Sounds like the manager Virginia needs tol learn how to lighten up and have some fun. It's people like her who let their power from their job go to their head. For decades people have been going there and now all of a sudden it is harmful. What a joke.

I don't understand, when did government stop being "For the People" If so many people enjoy going there, what better reason do you need to keep it open. I know it's not the same but everyone should make it a point to anchor just outside of it and continue congregating in the area.

The problem with this government is it thinks we work for them, not the other way around. It's time we get them to listen to us.

Ever since the Jersey Shore cast went there in an episode the crowds got way out of hand. I personally can't stand the place as it is a congregation of people that try to make the bay seem more like a spring break destination. Most of them have no business running a boat sober, never mind wasted. I say it's better for the traffic in gunner's notch, I'll stick to Tice's thanks.

"Any activity that we permit there has to be tied to the needs and requirements of wildlife before they can be tied to what we need to do to recreate," Rettig told Brick Patch earlier this month.
Oh, OK... they "permit" us to use the area in our State/Town....who's paying you folks? This whole thing has gotten out of hand. How about this, let's put tax paying HUMANS at the top of that wildlife list and rethink this whole situation.

Folks, I'm all for wildlife preservation but this is ridiculous. The birds & fish have plenty of areas to breed and flourish....this area is not vital for their continued well being.

"...banning recreational boaters and threatened to anchor bollards at the site's entrance and fill in the lagoons."
If they are so concerned with the wildlife, why did they threaten to close it off and backfill it? I'm sure that would have killed tons of birds, fish, crabs, turtles, frogs, snakes, etc....right?

Too bad we can't send Fish & Wildlife a tax bill for all that waterfront proprty.

Boose, you are correct. That case ruined it. And I also agree about the boaters who still haven't taken any boating courses are on the bay/ocean. Only when there is a tragedy, do people stake a stand. That's why the State Police do random checks, thank goodness.

Lets all party at treasure island now...at least the water circulates there and is not filled with gas and urine. At least F-cove kept things in a confined area. That place is not a wildlife refuge. if it was it they would never have let it get to the condition it is in now.

If there is going to be cooperation it needs to be between everyone: Mayor, Council, Wildlife people, and the people that are using F cove.

I was out this past weekend saw that it was barricaded off but still saw boaters, jet skis and others going in and out of f cove. If we want it open right now we need to obey what is being said in keeping off of the property then maybe with some luck our elected officials can work something out with the federal government and allow us back in to enjoy the area.

Plain and simple no one is making money off of the F cove. If you had to pay to get into the F cove there would not be any problem, since the only way you can get there is by boat and there is no guard gate where you pay and get a ticket like everywhere else in jersey then of coarse someone has a problem with all the boaters hanging out for free me being one of them!!! So charge me already and leave it alone!!

Virginia probably honed her skills as elementary school hall monitor and college dorm RA.

Those damn young whippersnappers with those shiney new boats and those new fangled jet skis showing too much skin in them two piece bathing suits blasting that devils music were up to no good gathering all together like that I tell ya, now they will have to go elsewhere and be someone else's problem......

Its a wild life preserve and it was treated worse then a bar! Treat it right and it would be open.

Well atleast it will stay clean now!

F the boaters keep it for the wildlife. Humans are stripping away more and more wild life areas every year. There are plenty of other places obnoxious boaters can go and pollute. Sorry but it's digusting how many boaters just chuck crap in the water. How many bennies moved down here because they liked our wild spaces and are now turning this place into what they were trying to get away from to begin with. Keep it wild or at the very least ban all motor boats and keep it for canoes with strict pollution fines. Just cause you have a boat does not entitle you to destroy every last wild place!

How anyone thinks the federal government has any business in the Barnegat Bay is beyond me. This is a direct attack on our rights and our culture - like it or not. Got a problem with F-cove? Don't go there. Someone please tell Virginia to shove it and go push some paper somewhere else. Jeez people - c'mon!! Straight-up government power grab. Stop letting this happen!!!

