Employ 10 students to encourage 3,000 members of the public to share 9.85 acres of coast with beach-nesting coastal waterbirds; and provide coastal stewardship training to 25 municipal employees to add to student stewardship efforts at Pleasure Beach in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Project will allow residents to enjoy the beach and allow Piping Plover and Least Terns to nest successfully.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Long Island Sound Futures Fund
Project Title: Audubon WildLife Guards – A Coastal Stewardship and Youth Conservation Training Program (CT)
Organization:
National Audubon Society, Inc.
Project ID:
1401.16.053864
Description:
Award Amount:
$34997.00
Location:
Pleasure Beach, Bridgeport, Connecticut