Poricy Park

It is known for its Cretaceous period fossil shell beds along the Poricy Brook streambed, open to the public for limited collecting.

They formed a non-profit organization which in partnership with Middletown Township, the Nature Conservancy and New Jersey Green Acres began buying land between 1970 and 1973.

[1] The Poricy Brook cuts through a number of geological layers which are rising due to glacial rebound.

The fossils in the exposed Navesink Formation are in the stream bed and are easily accessible from the parking lot along Middletown-Lincroft Road.

Wildlife in Poricy park include rabbit, skunk, snake, bat, opossum, groundhog, white-tailed deer, American eel, multiple species of bird including owls, hawks, and Turkey Vultures as well as red fox (one seen 5/9/10 with pups).