Mass Audubon's Coastal Waterbird Program protected
threatened coastal birds through management and education at 183 sites along 140 miles of the Massachusetts coastline in 2014.
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The property provides important habitat for a number of
threatened marine species, harbouring a number of species of conservation concern including the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus), green turtle (Chelonia mydas), hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta), and the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) as well as endemic and migratory
birds which reproduce in the littoral forests of cayes, atolls and
coastal areas.
The range is home to a number of important conservation targets which include, but are not limited to, at least 2 marine fish spawning aggregation sites, a breeding population of the endangered American Crocodile, and a number of
threatened coastal marine habitats including the greater reef complex itself, beach forests that support several important species of resident and migratory
birds and at least 2 species of marine turtles are believed to nest on the range.
«Drilling and associated industrial activity would put polar bears, caribou, migratory
birds and hundreds of other species that live on the
coastal plain at incredible risk, while also
threatening the livelihood of the native Gwich «in people, whose culture and way of life depends on these resources,» she continued.