Sentences with phrase «snowy plover as»

Legal Protection: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the Western Snowy Plover as federally threatened in 1993.

A public friendly program carried out at UC Santa Barbara's Coal Oil Point Reserve sandy beach by volunteers has been instrumental in changing the beach from one abandoned by Western Snowy Plovers as a breeding site to one where eggs are now being laid once again.

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It is also home for otters and seals, and a number of endangered species such as the Snowy Plover.

Cool stuff includes the Pacific Ocean; snowy plover (if you stop to walk on the beach); lots of people enjoying the scene on bike, foot, or stroller; surfers and big kites; the «sleeping lady» profile of Mount Tam to the north; and views out to as far as Drakes Point in Point Reyes on a clear day.

Snowy plovers were listed as endangered under Washington Department of Game Policy No. 402 in 1981, and as threatened by the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission in 1975.

Date Listed: The Pacific coast population of the western snowy plover was listed as threatened on March 5, 1993.

Official Status: Threatened, the Pacific Coast population of the western snowy plover is federally listed under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 as threatened.

The Pacific coast population of the snowy plover is defined as those individuals that nest adjacent to tidal waters of the Pacific Ocean, and includes all nesting birds on the mainland coast, peninsulas, offshore islands, adjacent bays, estuaries, and coastal rivers (USDI Fish and Wildlife Service 2004).

The Pacific coast population of the western snowy plover was listed as threatened by the Fish and Wildlife Service on March 5, 1993.

In winter, snowy plovers are found on many of the beaches used for nesting as well as on beaches where they do not nest, and on estuarine sand and mud flats.