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The only endangered bird species in Minnesota, the Piping Plover has been impacted by habitat loss, disturbance, and predation. As Lee Pfannmuller, Gerald J. Niemi, and Janet C. Green report in “The Breeding Birds of Minnesota,” the Piping Plover is so rare that it is in danger of falling from the state’s regular breeding bird species list.

Alice Van Zoeren has been a member of the Great Lakes Piping Plover Conservation Team since 2004 (previously affiliated with the University of Minnesota now with the Smithsonian Institution). She is stationed at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, MI where 1/3 to 1/2 of Great Lakes Piping Plovers nest. She will be presenting information about Great Lakes Piping Plovers: their lives, current status and the conservation efforts.