Education Volunteers Needed at Cattus Island Park

Are You?
- Available during the week?
- Willing to work with children?
- Interested in science and nature?
- Able to walk two miles in a day?
If So...
Cattus Island Park needs your help in April, May and and June. You will be assisting the staff in educating school groups. Training classes will be offered during the week of April 9th from 9:00am to 3:00pm. After completing training and assisting in at least seven group programs, volunteers will be issued a Cooper Environmental Center Docent Training certificate.
Call Cattus Island Park at 732-270-6960 for more information.

Pitch, Hit & Run

Sunday, April 29
11:00 am
Lake Shenandoah County Park,
New Hampshire Ave. Lakewood
Free event

Pitch, Hit & Run
Official Skills Competition of
Major League Baseball
Sponsored by the Ocean County
Board of Chosen Freeholders and
Ocean County Parks & Recreation

Click here for more information

37th Annual Fishing Contest

Saturday May 5, 2012
Rain or Shine!
Registration 7:30 am - noon
Contest runs 7:30 am - 2:00 pm
Prizes awarded 2:30-3:00 pm

$2.00 for children under 16
$4.00 for adults 16 & over

REGISTER AT: Lake Shenandoah County Park Boat House
Route 88, Lakewood, NJ

Click here for the Poster (PDF)

Click here for the Contest Rules (PDF)

30th Annual Decoy & Gunning Show

Saturday and Sunday
September 29 & 30, 2012
7:00 am - 5:00 pm
Admission is FREE

Visit Both Tuckerton Locations:
Tip Seaman County Park & Tuckerton Seaport

Free Shuttle Bus Parking at the Pinelands Regional High School, Tuckerton Seaport, and Freedom Fields County Park

Contests include: Skeet Shooting, Decoy Carving, Retrieving, Duck and Goose Calling, Gunning Displays, Model Boats, Art & Photography, and more!

The Department of Parks & Recreation now safeguards more than four thousand acres of land which is dedicated to the enjoyment of our citizens and the conservation of open space.

This impressive acreage includes sixteen parks, four conservation areas, and two golf courses. Four more outstanding facilities in Barnegat, Beachwood, and Brick are presently on the drawing boards.

Ocean County Parks Photo Gallery camera icon

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Ocean County Parks and Recreation Newsletter

All residents of Ocean County, NJ can receive a free issue of our Parks and Recreation Newsletter. This quarterly publication lists all our adult and kids' programs, classes, sports events, trips, festivals and more! E-mail us your name, mailing address and telephone number, or telephone us at 1-877-OCPARKS, ext. 5954 and we'll send you the current issue.

If you live outside of Ocean County, NJ and would like to receive the current issue of the Newsletter, simply send us a self-addressed 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 legal size manila envelope stamped with 83 cents postage to O.C. Parks & Recreation, 1198 Bandon Road, Toms River, N.J. 08753. In addition, many of our programs are now listed if you need to check availability of an event.

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