Breeding Map

Breeding Totals

Winter Map

Winter Totals

Summary

NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS

Summary of 1996 International Piping Plover Breeding Census results

[excerpted from:  Plissner, Jonathan H. and Haig, Susan M.  1997.  1996 International Piping Plover Census.  Report to U. S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Corvallis, Oregon. 231 pp.]
 

Location	Total adults	Breeding pairs	1991 adults	1991 pairs	Change # adults	% change
Priarie Canada
Alberta	276	120	180	70	96	53.33
Saskatchewan	1348	534	1172	481	176	15.02
Manitoba	60	24	80	36	-20	-25.00
Ontario (Lake of the Woods)	3	1	5	2	-2	-40.00
U. S. Great Plains
Montana (wetlands & sm. rsvrs)	129	52	282	98	-153	-54.26
North Dakota (wetlands)	879	286	689	345	189	27.43
Missouri River (MT,ND,SD,NE)	185	77	621	293	-436	-70.21
South Dakota (wetlands)	0	0	3	1	-3	-100.00
Nebraska	366	155	398	139	-32	-8.04
Iowa	14	7	13	6	1	7.69
Colorado	13	3	13	3	0	0.00
Kansas	1	1	0	0	1
Minnesota	10	5	13	6	-3	-23.08
PRAIRIE CANDA	1687	679	1437	589	250	17.4
U. S. GREAT PLAINS	1597	586	2032	891	-435	-21.41
NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS TOTALS	3284	1265	3469	1480	-185	-5.33