About the project

Through a 2020 catalyst project, staff from the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources worked with ACE Basin NERR and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to fill a critical gap in understanding piping plover needs by quantifying foraging habitat characteristics of this declining shorebird species and developing a habitat assessment tool to inform state and federal permitting and habitat management activities.

About this resource

In this video, Andrew Tweel (South Carolina Department of Natural Resources) gives a 5-minute introduction to "Identifying Optimal Foraging Characteristics to Inform Piping Plover and Red Knot Habitat Management," a catalyst project funded in 2020 by the NERRS Science Collaborative.