Weber State professor, students research environmental impact on snowy plovers - Utah Policy

Weber State professor, students research environmental impact on snowy plovers - Utah Policy

For over 15 years, John Cavitt, a respected zoology professor of Weber State University’s College of Science, has been a leading expert in avian ecology and spearheaded critical efforts to study and protect the endangered western snowy plover. Since 2008, Cavitt has dedicated countless hours to uncovering the mysteries of the “unseen” bird’s unique mating and migration patterns — behaviors that may hold the key to preventing their extinction. Ba…