Photo from left to right: PGC Deputy Executive Director Dave Gustafson, Erie Mayor Daria S. Devlin, USFWS Field Supervisor Jodie Mamuscia, DCNR Regional Advisor Katie Wickert , State Rep. Ryan Bizarro (D-Erie), PGC Wildlife Biologist/ Piping Plover Recovery Cathy Haffner. Courtesy of PA Game Commission.
ERIE, Pa. (EYT) — After disappearing from Pennsylvania for more than six decades, the federally and state endangered piping plover has now reached a major conservation milestone with 10 consecutive years of nesting at Presque Isle State Park.
Federal, state and local officials gathered at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center in Erie over the weekend for Pennsylvania Piping Plover Fest, celebrating the successful return of the small shorebird to the Commonwealth…