Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)

 

Volunteers Needed! Help protect and monitor piping plover nests.

 

Conservation and Recovery Information:

2006 S6 Grant Project - Great Lakes Shoreline Project

 

2006 Habitat Conservation Planning Land Acquisition Grant: Point Betsie Piping Plover HCP (Benzie County, MI)

 

Section 6 Grant: Determination of the status of Piping Plovers, Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid, Prairie Bush Clover, Fassett's Locoweed, and implement recovery management for Karner Blue Butterfly and Fassett's Locoweed (Wisconsin)

 

Piping Plover (Great Lakes Population) Recovery Plan

 

Natural History and Regulatory Information:

Species Profile

USFWS Piping Plover Fact sheet

USFWS Chicago Field Office's Species Spotlight

 

Piping Plover (Great Lakes) Population Status

 

Critical Habitat:

Great Lakes Breeding Population Critical Habitat - Final Decision

 

Other Links:

Atlantic Coast Breeding Population

 

Northern Great Plains Breeding Population

 

Missouri River News and Information

 

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