The White House announced last week that it was more than doubling the size of two marine sanctuaries off the California Coast. The Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary are both vital places for seabirds:
“These newly expanded sanctuaries will work in tandem with California’s network of state marine reserves to make our coast and ocean the world’s most protected marine environment,” said Michael Sutton, the National Audubon Society’s vice president for the Pacific Flyway. He said the expansion “will help protect some of California’s most spectacular coastline and valuable marine resources.”
By Garrison Frost
March 17, 2015
A New Colony of Caspian Tern Decoys on Aramburu Island
Richardson Bay Audubon Center is attacting breeding pairs of Caspian Terns with these newly painted tern decoys—a strategy successfully used by previous tern relocation efforts.