Abstract or Summary
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) convened a steering committee of key state and federal agencies in 2022 to gather information to develop “A Framework for Managing Sediment in the Back Bays of New Jersey.” The framework’s goal is to explain how navigation dredging and the current practice of the beneficial use of dredged material in coastal New Jersey for community resilience and habitat restoration can be expanded, common challenges and recommended actions to address each challenge.
The process to develop the framework was managed by an administrative team comprised of The Nature Conservancy, the Stockton University Coastal Research Center, and the Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute. To establish a shared understanding and inform deliberations, the administrative team worked with the steering committee and other experts to research key issues which were documented in six white papers.