It was a great summer for the piping plover, thanks to decades of wide-ranging, multi-agency recovery effort to which Central Michigan University students and faculty have contributed.
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Conservation groups and tribal experts are testing which more southerly tree species may thrive further north to face the challenges of climate change, woodland disease, and invasive species.