As the busy summer months take hold, it’s important, says Conserve Wildlife Foundation biologist Sherry Tirgrath, to remember that some beach activities can affect the livelihood of “creatures that are just trying to survive in the only habitat that can support them.”

With the July 4th holiday ahead, and a lot of summer still to come, CWF is reminding those on Long Beach Island and in other coastal areas that beach-nesting birds are currently incubating eggs and raising chicks.