2005 CPEO Installation Reuse Forum Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 25 Jun 2005 07:03:53 -0000
Reply: cpeo-irf
Subject: [CPEO-IRF] Alameda's (CA) terns
 
Endangered birds' future on ex-naval base in limbo

By Laura Ernde
Inside Bay Area/Fremont Argus (CA)
June 24, 2005

ALAMEDA - Every spring, a flock of endangered California least terns
returns to abandoned runways at the former Alameda Naval Air Station, to
build their shallow nests and hatch a new generation. 

So fragile is the population that one predator such as a fox or a feral
cat can wipe out an entire breeding season in just a few days, said
Leora Feeney, who chairs the Friends of the Alameda Wildlife Refuge. 

Since the base closed in 1997, the small seabirds have prospered under
the close watch of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

But their future on the 565-acre island refuge remains in limbo. The
U.S. Navy is no longer negotiating with the wildlife service to take
ownership of the refuge, said Ron Plaseied, who is managing the base
closure for the Navy. 

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.insidebayarea.com/argus/localnews/ci_2821591

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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