Abouelezz_Piping Plovers 2013 .pdf - New York-New Jersey Harbor ...
Abouelezz_Piping Plovers 2013 .pdf - New York-New Jersey Harbor ...
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Gateway National Recreation AreaSpecies Status• Atlantic Coast population of the piping plover (Charadrius melodus)listed federally threatened January 1986• Threats to the population include: habitat loss and degradation,predation, human disturbance, wind turbine development andclimate change (USFWS 2009)• Minimum subpopulation for <strong>New</strong> <strong>York</strong>-<strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> recovery unit = 575pairs for 5 years [586 pairs in 2008] (USFWS 2009)• GNRA, in consultation with USFWS, implemented a piping plovermanagement plan in 1989
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