The SandPaper

Barnegat Light Defends Decision to Bury Whale

Federal Rules, Decayed State Prohibited Other Choices


Barnegat Light Borough Council backed up the town’s action to bury the 30-ton whale carcass on the 19th Street beach a week before, bringing copies of letters from agencies saying that was the only way it could have been disposed of. The 54-foot decomposing carcass is under 5 feet of sand close to the dune line, covered with lime and […]


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