[CPEO-IRF] Alameda Point (CA) bird refuge

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Alameda Point bird refuge not a sure thing

By Alan Lopez
Inside Bay Area/Alameda Times-Star (CA)
October 23, 2007

Eli Saddler, the conservation director for Golden Gate Audubon, has 
logged many meeting hours on a quest to save a unique piece of Alameda 
property.

The reason: About 400 pairs of the California least tern, an endangered 
species that make their home from April to August on the southwest 
tarmac at Alameda Point, a former Navy base.

Berkeley-based Golden Gate Audubon recently has stepped up lobbying 
efforts to create a permanent refuge for the least tern, the endangered 
brown pelican and more than 150 other species at Alameda Point.

"Because of the lack of public access and a lack of activity out there, 
the wildlife has really taken over at Alameda Point," Saddler said. 
"Birds you may not see elsewhere for miles and miles you will see out 
there because of the sanctuary it provides."


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For the entire article, see
http://www.insidebayarea.com/timesstar/localnews/ci_7260356

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org



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