Eagle Scout Honored For Dune Grass Planting, Butterfly Project At Brick Beach 3

BRICK, NJ — The next time you go to Brick Beach 3, keep an eye out for butterflies. If you see them, you can thank Matthew Nugent.

Nugent was honored Tuesday night by Brick Township officials for attaining the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest honor for Boy Scouts.

Nugent said his Eagle Scout project was to create a monarch butterfly way station, "so that when they migrate they could get nutrients on their journey," he said.

His project also included planting hundreds of plants of dune grass on the dunes, he said.

Nugent said the project took months and months of planning and preparation for what was one day of doing all the planting.

"It was fantastic," Nugent said. "It was a great experience. It was fun. It was everything you wanted a project to be."

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