Edited Draft HMNF Biological Opinion 5.19.03

A draft recovery plan for the Great Lakes piping plover population was published on August 5, 2002 (USFWS 2002a). The objective of the recovery plan is to restore and maintain a viable population (95 percent or greater chance of persisting 100 years) to the Great Lakes region and delist the Great Lakes population by 2020. ................
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