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Articles, Press Releases, and Announcements

In Order of Publication Date
2023 Coastal Season Report Out
December 11, 2023 — Nesting shorebird recap, bilingual events, and growing outreach across Long Island
Victoria O'Neill Joins APP as Director of Coastal Resilience
December 01, 2023 — Victoria will lead our efforts to protect and restore natural habitats in Connecticut and New York.
Five people stand against a gold wall and red curtains, the four honorees plus the executive director of APP CT and NY. Three honorees hold framed awards with a Sibley-drawn plover inside. David Sibley stands second from left.
APP Honors Bahamas National Trust, Mass APP, and NYC Plover Project for Protecting Threatened Piping Plovers Across Essential Habitats
October 10, 2023 — David Sibley accepts APP New York Award for Environmental Writing for influencing change through the written word.
Two people stand in the marsh with a kayak, counting two black terns flying overhead
Black Terns, the "Bald Eagle Success Story" of Central NY
September 08, 2023 — State-endangered birds are nesting again thanks to successful marsh restoration experiment
Selfie of Claire with long dark side braid and orange red fall color landscape of trees in background
Q&A with Claire Mann, new APP forester
September 05, 2023 — Focusing on bird-friendly habitat projects in the Allegheny Highlands and northern New York
The Motus station being installed on the visitor center, viewed from below. The station—a bunch of antennae attached to a metal pole—is attached to a brick chimney on the building roof.
New Motus Station Will Track Migratory Birds Flying Over the Long Island’s North Shore
July 24, 2023 — The Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary and APP Center’s “Motus” wildlife tracking station receives pings from tracking devices on birds, helping scientists better understand their movements.
A Least Tern chick sits on the beach with two adults. One adult is feeding the chick a small fish.
All About Chicks Born on our Beaches
July 17, 2023 — How much do you know about the shorebird chicks that spend their summers growing up on New York's coast?
Marsh Wren singing on a cattail
Public Input Needed on Great Lakes Restoration Planning
July 05, 2023 — Be a voice for the Great Lakes!
$700,000 Project Restores Salt Marsh and Bird Habitat in Queens
May 15, 2023 — ​APP partners with NYC Parks, NYC Department of Environmental Protection, and neighborhood activists to improve Hook Creek Park.
Hudson Valley’s “Laurel & Ash Farm” Becomes Bird-Friendly Maple Syrup Producer
May 10, 2023 — Just in time for farmers’ market season, Laurel & Ash is being recognized for managing its sugarbush in ways that help declining forest birds.
Grasslands, Aridlands and Forests