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Piping plover faces extinction risk across Atlantic coast
A U S Fish and Wildlife Service release flags the piping plover as a candidate for endangered and threatened status. Fewer than 20 nesting pairs remain in the Great Lakes region, while about 800 pairs survive along the Atlantic coast. The bird’s decline traces to habitat loss, human disturbance on beaches, and past market hunting, with the species no longer breeding on Lake Michigan by 1940.
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Atlantic
Newfoundland
North Carolina
Great Lakes
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Wisconsin
Ohio
Illinois
Fish and Wildlife Service
Massachusetts
Lakes Michigan
Superior
Lake Koshkonong
Lake Michigan
Castle Rock Lake
Adams County