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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 New York-New Jersey recovery unit = 575pairs for 5 years [586 pairs in 2008] (USFWS 2009)• GNRA, in consultation with USFWS, implemented a piping plovermanagement plan in 1989
Gateway National Recreation AreaManagement Area• Nesting habitat: above high tide line on coastal beaches, sand flats,foredunes, washovers areas between dunes. Areas characterizedby no or sparse vegetation• Foraging habitat: intertidal zones, washover areas, sand flats andshorelines• Gateway manages Rockaway beaches for breeding piping plovers.Beaches include: Jacob Riis, Ft. Tilden, Silver Gull Club, WestBeach, Breezy Point Tip
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