I just got back from a family reunion we held on the east shore of Lake Michigan. This shoreline is very much like the bay side of the Cape - all sand dunes and very shallow. If you didn't know it you'd swear you were on the Cape - just no tides. Anyway, took a dune buggy ride on this stretch which is "protected". The tour driver says they have to be careful for the plovers - they get to the lake shore and the plovers are running all over the place. I told the guide that back east they would shut his business down with that many plovers on the beach - she just looked at me funny and said the feds have no problem with their tour company. Very strange.
Link to to their website:
http://www.macwoodsdunerides.com/
DZ