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Atlantic County
=Atlantic City Airport= Atlantic City, New Jersey 08234 Atlantic City Airport web site Atlantic City Airport Important Bird Area web page

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Atlantic City Airport
Coordinates: 39.4579327, -74.5772552 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Atlantic City Airport
The Atlantic City Airport is a mix of commercial airport operations and natural habitats. Apart from the property devoted directly to airport operations, the site has a large expanse of grassland habitat and areas of scrub-shrub and mixed upland forest. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection designated this site a Natural Heritage Priority Site for harboring some of NJ’s most significant habitats.

This site supports impressive numbers of breeding grassland birds including state-endangered Upland Sandpipers, as many as 80 state-endangered Grasshopper Sparrows and approximately 30 state-special concern Eastern Meadowlarks. State-endangered Northern Harriers also breed at the site.

The New Jersey Audubon Society has been a key player in the coordination of restoration plans for a 290 acre Grassland Conservation and Management Area at the Atlantic City Airport. Restoration activities have included shrub removal and native grass restoration to enhance habitat for breeding grassland birds. Fire is a component of the plan to control the invasive plant, Chinese lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata), which outcompetes native grassland plants. Grassland bird surveys are conducted regularly to assess the effectiveness of these management strategies. Additional restoration efforts will create habitat for the frosted elfin butterfly. As a fully operational airport, bird collisions and the potential for operation expansion continue to threaten the integrity of the site. From Atlantic City Airport Important Bird Area web page

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