The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) is the leading large-scale restoration program targeting the ecological health of the Laurentian Great Lakes; since 2010, 530,000 acres of coastal wetland and nearshore habitats, as well as other habitats, have been protected and restored. The impact of coastal wetland restoration on bird assemblages has not yet been widely assessed in the context of the GLRI. Using indexed breeding season survey data from the GLRI-funded Coastal Wetland Monitoring Program (2011-2025), we evaluate changes in avian assemblages at over 20 restoration sites spread throughout all five Great Lakes. Graduate student Isabel Dunn will share the results of this analysis, which explicitly tests hypotheses linking changes in bird taxonomic and functional diversity to coastal wetland habitat restoration activities in the context of factors such as change in wetland vegetation quality and extent of emergent vegetation.