U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: Captive-Reared Great Lakes Piping Plovers Released at Cat Islands in Lower Green Bay for the First Time
August 02, 2023
August 02, 2023
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release:
On Wednesday, July 17, we at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, with our partners Audubon Great Lakes and partners at Detroit Zoo and University of Minnesota, released four federally endangered Great Lakes piping plover chicks at the Cat Island Restoration Site, in Lower Green Bay.
This is the first year we have released captive Great Lakes pipi . . .
On Wednesday, July 17, we at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, with our partners Audubon Great Lakes and partners at Detroit Zoo and University of Minnesota, released four federally endangered Great Lakes piping plover chicks at the Cat Island Restoration Site, in Lower Green Bay.
This is the first year we have released captive Great Lakes pipi . . .