Draft Revised Recovery Plan for the Breeding Range of the Northern Great Plains Piping Plover

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With the exception of portions of the Missouri River, the habitat has not been mapped throughout much of the range. For both the Northern and Southern Rivers, the habitat goal has been exceeded three times since 1998, and within 20 percent five times on Southern Rivers and four times on Northern Rivers (USACE 2012, USACE 2013). Note that these figures only represent a portion of the habitat available even in these regions. Canada: We are providing habitat goals for Canada here for informational purposes only. Since Canada also actively manages piping plovers and has developed their own recovery plan, we defer to their plan for that portion of the population. We are following the goals set out in the Canadian Recovery Plan (Goosen et al. 2002): • Increase piping plover populations to at least 1,626 adults (813 pairs) and maintain this population average over two additional consecutive international censuses with no net loss of habitat due to human action. • Increase and maintain a median chick fledging rate of greater than 1.25 chicks/pair/year (based on population simulations, M.A. Larson, pers. comm.). • Achieve minimum provincial population targets as follows: Alberta 300; Saskatchewan 1,200; Manitoba 120; Ontario (Lake of the Woods) 6. Criterion 3 relates to coastal migration and wintering habitat. It can be found in detail in Volume H. Criterion 4: Ensure commitments are in place and functioning as anticipated to provide long-term funding, protection, and conservation management activities in essential breeding and wintering grounds. a. Southern Rivers (Missouri River system from Fort Randall Dam, South Dakota to Ponca, Nebraska, the Niobrara River, the Loup River system and the Platte River system) b. Northern Rivers (Missouri River system from Fort Peck Lake, Montana to Pierre, South Dakota) c. in U.S. Alkaline Lakes d. U.S. Wintering Grounds Purpose: To make sure that management commitments necessary for piping plovers'continued persistence are in place and functioning, and will continue to operate after the species is recovered. 68 VOLUME I:Draft Revised Recovery Plan for the Breeding Range of the Northern Great Plains Piping Plover(Charadrius melodus)