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Piping Plover Critical Habitat


Counties in the Great Lakes States that have Piping Plover Critical Habitat

 

On May 3, 2001, we published our final decision on designating critical habitat for the breeding area of the Great Lakes piping plover. We  designated 35 critical habitat units in the following counties:

 

Illinois

Lake County

 

Indiana

Porter County

 

Michigan

Alger, Schoolcraft, Luce, Mackinac, Chippewa, Iosco, Presque Isle, Cheboygan, Emmet, Charlevoix, Leelanau, Benzie, Mason and Muskegon Counties

 

Minnesota

St. Louis County

 

New York

Oswego and Jefferson Counties

 

Ohio

Erie and Lake Counties, Ohio

 

Pennsylvania

Erie County

 

Wisconsin

Douglas, Ashland, Marinette, and Manitowoc Counties

 

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