Endangered Species Monitoring - Northern Coastline of New Jersey
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1 Endangered Species Monitoring - Northern Coastline of New Jersey By: Mark H. Burlas, Sr. Wildlife Biologist U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New York District Planning Division
2 Presentation Format Project History Biological Monitoring Program Threatened & Endangered Species Piping Plover Stewardship Actions Piping Plover Data Piping Plover Data Results & Conclusions Future Stewardship Measures Interagency Team POCs Photo by Dr. Steven Pinker
3 Biological Monitoring Program Beach Erosion Control Project Atlantic Coast of New Jersey Section I Sea Bright to Ocean Twp. Section II - Asbury Park to Manasquan Photo by Dr. Steven Pinker
4 Project Area ~ 21 miles of coastline
5 Approximately 12 miles in length Approximately 9 miles in length
6 Construction Completion Dates & Cost Monmouth Beach (MB) November 1995 Sea Bright (SB) December 1996 Asbury Park to Avon-By-The-Sea October 1997 Long Branch December 1998 Belmar to Manasquan December st Renourishment (MB and SB) November 2002 Deal, Loch Arbour, Allenhurst Awaiting Construction To Date ~ $200 million Project Cost (Feasibility, PED & Construction) Federal $130 million (65%) Non-Federal $70 million (35%) ~ 19.5 million cubic yards of sand placed
7 Biological Monitoring Program Interagency Partners Scoping Study CENAN ERDC USFWS NJDEP, DFW NMFS USEPA CENAN ERDC USFWS NJDEP, DFW Rutgers University
8 Biological Monitoring Program Component Habitat Piping Plover, Least Tern Seabeach Amaranth Suspended Sediments Ichthyoplankton Benthos Sediments Fish Food Habits Water Quality Sea Turtles Beach Intertidal-Surf Zone Nearshore Offshore Borrow Area
9 Piping plover (Charadrius melodus) Status: Federal Threatened & Migratory Bird Adult Plover on a Nest Photo by USFWS, Midwest Plover Chick Photo by Dr. Steven Pinker
10 Least tern (Sterna antillarum) Status: Federal - Migratory Bird New Jersey - Endangered Least tern 9-year ( ) Estimated Totals Peak Adults 5517 Peak Adult Pairs Sitting 3060 Fledges 2825 Data collected and compiled by NJDEP, Division of Fish and Wildlife Endangered and Nongame Species Program Photos courtesy of Atlantic Highlands Herold
11 Vegetative Success Looking in a Southern Direction at the Border of Sea Bright & Monmouth Beach 1996, 1 yr post-construction 2000, 5 yrs post-construction 2001, 6 yrs post-construction
12 ENDANGERED SPECIES OFFSHORE BORROW AREA SEA TURTLE COMPONENT ~ 3000 Loads monitored 1 Take - Juvenile Loggerhead 1996 June 15 to November 15 50% monitoring 100% overflow and inflow screening Hopper dredges only NMFS Biological Opinion
13 Kemp s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Status: Federal - Endangered Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Status: Federal - Threatened Photos Courtesy NOAA and USFWS Photo Courtesy South Carolina DNR
14 Seabeach amaranth (Amaranthus pumilus) Status: Federal - Threatened Photos Courtesy of the USFWS
15 Seabeach amaranth Rediscovered in 2000 (~90 yr. absence) Photo and Data collected and compiled by the USFWS By: Dag Madara, Geographer; USACE Number of Plants MCN MCS Total Total 27, ,936 Average/Yr
16 Piping Plover Actions To Date Plover Monitoring & Stewardship to Present ESA USFWS Biological Opinion - September 2002 Streamlined Biological Opinion April 2004 Funding 1996 to Present ~ $600,000 USACE ~ $200,000 USFWS ~ $400,000 Photo by USFWS/Nature Works
17 Plover Stewardship Action Educational Signs Photo by USACE
18 Plover Stewardship Action Symbolic Fencing Photo by USACE
19 Plover Stewardship Action Predator Exclosure Cage Photo by USACE
20 Plover Stewardship Action Local Mgmt Plans USFWS & NJDEP, DFW Lead ( Lead (T. Pover; D. Jenkins) USACE Environmental Operating Principals Support, but not a Requirement Sea Bright, Monmouth Beach, Sea Girt, NJNGTC Photos by Dr. Steven Pinker
