Jacqui Bonavito

Jacqui Bonavito has been to Island Beach State Park in Seaside Park, NJ.
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Island Beach State Park — Like Lillian Africano

Thank the stock market crash of 1929 for this last major remnant of a barrier island ecosystem at the southern end of the Barnegat Peninsula. A few years earlier, steel magnate Henry Phipps planned to turn the area into a resort for his wealthy friends. The crash ended those plans, and in 1953, his descendants sold the land to the state, which later made it into Island Beach State Park. Today, the dunes and beaches on this idyllic 10-mile stretch of land are home to the same flora and fauna that thrived here thousands of years ago: 300 plant species, wading birds, peregrine falcons and the state’s largest osprey colony.
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Jacqui Bonavito saved Beach Plum Island State Park in Milton, DE.
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Jacqui Bonavito submitted on Beach Plum Island State Park in Milton, DE.
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Beach plum in bloom and sand dunes

Island Beach State Park is one of the few remaining natural areas of coastal NJ. The sand dunes are what makes this place unique. The beach plum shrubs usually bloom during the first few days of May. Late September into the first week of October is another good time to visit when the seaside goldenrod is in bloom. If you're lucky, you may even catch monarch butterflies as they migrate south.
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