Pacifica State Beach in Pacifica, California, also known as Linda Mar Beach, should be managed for the protection of the western Snowy Plover.The western Snowy Plover is a small, rare shorebird listed as threatened. Western Snowy Plovers historically have used this beach for millennia to roost, forage and breed. Today, they do not breed here due to no access to habitat. Increased human and pet activity has effectively taken this habitat away from the western Snowy Plover-- leaving no place for these birds to securely forage, nest, tend to their young and thrive.

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