Last year was a good year for the state’s ospreys. According to Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey, it was actually the best year yet for a species that has been in recovery since the use of DDT in the 1950s led to reproduction failure, coupled with an increasing loss of habitat along shorelines.
New Jerseylisted the osprey as endangered in 1974, and numbers began to rise after a nationwide ban on DDT and enhanced efforts to construct and maintain nesting platforms.
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