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Community science cameras and volunteers boost nest monitoring for South Shore snowy plovers
Summary
A volunteer‑driven monitoring program expanded camera coverage and volunteer surveys along the Great Salt Lake’s South Shore, improving nest‑fate detection and documenting predation and human disturbance that inform possible mitigation such as signage or seasonal closures.
Chelsea Cameron, who directs the South Shore snowy‑plover community‑science effort, reported that the project expanded from about 26 nest cameras in 2024 to roughly 50 this season and added a new reference site with no public access.
The program teams Tracy Aviary, local volunteers and partners to run nest surveys three times weekly, camera and Motus/CTT tracking deployments, and a recreational‑use observational survey at east/west entrances, foreshore and midshore access points. Cameron said cameras…
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