More than20 years ago, members of the Little Egg Harbor Yacht Cub in Beach Haven formed the Mordecai Land Trust in an attempt to curb erosion that had been eating away at Mordecai Island, located in the bay just west of the docks. The claw-shaped island currently covers 40 acres, although at one time itcovered more than 70 acres.
According to the land trust, the island protects Beach Haven’s western edge from storms and at the same time serves as a wonderful ecosystem that is a habitat for a…
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