- Date
- 2001-07
- Kind
- Conservation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- conservationwildlifesciencecommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
After an Islander spotted a nesting pair of rare piping plovers at Donegal Bay, Central Michigan University and the University of Michigan teamed up to study and protect the birds. The Beacon identifies the observation as an unusually rare Beaver Island event.
Evidence limits
The OCR page ends mid-sentence, so this record preserves only the documented observation, institutional collaboration, and protection effort.
Sources
- Reports that an Islander spotted a nesting pair at Donegal Bay, CMU Ecology professor Beth Leuck contacted the University of Michigan Special Piping Plover Project, and the two schools teamed to observe and protect the birds. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2001-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the piping-plover report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2001-07_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “University researchers study and protect a rare piping-plover nesting pair on Beaver Island in 2001”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-piping-plover-study-july-2001/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 2001, “Piping Plovers in Custody! (U of M, CMU).” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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