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Armed with binoculars and fancy camera equipment, the birders bring economic activity to the area with an average spend of $662 per trip on hotels, restaurants, tours, and travel, adding up to a $313 million infusion to Cape May County.

Credit user mconnors / morgueFile Operators of domestic abuse hotlines across the state say more women are calling them in crisis, as pandemic stress has led to more violence at home. Eric Stiles, a program director with the Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence, says they’ve documented an increase in survivors of abuse who have called their statewide hotline in 2021, compared to last year. Stiles says operators also spent more time on the phone with women. He says many of th...

MORGUEFILE Operators of domestic abuse hotlines across the state say more women are calling them in crisis, as pandemic stress has led to more violence at home. Eric Stiles, a program director with the non-profit Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence, says they’ve documented an increase in survivors of abuse who have called their state-wide hotline in 2021, compared to last year. Stiles says operators also spent more time on the phone with women. He says many of the callers ...

Credit: (Jon Hurdle) Larry Niles Larry Niles has spent the last 25 years trying to ensure the survival of the red knot and the horseshoe crabs the bird depends on at New Jersey’s Delaware Bay beaches. But he says it’s much too soon to declare victory. Niles, an independent wildlife biologist who once headed New Jersey’s endangered species program, was shocked to find in the late 1990s that the tiny shorebird’s population had plunged by some 80% because the crab eggs it needs to complete...

Credit: (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File) File photo: Wind turbines from the Deepwater Wind project off Block Island, Rhode Island Opposition to New Jersey’s coming surge in offshore wind farms is growing at the Jersey Shore. The hundreds of wind turbines due to be built up to 20 miles off New Jersey in the next five years or so will spoil ocean views, undermine local economies and hurt wildlife while boosting the profits of overseas developers, critics say. These opponents reject claims by wind...

Recovery driven by DDT ban, rigorous regulation and volunteer monitoring of nest sites New Jersey’s population of bald eagles rose to a record high and spread to all 21 counties last year, according to the Department of Environmental Protection. Their revival is thanks to a federal ban on the toxic chemical DDT, long-term protections by state biologists and a network of volunteers who monitor the nests of the iconic birds. There are now 220 nesting pairs that raised 307 young in 2020, includi...