- Date
- 1988-08
- Kind
- Conservation
- Where
- McFadden Point
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- birdswildlifeconservationenvironmentgeographycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
A piping-plover pair nested at McFadden Point in 1988. After the DNR closed the beach and CMU students helped inform visitors, two of four chicks fledged successfully in August. The report contrasts that result with the earlier loss of Donegal Bay habitat to development and recreation.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper conservation report and does not replace a wildlife survey, banding record, or formal habitat designation.
Sources
- Reports a pair nesting on state-owned land at McFadden Point, four chicks hatching over Independence Day weekend, DNR beach closure and CMU student outreach, and two chicks successfully fledging in August; Donegal Bay habitat had been abandoned after development and recreation. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1988-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The held twenty-two-page September issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and preserves the nesting report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1988-09_Beaver-Beacon
Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Piping plovers fledge two chicks from protected Beaver Island shoreline, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-piping-plover-nesting-success-1988/, accessed [date], citing Piping plover nesting report, Beaver Beacon, September 1988. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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