Everybody should show up the meeting Tuesday night with signs to support F-Cove for Humans. The ban of F-Cove for human recreation does nothing to promote preservation of wildlife and does everything to limit personal liberty. How could a man-made area designed for residential property be considered a benefit to wildlife? The only wildlife flourishing in the area is mosquitoes and crabs, and I am not particularly fond of either one of them.

#OccupyF-Cove

Five has been there for years and just like everything else a few bad apples ruin it for everyone else. As a marina operator I have seen more repair work come from the cove because people taking boats inthere that should not belong. It has gotten out of control and the partying has gotten outta hand not only here but at tices also how many accidents have we had. People need to be more conscious of our actions. That's right we pay taxes we are entiteled to do what we want and now one should tell us otherwise. Half of boaters don't even belong on the water but there check book gets them the biggest boat they can afford and there lack of common sense and mutual respect for others gets them or someone else killed. Leave it closed they won't go to tices not with gas prices raising and treasure island most of these people won't even be able to get off the island as soon as the tide goes out. Should be an interesting year for boating. Be safe be responsible enjoy ur season everyone

The only people more disgusting than the slobs at F Cove are the people in government.

What about making the F-cove shallower only allowing access to small boats? If they are concerned about sea life then they would put in a pipe that connects the back cove to the bay which would create circulation in the cove.....anything living in thier has 3 eyes...not just because the pollution but because the place was man made and is not eco-friendly by design. THIS IS NOT A NATURAL HABITAT...it was MAN MADE, therefore cannot be a wild life refuge.

I'm glad it's closed. Nothing but a hang out for drunks and roid heads to use as a big toilet. Where do you think all that drunk beer goes?

The government wouldn't mind keeping it open if they were able to charge us people who do go there. Not all of us trash the place and act like a bunch of out of control animals.

Brick has become a cesspool recently, and closing the F@#$ Cove was a brilliant idea. I say we close down the fishing pier, the beaches and anything that allows the scum from North jersey and NY to congregate. I would rather see them fill in the F Cove with landfill and make it another Foodtown abondoned lot like on Route 88. Then we can be sure for at least another 10 years of peace and quiet. This town is a joke, safest town, LMAO!!!! We lost that title years ago, now we are just a pass thru as the fist pumpers head to the beaches. You all wanted the mayor, well look at all his promises from 2008-9, and see EXACTLY what he did to all of you. He didn't even kiss half of you after he was done.

What a coincidence f-cove is closed as soon as"taxpayers park" is being built

Its ironic how the people pro-closing the cove are so vocal to complain about it. Simple fact... if you don't like it there, don't go!

For the rest of us who do enjoy Brick's coves, don't fight, know how to drive a boat, and do not litter why should we be punished??? These coves offer much more than just a weekend party. They provide some of the most relaxing experiences a boater can ask for. Dinner, wine and watching the sun set aboard a boat which sits idle for 8 months of the year makes for an amazing night. Maybe even the American Dream (or atleast my version of it). I am a hard worker, a Brick resident, a tax payer, and a responsible boater.

I agree with the statements about the government taking action simply since they cannot generate funds from it. Look at the beaches... millions of people leave trash behind, cause fights, create traffic, give the area a bad name, and have surely disrupted the wild life in the creation of the boardwalks, restaurants, bars, arcades, etc. Since the town, state, and fed profit from the tourism taxes, these recreational activities are widely accepted. Can someone explain the difference to me?

Us boaters will simply find a new home. A new place to congregate, and honestly, those who respect nature will continue to do so. Those who do not will remain pigs. The advantage to the coves... close to home. Able to beach the boat and not rock. And, it's a central safe meeting place compared to the open waters.

Were are we supposed to go now ??? I'm liking the idea of anchoring right outside the entrance.

Have no doubt this is another way the federal government takes away states rights and local land use rights. The EPA has decided they can now control the waterways in NJ. Government regulations out of control.

Way to go Tree huggers

I can't wait until Ron Paul puts an end to the EPA and all this wasteful use of taxpayer's hard-earned money.

