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Habitat Inventory & Assessment

We work with partners to identify, inventory, and assess the status of coastal habitats and their living resources.  This information helps us prioritize our work and helps guide decion makers.  Examples of this work are:

Gap Analasis Project for Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey

The goal of Gap Analysis is to keep common species common by identifying those species and plant communities that are not adequately represented on existing conservation lands. By identifying their habitats, Gap Analysis gives land managers, planners, scientists, and policy makers the information they need to make better-informed decisions when identifying priority areas for conservation. Read more...

Delmarva Conservation Corridor

This blue print for protecting our "Green Infrastructure" can guide land protection and restoration efforts.  It can serve as the overall strategy for coordinating the many programs and initiatives at Federal, State and Local levels.  By focusing these efforts into a unified framework, we can better protect the quality of life on the Eastern shore. Read more and view the map.

Philadelphia Urban Migratory Bird Treaty Stopover Study

Each spring and fall, the Atlantic Flyway is used by neotropical migratory songbirds to travel thousands of miles between their temperate breeding grounds and tropical wintering grounds. Because the major flight path overlaps with one of the most urbanized regions of North America, urban parks located within cities along the Flyway often represent some of the only stopover habitat available to migrating songbirds. Read more...

Close-up of bird band on Red Knot

Shorebird Monitoring at the Delaware Bay

Delaware Bay hosts the largest spawning population of horseshoe crabs in the world and the second largest population of migrating shorebirds in North America.  Since the shorebirds feed on the excess eggs of horeshoe crabs, a great deal of debate and controversy has surrounded the management of horseshoe crab as shorebird populations have declined.  Bringing sound science into this arena can help managers identify the best course of action. Read more...