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COAL OIL POINT RESERVEUniversity
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The Snowy Plover is a threatened species, mainly due to loss of its preferred breeding habitat, the beach. Coal Oil Point Reserve, with its sandy beach, sand dunes, and adjacent estuary mouth is one of a few choice west coast locations where the snowy plovers can breed and thrive. But they must compete for the beach with beach users, unleashed dogs, and predators like crows. Without help, the plovers lose. With public education and symbolic fences the plovers at UCSB made a come back. Please click on the topics below to read about how it is working, and how you can help. Coal Oil Point LinksManagement Plan: Plover Protection (You may view and print this and other "pdf" pages with Adobe Acrobat Reader. To download a free copy from Adobe, click her) Article: Habitat Use and Plovers (pdf file) Article: Disturbances to Plovers (pdf file) Snowy Plover Chicks, May 2005 (Quick Time Move 2.24MB) Other snowy Plover LinksFriends of the Dunes: Snowy Plovers |