Endangered Means There Is Still Time

California least tern
USFWS Photo

The Endangered Species Act requires that Federal agencies avoid activities that harm a listed species or its ecosystem. For example, the U.S. Navy, working with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, set aside an area for the threatened California least tern. As a result, the tern population in the San Diego, California area has gone from 600 breeding pairs to over 4,000.