{"id":1022,"date":"2022-01-14T04:22:57","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T04:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/?page_id=1022"},"modified":"2022-04-12T17:39:15","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T17:39:15","slug":"great-bay-boulevard-wma-terrapin-habitat-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/conservation\/great-bay-boulevard-wma-terrapin-habitat-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Bay Boulevard WMA Terrapin Habitat Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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NJ Fish and Wildlife has partnered with the\u00a0Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey<\/a>\u00a0(CWF) to enhance nesting habitat for northern diamondback terrapins within\u00a0Great Bay Boulevard Wildlife Management Area<\/a>\u00a0in Ocean County. The area will be enhanced by adding sand to a former marina parking lot and planting the area with native plants to stabilize the soil and provide additional habitat to pollinators such as monarch butterflies. A split rail fence will be installed around the restoration area to prevent damage from vehicle traffic. The use of the restoration site by adult female terrapins will be monitored by CWF volunteers and biologists as part of their\u00a0Great Bay Terrapin Project<\/a>\u00a0throughout the field season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The creation of nesting habitat for female terrapins is critical to their long-term survival. As coastal areas are more frequently flooded over time, terrapins will lose many of their historic nesting areas. With very high levels of site fidelity and small home ranges, it is important to enhance habitat for them to nest. In addition, the creation of this site will drastically help improve the chances of the survival of young terrapins through direct monitoring and protection of nests by volunteers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A portion of the funding for this project is being provided by Forked River Power LLC<\/a> through a DEP Supplemental Environmental Project<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Every year, hundreds of diamondback terrapins risk their life crossing Great Bay Boulevard in search of suitable nesting habitat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Split-rail fence was recently installed around the project site to protect the area from vehicular traffic. Sand will be brought in to provide suitable terrapin nesting habitat and planted with native pollinator species.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n



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NJ Fish and Wildlife has partnered with the\u00a0Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey\u00a0(CWF) to enhance nesting habitat for northern diamondback terrapins within\u00a0Great Bay Boulevard Wildlife Management Area\u00a0in Ocean County. The area will be enhanced by adding sand to a former marina parking lot and planting the area with native plants to stabilize the soil and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":52,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1022","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1022\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}