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>> ----------
>> From: Burton Guttman[SMTP:guttmanb]
>> Sent: Monday, November 02, 1998 2:50 PM
>> To: si at elwha.evergreen.edu; environ at elwha.evergreen.edu
>> Subject: Largest Caspian Tern colony in N. America threatened (fwd)
>>
>>
>> Another environmental threat people should know about.
>>
>> Burt Guttman guttmanb at elwha.evergreen.edu
>> The Evergreen State College Voice: 360-866-6000, x. 6755
>> Olympia, WA 98505 FAX: 360-866-6794
>>
>> Reunite Gondwana!
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 14:55:54 -0500
>> From: Rebekah Creshkoff <rcreshkoff at MINDSPRING.COM>
>> To: BIRDCHAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
>> Subject: Largest Caspian Tern colony in N. America threatened
>>
>> FYI, an Environmental Assessment (EA) -- which is not a full
Environmental
>> Impact Statement -- has just been issued concerning the following
plan.
>> There
>> is a 30-day public comment period. The science in the EA is
reportedly
>> minimal. Birders are urged to review the EA (contact info is below)
and
>> submit their feedback by Nov. 30.
>>
>> Feds Poised To Destroy Largest Caspian Tern Nesting Colony in North
>> America
>>
>> Although Caspian Terns are declining in California and considered
>> vulnerable in British Columbia, the federal government is apparently
>> preparing to destroy this species' nesting habitat on Rice Island in
the
>> Columbia River estuary. Used by 30% of the North American population,
this
>> is probably the largest Caspian Tern colony in the world. The
National
>> Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) blames terns for the demise of
certain
>> salmonid populations because the birds eat hatchery-raised smolts of
>> federally listed coho salmon and steelhead populations. Pacific
Seabird
>> Group (PSG) has asked the natural resource agencies to focus recovery
>> efforts on salmon habitat and other genuine causes for depleted
salmon
>> runs on the Columbia River. PSG has petitioned NMFS under the
Freedom of
>> Information Act asking for data on the past 20 years on the
percentage of
>> smolts that have returned each year to spawn in the Columbia River
system.
>>
>> PSG will analyze this information to assess whether the growth of the
>> Caspian Tern colony since 1987 has affected the recruitment of
salmonids.
>> At an October Senate hearing, NMFS, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
and
>> the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers promised to destroy the habitat
before
>> the 1999 nesting season. The government has just released issue an
>> Environmental Assessment for public comment; feedback is due by
November
>> 30. To obtain a copy, contact Bob Willis at the U.S. Army Corps of
>> Engineers, 503-808-4703 or <robert.e.willis at usace.army.mil>. A
vigorous
>> response by the birding community will be our best shot at preventing
this
>> senseless destruction.
>>
>> Thanks to Craig Harrison of the Pacific Seabird Group for bringing
this to
>> my
>> attention.
>>
>> Rebekah Creshkoff
>> New York City
>> <rcreshkoff at mindspring.com>
>>


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