Tag: piping plovers
Endangered piping plovers are rebounding in Green Bay thanks to local conservation efforts
The Green Bay, Wisconsin, population of Great Lakes piping plovers has been rebounding due in part to conservation efforts led by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services and with support […]
Tiny piping plovers are having another record year on Great Lakes, 155 wild chicks … and counting
Great Lakes Piping Plovers have tallied 99 pairs this mating and breeding season, which is 11 more couples than last year’s record total; it’s the most piping plover pairs counted […]
DNA testing helps Great Lakes piping plovers find future mates
Researchers working to recover the endangered Great Lakes piping plover are using DNA analysis to determine the sex of captive-reared chicks, allowing them to better balance the number of males […]
Record number of Great Lakes piping plover nests counted this summer
The Great Lakes Piping Plover almost became extinct. Only 12 nesting pairs were counted in Michigan 1990. Now, so far, officials have counted 90 nesting pairs, and not just in Michigan.
New provincial legislation won’t change piping plover protections at Sauble, town says
Sauble Beach will welcome the piping plover even after changes to provincial legislation. The Town of South Bruce Peninsula said it will continue to protect piping plover even though provincial legislation removed the sparrow-sized shorebird from its protected endangered species list earlier this year. In a media release distributed on Tuesday, the Town of South […]