While residents jump over waves or take in the sun, one group of New York City volunteers is carefully patrolling the dunes to protect an endangered resident -- the small, migratory shorebird called the piping plover.
NBC New York toured the Jacob Riis beach with the group, who pointed out a few of the harmful objects to wildlife collected just that morning, which included a hat, masks, hand sanitizer and old fishing bags.
"You see three different string lines going up the beach. The furthest one was the initial, but that plover nested very close to that initial string line. It's just a symbolic fenceline, but people go up to it and the bird freaks out a little bit, and it gets off the nest and stops incubating," Dave Treviño, Natural Resource Program Manager at Gateway National Recreation Area, told News 4.
While the dunes may be cut off by three different levels of roping, it is to ensure this area is safe for plovers and other resident wildlife. Allieri, along with dozens of volunteers, will especially patrol these Queens beaches over the July Fourth weekend with a message to fellow New Yorkers to be mindful of their surroundings.
"For us, it's about staying out of these roped areas, what you carry in carry out, no kites, no drone, no fireworks, no dogs, but do have fun. You can do all of this, and here's the thing, at the end of the day, isn't it far more interesting to go to a beach where you can see these species thriving and surviving," said Allieri.
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