Title Relocating merlins may reduce threats to endangered Great Lakes piping plovers, study finds Image Wed, 2026-08-26 09:22 Great Lakes Echo By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva To save endangered piping plovers, scientists are getting creative. One research group explored relocating one of the plovers' predators -- merlins -- away from nesting sites. Great Lakes Echo, airports, america, Beaches, BIRD, Birds, conservation, Driving, eggs, endangered species, Endangered Species Act, Events, field, followed, found, Government, gps, Great Lakes, help, hiking, Hours, lakes, May, Michigan, moved, National, new, north, North America, Other, Pets, piping plovers, Population, project, protect, Region, remains, Research, return, RISK, scientists, Searching for, season, study, time, Transportation, US, Wildlife