Research

The first website that my partner and I researched over the summer was logically the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Website. Once there, we read through several pages of information until we found a page about clean marinas at:  http://www.nj.gov/dep/njcleanmarina/certified-greencove.htm

Once there, we discovered http://www.njcleanmarina.org/.

We used this website for a large majority of our summer research. This website is for a program created by the D.E.P. to protect these critical habitat areas that are home to a variety of species including algae, plankton, shellfish, and finfish. The program encourages marina owners, yacht clubs, boatyards and boaters to adopt practices that help prevent adverse impacts to water quality, sensitive habitats, and living resources in proximity to marinas. 

http://www.nj.gov/dep/njcleanmarina/
Helped identify what makes a marina green.

http://www.nj.gov/dep/njcleanmarina/docs/selfassess.xls
Provides a detailed checklist for green marinas.

http://www.columbiaisland.com/green.htm

This is a website for information about the George Washington Memorial Parkway Marina in Arlington Virginia. We used this website because it identified several areas where change was necessary in order for a marina to be considered green. This marina was transformed into a green marina a few years ago, and the process is documented on the website. We plan to use a similar process in the re-design of our marina.