Environment

Monmouth County is offering a free 2026 tire pick‑up program through March 31 to help reduce mosquito breeding. Residents can schedule collection for up to ten tires without rims.

TRENTON – The Department of Environmental Protection announced the award of nearly $32 million in grants that will advance the state’s transition to zero-emission school buses to better protect the health of schoolchildren and improve public access to charging stations in New Jersey communities.

The Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners is proud to announce that the County and its regional partners have been awarded a Resilient NJ grant in the amount of $292,773.25 to support a regional climate resilience planning study for the Shark River Basin, a tidal estuary where freshwater streams meet the Atlantic Ocean via the Shark River Inlet.

TRENTON – Governor Phil Murphy today led a coalition of seven states to sign a petition to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requesting nationwide monitoring of drinking water supplies for microplastics, with the goal of better understanding the occurrence of contamination in drinking water supplies.

SEA BRIGHT, NJ – The Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners has announced that concrete from the old Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge is prepared to ship to a designated spot off Sandy Hook, where it will be used to construct a fishing reef.

NEW JERSEY – At nearly 80 sites across New Jersey, volunteers came together for the 2025 Clean Ocean Action (COA) Fall Beach Sweeps, united by a shared commitment to care for the coast.

FREEHOLD, NJ – The Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners has announced that concrete from the old Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge will be used to construct a fishing reef off Sandy Hook.

In a Facebook post over the weekend, The Monmouth County Sheriff's Office announced that residents may be smelling smoke from Canadian Wildfires.

According to the State EPA’s Beach Monitoring Program, as of yesterday, no beaches in Monmouth County are closed but several are under advisories.

Island Beach State Park has reopened at limited capacity.