Flanked by the bay to east and the Pine Barrens to the west, Little Egg Harbor Township lies at the southernmost end of Ocean County, about as far from offshore wind development as a Jersey Shore community can be and yet right in the middle of it, too.

“We’re located basically right in between where offshore wind is going to be located and where they may come ashore at Oyster Creek,” Jason Worth, township engineer, said recently. “We’re in the heart of the area that is going to be impacted.”