Other Features
Whitefish Point is a popular spot for ship watchers, bird watchers and rock collectors. Important features include:
- Whitefish Point Unit of Seney National Wildlife Refuge: The USFWS manages the 33 acres (13 ha) transferred to them from the former Whitefish Point Light Station as part of the Seney National Wildlife Refuge. In conjunction with the WPBO and other conservation groups, the USFWS added 19.85 acres (8.03 ha) acres and more than 1,000 feet (300 m) of Lake Superior shoreline as critical Piping Plover habitat to Whitefish Point unit on August 30, 2012.The land of the Whitefish Point Unit is "Wooded Dune and Swell Complex" that is distinctive to the Great Lakes region. It supports a diversity of species, including lady slippers, starflower, bunchberry, labrador-tea, and a variety of trees. Whitefish Point is on a world migratory flyway. The data collected by the WPBO led to establishing Whitefish Point as a Globally Important Bird Area. In 2001, USFWS designated all of its Whitefish Point property as Critical Habitat for the Piping Plover. In 2009, Piping Plover began nesting at Whitefish Point again for the first time in at least 2 decades.
- Whitefish Point Bird Observatory operates as a non-profit, affiliate education and research facility of the Michigan Audubon Society at Whitefish Point.
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