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Species Information
Listed Species in the Upper Midwest
Listed Species' Ranges by State and County
Featured Species
Endangered Species Act
Contacts
Piping Plover - Great Lakes Population
Breeding Pairs
Graph of Piping Plover Breeding Pairs: 1981-2007
Table of Piping Plover Breeding Pairs: 1981-2007
Year |
Number of Breeding Pairs |
Notes |
2007 |
63 |
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2006 |
53 |
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2005 |
58 |
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2004 |
55 |
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2003 |
50 |
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2002 |
51 |
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2001 |
32 |
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2000 |
30 |
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1999 |
32 |
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1998 |
23 |
First year that orphaned piping plover chicks and abandoned eggs are captive reared and fledglings then released. |
1997 |
23 |
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1996 |
24 |
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1995 |
21 |
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1994 |
19 |
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1993 |
18 |
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1992 |
16 |
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1991 |
17 |
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1990 |
12 |
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1989 |
16 |
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1988 |
14 |
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1987 |
15 |
First year that nests are protected from predation by surrounding the nests with wire mesh exclosures. |
1986 |
16 |
Piping Plover listed as endangered. |
1985 |
19 |
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1984 |
13 |
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1983 |
18 |
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1982 |
14 |
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1981 |
17 |
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Page revised April 7, 2008
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