Restoring Critical Wildlife Habitat in Delaware Bay

By: Lindsay McNamara, Communications Coordinator

Did you know?

Each spring New Jersey hosts the largest concentration of shorebirds in North America! From about the first week in May to the second week in June, the biggest gathering of horseshoe crabs in the world comes to Delaware Bay to spawn.

At the same time, hundreds of thousands of shorebirds arrive on the Bayshore to refuel on horseshoe crab eggs at a critical stopover during their migration. Delaware Bay is an extremely important area for a number of at-risk wildlife, including Red Knots and Horseshoe Crabs.

American Littoral Society and Conserve Wildlife Foundation are restoring this significant habitat in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Learn more about our restoration work on our newly created project website: www.RestoreNJBayshore.org.

Learn more:

• NJ Spotlight: NJ’s Beaches on Delaware Bay to Undergo Restoration to Help Safeguard Wildlife
• Press of Atlantic City: Restored Beaches Draw Crabs, Birds
• Check out our newly created Delaware Bay restoration website!
• Conserve Wildlife Foundation’s Delaware Bay Shorebird Project

Lindsay McNamara is the Communications Coordinator for Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey.