Calling all volunteers! Join the St. Louis River Alliance on Sunday, August 10th from 1-4 p.m. for a volunteer work day at the Piping Plover Habitat Site at the Wisconsin Point Wildlife Sanctuary. Come lend a hand however your schedule allows!
We will be handling non-local invasive species such as tansy and soapwort, as well as piling up and removing woody debris from the shoreline. Participants are encouraged to email watertrail@stlouisriver.org if they are interested in helping at one or both of these days so we have enough tools to go around.
Gloves, buckets and contracting bags will be provided. Please bring your own equipment/materials if you have them. No prior experience needed; safety and plant identification will be instructed. We will be bending, pulling, and digging, using shovels and gloves to manage the removal. The sand makes for easier pulling. Come as long or as little as you'd like. More hands, and more smiles make for easier work!
Lets have some fun on the beach, and support the Great Lakes Piping Plovers together! Mikayla will be leading the event and happy to answer all questions.
Bring: water, sun hat, sunglasses, gardening or leather gloves, 5-gallon bucket (if you have any) kneeling pad, snack, sunscreen, bug spray, long socks, and clothing protection from bugs and vegetation with thorns, poison ivy, etc.
NOTE: If you have a personal chainsaw, experience, and proper safety gear and are willing to bring it to cut driftwood into smaller pieces for burning, please contact Mikayla by email. Any help is appreciated.
Directions: The Piping Plover Habitat Site is located on Wisconsin Point; directions to exact location follow.
Hwy 2 East/Hwy 53 South through Superior, WI.
Turn left onto Moccasin Mike Road (toward City of Superior landfill).
Turn left onto Wisconsin Point Road (before you reach landfill). **NOTE: Last public restroom at first parking lot on right (Lot 1).
Drive almost all the way to the end of the road, pass through Pine Tree forest and pass Native American burial grounds on the right.
Just shortly past this there is a gravel road to the left with a brown closed gate. There will be an SLRA sign to designate the location.
Please walk down gravel approach toward the Bay side of Wisconsin Point, walk through one vehicle gate and then through a 12-foot-tall perimeter fence gate. Turn left and walk down the beach to check-in with SLRA staff. Thank you for your passion and interest! ‘
If you have any questions, please email Mikayla.
Main Contact: Mikayla Erickson
Email: watertrail@stlouisriver.org
Office Phone: 218-733-9520
Leave a voicemail if I am away from the office phone please and I will get back to you.
Project Leader Mikayla Erickson with smiling volunteers and Minnesota Master Naturalists after pulling invasive burdock, spotted knapweed, and soapwort.
Memorable day.
Photo from August 2023.
This year the Great Lakes Piping Plover population increased from 81 pairs (2024) to 88 pairs (2025). Its only a matter of time until a pair finds the site, DNR and U.S. Fish and Wildlife stated to Mikayla.