The beaches, marsh and the tide make Delaware Bay productive yet most of its resources are depleted or recoverying. Why? How can we do more?
Our changing climate worries most people especially the young but what can we do? Restoring habitat for wildlife while creating a more resilient shorelines.
The plunder of Delaware Bay horseshoe crabs makes little sense. Numbers would grow if it ended allowing more for everyone.. So why not stop the killing?
Shorebirds depend on the eggs of horseshoe crabs breeding. Too many are being killed every year. Agencies have admitted defeat. Conservationist needs to act.
A Rite of Spring Interrupted – Delaware Bay Shorebirds and Horseshoe Crabs in Spring 2019
by Larry Nilesby Larry NilesThe largest population of horseshoe crabs in the world spawn in Delaware Bay. They provide food for birds and fish. Five blogs describe new ways to help restore them to original numbers.
Only 14 miles separates the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays, yet we saw two very different ecological and economic worlds as we sailed from one to the other.
Shorebirds found enough horseshoe crabs eggs in 2019 because managers provided more habitat for horseshoe crabs and volunteers protected them.
An Experiment in Wetland Habitat Restoration – Restoring Thompson’s Beach 2
by Larry Nilesby Larry NilesA vast tidal wetland frames Delaware Bay. Centuries of farming have left the marsh vulnerable to erosion and unproductive.. We took one step to fix it