2004-2005 Community Action Fund PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND Piping Plover Protection on Four Prince edward Island IBAs Island Nature Trust Cascumpec Bay/Alberton Harbour, Malpeque Bay, PEI National Park and and Canavoy and Adjacent Beaches IBAs, Prince Edward Island These IBAs are home to beautiful sandy beaches that provide prime nesting ground for the endangered Piping Plover. The beauty of these beaches also attracts hundreds of thousands of summer visitors, which unfortunately too often results in disturbances to the breeding success of the Plovers. Territory and nest establishment, egg production and laying, incubation, hatching, chick brooding and rearing and fledgling success can all be interrupted or halted by human-related disturbance. Through its highly successful Piping Plover Protection Program, Island Nature Trust is helping to mitigate the problem of human disturbance. Each nesting season volunteer guardians and staff protect the Plover nesting sites through monitoring, signage and public education in the schools and on the beaches letting people know how they can help protect the Plover and its habitat. Top   back to map