Our Eyes (and Ears) are on the Marshes

by Dr. Lenore Tedesco, Executive Director Wetlands and coastal ecosystems are incredibly dynamic and change is constant. Superimposed on their rhythmic changes are increased pressures related to climate change, sea level rise, and intensifying human use of these...

2023 Environmental Education Intern Projects

This year’s Luing Family Internship Program Environmental Education Interns spent 12 weeks leading public education programs, while immersing themselves in the unique environment of the surrounding salt marsh and barrier islands. They worked hard and through it all...

2023 CCRP Intern Project Abstracts

This summer, six Luing Family Internship Coastal Conservation Research Program interns brought incredible energy and insights to The Wetlands Institute. Interns contributed to long-term monitoring of diamondback terrapins and coastal birds, designed independent...

Welcome to the Team – Summer 2023

Meet Devon Patchel Devon Patchel joined The Wetlands Institute as the Administrative Coordinator in March 2023. She works closely with our Executive Director and the Development and Communications team, specifically focused on special event coordinating and...

Martins & Swallows: The Marsh’s Aerial Acrobats

by Rae Griffiths, Office Assistant Spring migration in Cape May holds many special moments. Whether it be Ospreys returning to nesting platforms; Red Knots scouring the beaches along the Delaware Bay; or colorful warblers traveling north from the tropics, the arrival...

Marsh Musings – Summer 2023

by Dr. Lenore Tedesco, Executive Director Time – it keeps on slipping, slipping, slipping, into the future. Truer words are hard to find. And so, we are on the cusp of another busy summer season. There is comfort to the rhythm and I am surrounded by constant reminders...

Creating a Lasting Connection

by Jessica Ward, Wetlands Institute Supporter Every summer since I was born, I’ve stayed with my family in Stone Harbor, and in those twenty-one summers, there has never been a year that did not include countless days visiting The Wetlands Institute. When I was young,...

The Marshketeers Close out Another World Series of Birding

by Devin Griffiths, Marketing & Communications Specialist Saturday, May 13, 3:00 AM. Though the sun is still hours from rising, The World Series of Birding is on, and for The Marshketeers, our band of intrepid birders, it’s deja vu. They catch the first birds of...

Research Assistants Join the Research and Conservation Team

by Dr. Lisa Ferguson, Director of Research and Conservation This summer we are lucky to have two Research Assistants adding to projects in our Coastal Bird and Diamondback Terrapin programs. They each bring experience and energy that is helping our team get all the...

Luing Family Internship Program

Coastal Conservation Research Program We welcomed our 2023 CCRP interns in the Luing Family Internship Program just in time for the official start of summer. After several full days of training, they began their 10-week adventure conducting their independent projects...