Record Numbers Bring Great Lakes Piping Plovers Closer to Recovery
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Nearly 100 breeding pairs and a record 184 fledged chicks mark the strongest season for Great Lakes Piping Plovers since federal listing, with the population recovering from just a dozen pairs confined to northern Michigan a few decades ago.
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