In 2020 the shorebirds coming to the bay left early because of delayed horseshoe crabs spawning. We still hope for more birds, but the window is closing fast.
Water temperature slows crab spawn on Delaware Bay, more red knots arrive
by Larry Nilesby Larry NilesNortheasterly winds keeps Delaware Bay water cold and holding back horseshoe crab spawning and making life difficult for migrant shorebirds
In our 24th year of work on Delaware Bay Shorebirds and horseshoe crabs, the year of COVID 19 has brought an ecological lockdown from cold water.
Wildlife work during a pandemic Death and suffering spread across…
Industry tips the scale of resource management with well-funded advocacy, yet agencies and many foundations refuse to fund advocacy on behalf of wildlife, local communities, and our children’s future. Conservationists need more support for advocacy.
Many people oppose hunters and fishers on moral grounds. The impact divides outdoors people, which works best for the people destroying wildlife.
The Unnatural Ecology of Delaware Bay Marsh – Restoring Thompson’s Marsh 3
by Larry Nilesby Larry NilesDelaware Bay’s vast and bountiful marsh masks a past of unrestrained manipulation for-profit and a future of impending Climatic calamity. But we can persuade nature to heal and protect
Repairing a Damaged Wetland – a photo journal – Restoring Thompson’s Marsh 4
by Larry Nilesby Larry NilesA vast tidal wetland frames Delaware Bay. Centuries of farming have left the marsh vulnerible to erosion and unproductive.. We took one step to fix it by filling a containment dike to hold mud dredged from a nearby creek.