Posted: Jul 22, 2021 6:28 PM AT | Last Updated: July 22 Barachois Beach is one of five beaches in Prince Edward Island home to piping plovers.(Submitted: Sean Landsman) Prince Edward Island conservation officers are investigating after a group of people set up a camp site inside a closed area at Barachois Beach, along the Island's North Shore. Provincial and federal wildlife officers arrived on the scene to find a tent had been set up on a dune, and a bonfire had been lit. Shannon Mader, a species at risk manager with Island Trust Nature, was shocked to learn what happened in the prohibited area.