Staff from Conserve Wildlife Foundation, as well as N.J. Department of Environmental Protection biologists and a handful of dedicated volunteers, are currently venturing on foot and by boat to the state’s coastal salt marshes to conduct a census of nesting ospreys. According to CWF Habitat Program Manager Ben Wurst, the last count was in 2017, when 668 nesting pairs were recorded.
“Nests are surveyed in a variety of methods, with ladders being the traditional method, as this allows for closer…
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