Sigh... humans really do deserve to be wiped off the planet. Lets review in the past years we have dumped and ENORMOUS of oil and chem dispersents into the gulf, now finding shrimp w/o eyes, crabs w/o claws thousands of dead sea life washing ashore, we also dumped tons of nuclear waste into the ocean via Japan, oh and the best several GIANT floating garbage islands one alone is twice the size of Texas and 3.5 million tons of garbage. No one even knows how to clean up. The plastic in it is breaking down slowly leaching tons of deadly toxins into the ocean. Really you have to be nuts to eat ANY seafood these days. The think humans can just LAY OFF the freaking ocean for a while to give it a chance to recover??? Nope. I get that people got used to partying and polluting their butts off at F-cove, however, it is now part of a protected area. Ya think selfish whiney little babies can just lay off it for a while and give nature one tiny little break?? Find somewhere else to get ripped. Really reading these comments you would think it's the end of the world.

As usual. a fun place is ruined by people who dont know how to act. When i went there years ago on a saturday there would be a no garbage, fish and few boats..maybe 10 max and that was a lot. I went back there a few times to party and yes it was fun but i would see people throwing trash and dumping beer every where. its a shame.

Yes Joebrick didn't you know that all of us "uneducated" adults want to do away with clean air and water protections because as Ron Paul has pointed out people and corporations (per Romney corporations ARE people) will just magically do the right thing and not poison our air and water. Wow. Based on your past comments you seem to put a lot of stock in looks ("too ugly to fit in") and social life.... sniff it's such a shame we all can't be one of the cool kids like you. I get that people have become accustomed to that spot but it's part of a protected wild life area now. Just find a new place to party. As to seafood? Hey I love it too but given all the damage we are doing to the ocean it may not be the safest to eat. Sorry but I do think the government would hold off on reporting seafood saftey to avoid hurting the industry. Fun fact as a species we are currently consuming enough resources that it would take 1.5 Earths just to sustain the CURRENT levels of land,water consumption. At some point we have to sacrifice some amusements for the future.

I wish my fun fact was baseless (I really do). But it's not. It's just math.
http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/blog/living_well_in_a_world_of_7_billion/
Yeah I know Ron Pauls Randian joke policies .... the trouble with 'private' entities is that they have one goal - to make profit at all cost - they are not beholden to a common good and co-opted and corrupted. Take Monsanto for example when faced with daming evidence of their activities killing off bee populations they just bought the research lab that produced the study - problem fixed (for them not bees). The government is far from perfect but as many forget WE are the government and it is up to us to vote out and/or fix areas not working. Private companies would not have to answer to anyone but their stock holders, which does not make for good watchdogs. I really don't care what happens to other party spots my point was maybe people need to find a less damaging way to have fun, if that makes me a "partypooper" I could give a .... poop. My point was that maybe people need to be more respectful of our planet and put it first for once. Future generations are going to wonder what the F we were doing when we had all the warning signs in front of us and did nothing - what do we say "Sorry but we didn't want to deprive ourselfs of any amusement lest we be bored that weekend"...

It WAS a man made lagoon but has since become incorporated into the Edwyn B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, it is no longer a future condo site. The point is to allow nature to recover it.

When you think that there are maybe 16 weekends in the summer that there could be a crowd at F Cove that means at the most 32 days. So 15% of the time the weather is crumby so that leaves 27 days out of 365 it might have a crowd. Not enough to compromise wildlife or the ecological balance. I bring my grandchildren there during the week in the summer and there are never anymore than a handful of boats. With gas prices the way they are where are the boaters going to be able to go. This is the first nail in the cofiin of getting us out of the Barnegat Bay. We can pay the highest taxes to live on the water but the govenment only wants you to be able to look at it!

NEW SPOT.....APPLEGATE COVE.......Just down the bay south of Silver Bay....They can try but THE PARTY MUST GO ON!!!!!...Spread the word...Any questions contact me... john@nulifepavers.com

First nail in the coffin is right on, Linda! Get used to it folks. Lifelonginbrick who believes "Humans really do deserve to be wiped off the planet" and MANY more who think just like this Marxist moron are here to tell you how it's gonna be! Do not submit to these traitors! They think this world would be more beautiful without people. I invite them to go first. Let's see how it looks then! Liberate F-cove!! We have God-given rights, people. Fear no man.

