In 2019, Wisconsin turned 87,000 cubic yards of harbor dredge into 14 acres of shorebird habitat; in 2026, endangered piping plovers nested there for the first time since 1977, ending a 49-year absence
Conservationists in Wisconsin have reached an important milestone in Great Lakes wildlife restoration after a pair of piping plovers was found nesting on Wisconsin Point in Superior. The discovery ends a 49-year absence of nesting piping plovers at the site. According to an official announcement from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the endangered…