Mispillion Harbor rehabilitation complete

United States Senator Tom Carper carries two horseshoe crabs to the water at Slaughter Beach.

View of the newly restored beach habitat for horseshoe crabs and provide foraging for shorebirds, specifically the Red Knot at the Mispillion Harbor. More than four acres of habitat for were created.

United States Senator Tom Carper carries two horseshoe crabs to the water at Slaughter Beach.

United States Senator Tom Carper examines a horseshoe crab before releasing it at Slaughter Beach.

View of the newly restored beach habitat for horseshoe crabs and provide foraging for shorebirds, specifically the Red Knot at the Mispillion Harbor. More than four acres of habitat for were created.

Horseshoe crabs at Slaughter Beach.

View of the newly restored beach habitat for horseshoe crabs and provide foraging for shorebirds, specifically the Red Knot at the Mispillion Harbor. More than four acres of habitat for were created.

View of the newly restored beach habitat for horseshoe crabs and provide foraging for shorebirds, specifically the Red Knot at the Mispillion Harbor. More than four acres of habitat for were created.

View of the newly restored beach habitat for horseshoe crabs and provide foraging for shorebirds, specifically the Red Knot at the Mispillion Harbor. More than four acres of habitat for were created.

A view of the newly restored beach habitat for horseshoe crabs and provided foraging for shorebirds, specifically the Red Knot at the Mispillion Harbor.

United States Senator Tom Carper during a horseshoe crab event at Slaughter Beach.

Birds sit adjacent to the newly restored beach habitat for horseshoe crabs and provide foraging for shorebirds, specifically the Red Knot at the Mispillion Harbor. More than four acres of habitat for were created.

View of the newly restored beach habitat for horseshoe crabs and provide foraging for shorebirds, specifically the Red Knot at the Mispillion Harbor. More than four acres of habitat for were created.

United States Senator Tom Carper during the boat tour of the newly restored beach habitat for horseshoe crabs and provide foraging for shorebirds, specifically the Red Knot at the Mispillion Harbor. More than four acres of habitat for were created.

Wildlife near the Mispillion Harbor.

Wendi Weber, Northeast Regional Director United States Fish and Wildlife Service speaks during a press conference concerning the newly restored beach habitat for horseshoe crabs and provide foraging for shorebirds, specifically the Red Knot at the Mispillion Harbor. More than four acres of habitat for were created.

Eric Schwaab, Vice President, Conservation Programs National Fish and Wildlife Foundation speaks at a press conference concerning the newly restored beach habitat for horseshoe crabs and provide foraging for shorebirds, specifically the Red Knot at the Mispillion Harbor. More than four acres of habitat for were created.

Boats coming into the Mispillion Harbor.

A boat travels into the Mispillion Harbor.

View of the newly restored beach habitat for horseshoe crabs and provide foraging for shorebirds, specifically the Red Knot at the Mispillion Harbor. More than four acres of habitat for were created.

View of the newly restored beach habitat for horseshoe crabs and provided foraging for shorebirds, specifically the Red Knot at the Mispillion Harbor. More than four acres of habitat for were created.

Boats coming into the Mispillion Harbor.

Entrance to the Mispillion Harbor.

View of the newly restored beach habitat for horseshoe crabs and provide foraging for shorebirds, specifically the Red Knot at the Mispillion Harbor. More than four acres of habitat for were created.

Birds sit adjacent to the newly restored beach habitat for horseshoe crabs and provide foraging for shorebirds, specifically the Red Knot at the Mispillion Harbor. More than four acres of habitat for were created.