First we have to look at something. Who complained? Was it the fact that the state workers found a mess back there OR was it one of the multi million dollar home owners in the area that doesn't like the crowds with the noise and extra boats being so close to his compound? I bet I know the answer already! It's not what you know but who! Look into it boaters!

HANG OUT AT TRADERS COVE BY MAYORS BOAT...PARTY ....

kekebrick, wow so I guess anyone that disagrees with you or Joe is "uneducated". Your reading comprehension skills need some work. It's not that I "don't like" F-cove but rather since it's become part of a protected area I was just wondering why people can't give it back to nature and find some other spot to pollute. As to me not wanting to eat seafood from polluted water? Uh yeah eating fish from polluted water is not such a good idea but hey what do I know I'm just uneducated.... unlike you.

Joe, the link I gave you is to a nonprofit organization comprised of scientists from around the world to where over 5,000 points of data from over 150 countries are collected and evaluated with regards to our consumption of current resources and future population sustainability. It's math honey. Their report is used by the united nations and countries around the world to manage their resources and even the Wall Street Journal Market watch uses it for forecasting. I don't have a sock puppet so let me try and use words to explain this... we have only one planet with an expanding population and limited natural resources if we don't steward these things wisely when building cities, developing products, etc it will result in dire economic and health problems. What is it with people like you and KeKe who seem to think we can treat the planet like an ashtray and not have any problems to deal with as a result? But hey KeKe actually thinks it's cool that our seafood comes from polluted water no harm right?

Wow, even tho i don't spend a lot of time at F Cove, i do go there, it is a crime that they are taking yet another "thing" away from us. I spoke to Virginia immediately after the "Party's Over" article..she seemed reasonable. I guess she is an ass. She looks like a freaking "loon" (bird). We are becoming such a socialist society it kills me. It seems that anything we find remotely fun and inexpensive these days is taken away. I am all for wildlife, I am an animal lover but this is just BS. I wonder if we could get something together and go to her boss, the Governor......he seems like he likes to enjoy a good time..

lifelonginbrick,

Your will to limit the personal liberties of others is unamerican and outright disgraceful, and people like you should be removed from society.

By the way, have you ever been to f-cove? Answer honestly now.

Lets write to Christie, he is all about less government....I already sent mine. He does read the emails and responds. I wanted to post his actual email address here but the last response kinda told me not to...lol...so use this site to contact him. http://nj.gov/governor/contact/

I have been in F-cove & I have to say I am shocked no one was ever killed there. Personally my boat was almost hit by someone with a large speedboat trying to unbeach their boat. Was not paying attention to any traffic to his stern. Wasn't there a bad jetski accident just outside the cove? The problem with f-cove was size, way too many boats & too large boats to be in there at one time. Did Jersey Shore have something to do with the closing? I don't know, but once I heard f-cove was on the jersey shore, my reaction was oh sh*t. The people who this will hurt the most, are all the local marinas who repair all the boats. F cove was a gold mine, big heavy boats with deep drafts going over the sand bar at the enterance.

Hello all. Craig here. If anyone attended the Brick township meeting, I was the first to speak in the Q&A session.

We are planning on suing Fish and Wildlife in Federal Court in the next couple of weeks.

We will be setting up a dedicated web site as soon as possible to keep everyone informed of our progress.

Please stay tuned!

We have not yet begun to fight. We have all lost a big part of our freedom due to this unilateral power grab by 2 unelected federal officials (specifically Virginia Rettig and her as-yet-unnamed solicitor).

This action can not, and will not, go unchallenged.

Virginia Rettig has 47,800 acres to manage in her region of the Edwin B. Forsythe refuge (in just Ocean and Atlantic counties). The F-Cove and T-Cove together comprise less than 1/10th of 1% of the refuge.

I'll leave it there for now. More information will be posted ASAP!

Who owns a tug? And can remove the barricade!

This is all the liberal mentality Vote Mitt Romney

Liberal mentality vote Mitt Romney

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