21 Piping Plover Nesting Locations Monmouth County North (MCN) Sea Bright North (SBN) 1998 to Present Sea Bright South (SBS)/Monmouth Beach North (MBN) to Present Monmouth Beach South (MBS) 2000 to 2002 Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park 2003 to Present Long Branch Monmouth County South (MCS) Sea Grit/NJ National Guard Training Center Sea Grit/Wreck Pond 2003 to Present Photo by USFWS/Midwest
22 Project Area ~ 21 miles of coastline
23 Piping Plover - Number of Nesting Pairs / Year Project Area Total 9-yr. N = 73 MCN Total 9-yr. N = 69 MCS Total 9-yr. N = 4 1 st Renourishment Data collected and compiled by NJDEP, Division of Fish and Wildlife Endangered and Nongame Species Program
24 8 Northern Momouth County - Number of Nesting Pairs / year SBN Total 9-yr. N = SBN/MBS Total 9-yr. N = 26 MBS Total 9-yr. N = 3 Seven Presidents Park Total 9-yr. N = 3 Long Branch Total 9-yr. N = 1 1 st Renourishment 2002 Data collected and compiled by NJDEP, Divis ion of Fish and Wildlife Endangered and Nongame Species Program
25 Piping Plover: 9-year ( ) Total Number of Fledges 3 Northern Monmouth County Southern Monmouth County 100 Data collected and compiled by NJDEP, Division of Fish and Wildlife Endangered and Nongame Species Program
26 Northern Monmouth County - Number of Fledges / Year SBN Total 9-yr. N = 43 SBS/MBN Total 9-yr. N = 40 8 MBS Total 9-yr. N = Seven Presidents Park Total 9yr. N = 5 Long Branch Total 9-yr. N = 1 1 st Renourishment Data collected and compiled by NJDEP, Division of Fish and Wildlife Endangered and Nongame Species Program
27 Piping Plover - Fledging Rate (# of Fledged Chicks / Nesting Pair) Project Area MCN 1 st Renourishment Average Photo by Richard Kuzminski Data collected and compiled by NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife Endangered and Nongame Species Program
28 Piping Plover - Fledging Rate (# Fledged Chicks/Nesting Pair) MCN Renourishment yr MCN Pre-nourishment ACP Recovery Goal MCN 9 yr. 9 yr. Project Area ACP Stable Population MCN Post-nourishment NY/NJ Region NJ Area 1 ACP: Atlantic Coast Pop. Data collected and compiled by NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife Endangered and Nongame Species Program
29 Comparison of Fledging Rates Piping Plover - Fledging Rates (# Fledged Chicks / Nesting Pair) ACP Recovery Goal yr. Project Area (103/73) ACP Stable Population NY/NJ Region NJ, Entire State Area 1 ACP: Atlantic Coast Pop. Data collected and compiled by NJDEP, Division of Fish and Wildlife Endangered and Nongame Species Program
30 Piping Plover Stewardship Results 9-year Total # of Fledged Chicks (103) and Nesting Pairs (73) 9-year Productivity Rate of 1.41 is: ~ to the ACP Recovery Goal of 1.50 > the ACP Stable Population Rate of > the Entire NJ State Rate of 1.07 ( ) > the NY/NJ Regional Rate of 1.19 ( ) Highest Number of Fledged Chicks was During Renourishment Majority of Nesting Occurs in Sea Bright and Monmouth Beach 9-year Stewardship Cost per Fledged Chick is ~ $5, Annual Stewardship Cost per Fledge Chick is ~ $ Biomass Cost (Assuming 2 oz/chick) is ~ $323.64/oz 9-year Stewardship Cost is 0.3% of the Total Project Cost to Date
31 CONCLUSION Can Beach Nourishment Benefit Piping Plovers? Afte r Nourishment Before Nouris hment-1994
32 What s s Next? Continue Stewardship, Pending Availability of Funds Implement Local Management Plans Develop MOA with the NJDEP for Cost-Share Credit Implement Streamlined BO During Renourishments Photo by Dr. Steven Pinker
33 Piping Plover - Interagency Team POCs USACE: Mark Burlas mark.h.burlas@usace.army.mil Bob Kurtz robert.j.kurtz@usace.army.mil Jeff Cusano jeffery.m.cusano@usace.army.mil Roselle Henn roselle.e.henn@usace.army.mil NJDEP: John Garofola John.Garofola@dep.state.NJ.us USFWS: Wendy Walsh ext. 48 Wendy_Walsh@fws.gov Annette Scherer ext. 34 Annette_Scherer@fws.gov John Staples ext. 12 John_Staples@fws.gov NJDEP, DFW: Todd Pover BNB@gtc3.com Christina Kisiel ckisiel@gtc3.com Dave Jenkins NRODJenkins@NAC.net
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