Seabeach amaranth.

Seabeach Amaranth The protection efforts under taken by the Long Island Field Office and its partners for the protection of piping plovers allowed seabeach amaranth to flourish this year, with preliminary survey results indicating that Long Island supported over 130,000 plants this year. This is up from 12,000 plants observed during the 1999 seabeach amaranth survey. Seabeach amaranth, like the piping plover, is a species that prefers early successional beach habitats. The Long Island Field Office and its partners are considering a number of restoration/enhancement proposals for implementation in 2001 that will further the conservation of these species.

Reported by Steve Papa of the Service's Long Island, New York, Field Office.