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FWS Employee Examines California Least Tern Remains

FWS biologist examines a dead California least tern at its nest on Seal Beach in California. The interior population of least tern was listed as endangered in 1985. Populations along the East and West coasts are not endangered. The interior population, which once inhabited all the major river systems in the middle of the country, evolved to take advantage of constantly changing rivers and fish concentrated in pools by retreating summer flows. When river impoundment, channelization, and levee construction altered natural flow regimes and prevented flow into backwaters, least terns rapidly declined. Delisting the least tern can be considered when the interior population reaches 7,000 and is stable for 10 years.

Author: Hollingsworth, John and Karen/USFWS

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