Implement surveys and recovery metrics used in Delaware Bay to characterize and track the status of horseshoe crab populations in six Atlantic Coast states. Project will inform natural resource agencies, supporting the recovery of horseshoe crab populations outside of Delaware Bay, with a goal of rebuilding a network of shorebird stopovers, and advancing the recovery of rufa red knot and other Arctic-nesting shorebirds.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Atlantic Flyway Shorebirds
Project Title: Surveying American Horseshoe Crab as a Critical Element of Red Knot Conservation (Multiple States)
Organization:
New Jersey Audubon Society
Project ID:
0111.22.074089
Description:
Award Amount:
$60000.00
Location:
Coastal Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, and South Carolina