Shifting Sand: The history and challenges of beach replenishment on Seven Mile Island – Sue Warner Summer 2026
For the past 30 years Stone Harbor and other New Jersey coastal towns have relied on nature, but also federal and state governments, for their sandy beaches. Every few years, a massive pipe, connected to an offshore dredge, would snake across the beach spewing sand up from the seabed. Block by block, a wide new beach and plump, grassy dunes reappeared.
To read the whole document, click here – Shifting Sand doc
Shifting Sand AI video-
In this video we had AI review the extensive Shifting Sand document, written by Sue Warner. The AI review takes nine pages and created a short nine-minute video overview
Beach Preservation- Spring 2026
In this video from our 2026 Spring Membership Meeting, Susan Barrett and Dan Ginolfi discuss the current state of beach preservation in Stone Harbor and the surrounding areas.
Beach Restoration – Fall 2026
In this video, Susan Barrett, SHPOA Trustee, Mayor Tim Carney, and Joseph A. Clark, Borough Administrator, talk about the 2026 Beach Restoration as it just gets started. This connects with the publication of the SHPOA Shifting Sand documentation of years of restoration along Seven Mile Island.
SHPOA is the Stone Harbor Property Owners Association, As an organization, we work to keep our members informed of what’s going on in the town where all of us have invested our resources and memories. Our mission is to be “a bridge” to borough officials, that is, to advise and consult with them about issues of importance to our members, as many are not local voters.
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