Prepared by the
Atlantic Coast Piping Plover Recovery Team
for the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Region Five
Hadley, Massachusetts
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David Avrin
Scott Melvin
Janice Nicholls
Christopher Raithel
Karen Terwilliger
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During the last decade, hundreds of dedicated biologists and other professionals have contributed to the recovery efforts for the Atlantic Coast piping plover. The individuals listed below provided direct contributions to this recovery plan revision, by responding to special information requests or by reviewing sections of draft text. In many cases, their contributions represent compilations of information from dozens of additional individuals.
The Service gratefully acknowledges contributions of: Dr. Mark McCollough, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife; Julie Victoria, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection; Lisa Gelvin-Innvaer, Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife; Bob Cross, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries; Dave Jenkins, New Jersey Division of Fish, Game, and Wildlife; Laurie MacIvor, Maryland Natural Heritage Program; Ken Meskill, Michelle Alfieri, Mike Scheibel, and Bob Miller, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation; Tom Henson, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission; Jack Kumer, Carl Zimmerman, Kyle Jones, Jim Ebert, Bruce Lane, Ries Collier, and Michael Rikard, National Park Service; Cathy Brittingham and Meryl Goldin, The Nature Conservancy; Walker Golder, National Audubon Society; Bruce Johnson and Diane Amirault, Canadian Wildlife Service; Dr. Curt Griffin, University of Massachusetts; Dr. Joanna Burger, Rutgers University; Dr. Mark Ryan, University of Missouri, Columbia; Dr. Susan Haig, National Biological Survey, Corvallis, Oregon; Dr. Jeffrey R. Walters, Virginia Polytechnic Institute; Sue Philhower and Suzanne Wrenn, North Carolina State University, Raleigh; John Fussell, private consultant; Phil Wilkinson, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources; Robin Lepore, USDI Regional Solicitor's Office; Graham Taylor, Charlie Hebert, Jennifer Casey, Sherman Stairs, Irv Ailes, Donna Surabian, Vince Turner, Ed Moses, John Schroer, Jack Fillio, Sharon Ware; Tony Leger, Ben Nottingham, Karen Mayne, Dana Peters, Kevin DuBois, Nancy Schlotter, Katie Zeeman, Tim Fannin, John Hickey, Ken Carr, Nancy Hillery, Pat Bosco, Chris Dowd, Walt Quist, Earl Possardt, and Carl Melberg, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The following recovery plan revision describes recovery progress to date and delineates further actions required to recover and/or protect the threatened Atlantic Coast population of the piping plover (Charadrius melodus). Attainment of recovery objectives and availability of funds will be subject to budgetary and other constraints affecting the parties involved, as well as the need to address other priorities.
This plan does not necessarily represent the views or official position of any individuals or agencies other than the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Recovery plans are subject to modification as dictated by new findings, changes in species status, and the completion of recovery tasks.
Literature citations should read as follows:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1996. Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus), Atlantic Coast Population, Revised Recovery Plan. Hadley, Massachusetts. 258 pp.
Additional copies of this plan can be purchased from:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Reference Service
5430 Grosvenor Lane, Suite 110
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
301-492-6403 or 1-800-582-3421
Document costs vary according to number of pages.
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URL address http://pipingplover.fws.gov/
Last updated March 15, 2000