The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies has for years fostered a relationship with Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey – the mission of which is to preserve rare and imperiled species of wildlife that live and breed in, and migrate through, the state. According to CWF Senior Wildlife Biologist Ben Wurst, the two nonprofits began collaborating in 2015 “to help encourage ospreys to utilize a nest platform on LBIF’s 20-acre preserved salt marsh.

“Over the years,” he continued, “our relationship has grown, and we have worked to improve science-based programming…