Monterey Bay Snowy Plover Conservation Project
Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties

Male Snowy Plover with chicks. (photo Dave Dixon)

Project Start Date: 1977

Objectives:

• To determine the annual breeding population size, nesting success, first-year and adult survivorship, and dispersal patterns of Snowy Plovers nesting in coastal habitats of Santa Cruz and Monterey counties.
• To assist county, state, and federal agencies in identifying and protecting nesting and brood-rearing areas used each year.
• To develop and examine the effect of management actions on breeding population size, and work with partner government agencies to develop an effective management for sustainable recovery to a healthy Snowy Plover population in the Monterey Bay Area.

Habitat Type: Upper beaches and foredune areas, decommissioned salt ponds

Partners:
California Department of Parks and Recreation
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Salinas River Refuge
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Services Endangered Species Office

Contact: Gary Page

SNOWY PLOVER RESOURCES

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