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Small Bird, Big Comeback: Great Lakes Piping Plovers Reach Record Numbers for the Second Year in a Row

The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is helping guide the federally endangered piping plover on the path to recovery. 2025 saw the highest number of nesting pairs since the species was first listed in 1986.

July 28, 2025

Great Lakes Airspace Map Decision Support Tool Informs Great Lakes Bird and Bat Conservation. Webinar on November 4

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has mapped bird and bat activity in the Great Lakes basin with avian and acoustic monitors. Attend the November 4 webinar!

October 26, 2021