Mount Pleasant Magazine March/April 2020

42 www.MountPleasantMagazine.com | www.ILoveMountPleasant.com | www.BestofMP.com feature “An important point we try to make in the study is that these are issues that will affect people, too,” remarked Johnson. “It’s like the canary in the coal mine; birds are sentinels of environmental change.” He cited the pesticide DDT as an example, which at one time decimated bald eagles and other raptor populations before its link to their declines alerted people to its environmental impacts, leading to an eventual ban. Habitat loss is a threat for shorebirds like the piping plover. Photo by Sandy Selesky. Do You Know a Special East Cooper Mom or Dad? Mount Pleasant Magazine is looking for “Mount Pleasant’s Favorite Mom and Dad” Nominate someone you knowwhomight just be the next FavoriteMom&Dad of Mount Pleasant. Please visit: www.MpFavoriteMoms.com and/or www.MpFavoriteDads.com FAVORITE DAD FAVORITE MOM FAVORITE DAD FAVORITE MOM