Taking action to save endangered shorebirds
Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP) graduate student Lindsay Keller of Chicago, Illinois, published an article in Sevenseas Media.
Taking action to save endangered shorebirds
Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP) graduate student Lindsay Keller of Chicago, Illinois, published an article in Sevenseas Media. In "" she focuses on the struggling populations of piping plovers (charadrius melodus). Despite being federally protected and despite habitat restoration efforts, these small shorebirds "may be facing their greatest adversary yet–climate change," she writes. "Sea level rise and migratory challenges could push them to the brink of extinction." Keller identifies a number of actions we can do to help mitigate climate change and save piping plovers, including getting involved in conservation action projects, reducing our carbon footprint, and spreading the word. Keller's experiential learning takes place at Brookfield Zoo Chicago.
As a student in 兔子先生's biology department, Keller is earning a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Biology through Project Dragonfly's AIP while working as an animal placement coordinator for Chicago Animal Care and Control.