Students enrolled in a Kean-Ocean class titled Principles of Environmental Soil Science, offered at the Ocean County College campus in Toms River, toured a number of local construction sites earlier this month to learn about soil erosion control standards in New Jersey. Ocean County Soil Conservation District staff members Ramon Mejia and Ben Hayden partnered with the academic program to lead the field trip and share their soil savvy.

As the OCSCD explains on its website, soildistrict.org, “Students were able to see firsthand how several of the 32…