Conserve Wildlife Blog: A healthy population, osprey numbers continue to rise


Photo credit: Eric Sambol
By Ben Wurst, Habitat Program Manager: "Ospreys are currently listed as a threatened species in New Jersey. They were first listed as endangered in 1974 after the state population declined to only 50 pairs, from over 500 prior to1950. Ospreys have made a remarkable recovery in New Jersey thanks to biologists with the Endangered and Nongame Species Program (ENSP) and many volunteers. Surveys that help monitor the population were conducted in late June and early July."
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Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 9/1/2010 6:00 AM
Categories: Birds
Tags: endangered and nongame species program ospreys ENSP indicator species threatened species
 

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