGG harbor wild and scenic river comprehensive management plan and through…

The award purpose is to protect river values by achieving comprehensive management plan goals as enumerated in the great EGG harbor wild and scenic river comprehensive management plan and through engaging beneficiary nonprofit recipients, local, state, and federal agencies who comprise the great EGG harbor wild and scenic river council, riverside communities and the general public. Specific programs and projects that achieve comprehensive management plan goals include water-quality monitoring and reporting river debris crabpot removal mapping, planning and policy services provided to local municipalities interpretation school education public outreach and volunteer management programs avian surveys invasive species control and osprey monitoring and management programs. Expected improvements in water quality, avian counts, osprey chick hatches and improving number of nesting parents, removal of crabpots and estuary debris, the development and placement of interpretive waysides, and operations support for river council bimonthly meetings.