Posted by: Sandy Steinman | November 10, 2014

Endangered Least Terns In Alameda Protected

Golden Gate Audubon’s blog, the Golden Gate Birder reports

Alameda’s nesting colony of endangered California Least Terns has a new government landlord – and a secure home for the future.

After years of negotiations, the U.S. Navy transferred 624 acres of its former airfield at Alameda Point to the Department of Veterans Affairs VA on Monday, November 3.

The transfer includes the former airstrip that was adopted by Least Terns for nesting in the 1970s and that has become the most productive breeding site in California for that species. More than 500 acres – including the area used by the terns – will be preserved as a wildlife reserve.

Read full Story at Endangered Alameda terns get a secure home | Golden Gate Audubon Society.


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