The Holgate unit of the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, on Long Beach Island’s south end, is experiencing another banner year for piping plovers. According to Todd Pover, senior wildlife biologist with Conserve Wildlife Foundation, 49 plover pairs nested at the site this year, up from 46 pairs in 2021 – which was also a record.
New Jersey’s breeding plover population had averaged approximately 120 pairs since they were federally listed as a threatened species in 1986.
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