In a pond called Wreck, a new creation helps fish breed

SPRING LAKE, N.J. (AP) — For years, the conflicting goals of protecting the environment and some of the Jersey shore’s priciest real estate from storms have bedeviled New Jersey’s Wreck Pond. Storms sometimes open a channel between the 48-acre tidal pond and the ocean, but governments keep sealing it shut to protect homes from flooding. […]