Edwin B.

Forsythe USFWS Internship

2015

By Kelsie Grover

Salt Marsh Integrity (SMI)

Sampled and identified fish

and crustaceans to
determine salt marsh
ecosystem integrity
Ditch nets (top left)
Throw traps (bottom left)
Top right image is from the
Cape May NWR. Very
dense Phragmites and big
cordgrass. Tides rose and
fell quickly at this location.

More nekton sampling

Nekton surveys from Good Luck Point and Matedeconk River.

Anguilla rostrata
American eel

Palaemonetes pugio
Grass Shrimp

Brevoortia tyrannus
Menhaden

Cyprinodon variegatus
Sheepshead minnow

Fundulus heteroclitus

Common mummichog

Surface Elevation Table (SET)

Installation
Forsythe NWR contains 98 SETs.
We assisted with three new
installations and conducted
static occupation on over a
dozen points.
Real Time Kinematic (RTK)
station set-up over NAVD88
monument, using Trimble R8
unit (bottom right).

Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ

Malaclemys terrapin

Diamondback terrapin

Tringa semipalmata
Willet nest

Haematopus palliatus

American Oystercatcher chick

Charadrius melodus

Piping plover chicks

Photo credit Nicole Kirkos

Wood duck and Canada goose banding with NJDEP

Aix sponsa

Wood duck

Branta canadensis
Canada goose

Other projects that I was involved in

Sprayed herbicide to deter Phragmites along the
impoundments.
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Saltmarsh vegetation sampling

Waterfowl Breeding Pair Index (BPI)
Invasive vegetation surveys
Weekly water quality surveys using YSI
Rebuilding SMI equipment

Photo Credit
Kelsie Grover
Sarah Janson
Mason Sieges
Nicole Kirkos
Marc Virgilio

Appearances by
Jess LaPolla
Sarah Janson
Luis Almeyda
Becca Reeves
Bill Crouch
Vinny Turner
Tom Bruno