Despite its name, the Mountain Plover is a bird of wide, open plains—not peaks. This understated species has long depended on the dry short-grass prairie, far from shorelines and often miles from water. But as prairie has given way to farmland, it’s been forced into overgrazed grasslands that offer only a fraction of the habitat it needs. Now, this pallid plover’s future remains at risk: If we fail to take climate action, 76% of its current breeding range could be lost.

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