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Plan Title Plan Stage Plan Lead Region (FWS) Plan Lead Office (FWS) Species Common Name Species Scientific Name Action Priority Action Number Action Description Action Status Estimated Initiation Date Estimated Completion Date Action Lead Agencies Responsible Parties Work Types Labor Types Comments Implementation Activity Number Implementation Activity Description Implementation Activity Status Implementation Activity Estimated Initiation Date Implementation Activity Estimated Completion Date Implementation Activity Labor Types Implementation Activity Work Types Implementation Activity Responsible Parties Implementation Activity Comments Implementation Activity Species
Roseate Tern (NE U.S/Canada) RF(1) 5 New England Ecological Services Field Office (603) 223-2541 Roseate tern Sterna dougallii dougallii 1 1.3431 Reduce nest site competition with herring and great black-backed gulls including reducing nesting gull populations when necessary. Ongoing Current U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Department of Agriculture, State Wildlife Management Agencies, Region 5, Division of Refuges and Wildlife, Ecological Services Management: Predator and Competitor Control Internal Field Assistance Assumes some successes and reduction of level of effort in years 2 and 3. FY 23 - documented major predation by great black-backed gull and herring gull on ROST nesting on Great Gull Island from Little Gull.
Roseate Tern (NE U.S/Canada) RF(1) 5 New England Ecological Services Field Office (603) 223-2541 Roseate tern Sterna dougallii dougallii 1 1.344 Discourage or control predators. Ongoing Current Prior to FY 1995 Other U.S. Department of Agriculture, State Wildlife Management Agencies, Region 5, Division of Refuges and Wildlife, Ecological Services Management: Depredation Control Internal Field Assistance Can vary greatly year to year
Roseate Tern (NE U.S/Canada) RF(1) 5 New England Ecological Services Field Office (603) 223-2541 Roseate tern Sterna dougallii dougallii 1 1.3451 Physically maintain, enhance and expand nesting habitat. Ongoing Current Prior to FY 1995 Other State Wildlife Management Agencies, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Ecological Services, Local town or county agencies Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation Internal Field Assistance Costs speculative; encompasses erosion control, restoration of badly eroded habitat and habitat nourishment activities. Some restoration activities completed and need monitoring. Cooperative Research Grant awarded in 2015 included habitat restoration as one of the components. ACOE, MADFW, USFWS partnership completed Bird Island habitat restoration and enhancement project in 2018.
Roseate Tern (NE U.S/Canada) RF(1) 5 New England Ecological Services Field Office (603) 223-2541 Roseate tern Sterna dougallii dougallii 1 2.11 Identify staging areas used and times when they are used. Ongoing Current FY 2015 FY 2022 Other Other Research: Migration Species Expert Resighting of plastic field readable bands ongoing by independent researcher (Dr. Jeff Spendelow). No formal study plan, annual effort by Dr. Spendelow. Focus on Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, MA, and RI staging areas.
Roseate Tern (NE U.S/Canada) RF(1) 5 New England Ecological Services Field Office (603) 223-2541 Roseate tern Sterna dougallii dougallii 1 3.3 Conduct studies to locate winter quarters and determine survival. Ongoing Current FY 1995 - FY 1999 Other State Wildlife Management Agencies, Ecological Services Research: Other Information Species Expert State of the Birds grant is funding activities in Galinhos, Brazil to reduce mortality from roseate tern collisions with a transmission powerline. Markers will be installed on the powerline, thermal cameras will document tern behavior upon approaching marked powerlines, and efficacy trials will determine the extent to which the markers are successful. Partners include the Massachusetts Audubon Society (PI - contracted by the USFWS), multiple Brazilian NGOs, the University of Rio Grand do Nort, Powerline Sentry (industry providing the markers), Duke Energy (technical expertise), Smithsonian Institute (genetic analyses of roseate terns to ID population),
Roseate Tern (NE U.S/Canada) RF(1) 5 New England Ecological Services Field Office (603) 223-2541 Roseate tern Sterna dougallii dougallii 2 1 Determine location of tern colonies with nesting roseates. Ongoing Current U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Geological Survey, State Wildlife Management Agencies, Private Organizations, Ecological Services Management Species Expert Most colonies known. Some shifting occurs. New colony documented at Muskeget Island, Nantucket. First time in decades.
Roseate Tern (NE U.S/Canada) RF(1) 5 New England Ecological Services Field Office (603) 223-2541 Roseate tern Sterna dougallii dougallii 2 1.21 Develop criteria for evaluating colonies. Complete Prior to FY 1995 FY 1995 - FY 1999 Other U.S. Geological Survey, State Wildlife Management Agencies, Private Organizations, Ecological Services Management: Other Species Expert
Roseate Tern (NE U.S/Canada) RF(1) 5 New England Ecological Services Field Office (603) 223-2541 Roseate tern Sterna dougallii dougallii 2 1.22 Evaluate existing colonies for potential to increase populations. Ongoing Current Prior to FY 1995 FY 1995 - FY 1999 Other State Wildlife Management Agencies, Private Organizations, Ecological Services Research: Habitat Status Species Expert FY23 - On GGI, Ram, and Bird Islands, research is ongoing to add different style artificial nest structures to increase ROST populations.
Roseate Tern (NE U.S/Canada) RF(1) 5 New England Ecological Services Field Office (603) 223-2541 Roseate tern Sterna dougallii dougallii 2 1.25 Determine proximity of suitable feeding habitat to existing and potential nesting habitat. Partially Complete Prior to FY 1995 FY 2020 Other U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Research: Habitat Requirements Species Expert Using VHF radio transmitter technology (nanotags), roseate foraging habitat and flight distances to foraging habitat have been documented for Great Gull and Buzards' Bay island colonies (oring P. H., Paton P. W., McLaren J. D., Bai H, Janaswamy R, Goyert H. F., Griffin C.R., P.R. Sievert. 2019. Tracking Offshore Occurrence of Common Terns, Endangered Roseate Terns, and Threatened Piping Plovers with VHF Arrays. Sterling (VA): US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. OCS Study BOEM 2019-017. 149 p.). FY 23: Yakola and Lyons conducting pilot study in Maine to attached satellite tags to 6 roseate terns to study foraging movements. Plan to expand to Great Gull Island in 2024 and 2025.
Roseate Tern (NE U.S/Canada) RF(1) 5 New England Ecological Services Field Office (603) 223-2541 Roseate tern Sterna dougallii dougallii 2 1.31 Determine ownership of all existing and potential nesting sites. Complete Prior to FY 1995 FY 1995 - FY 1999 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service State Wildlife Management Agencies, Ecological Services Research: General Internal Administrative Most are known.
Roseate Tern (NE U.S/Canada) RF(1) 5 New England Ecological Services Field Office (603) 223-2541 Roseate tern Sterna dougallii dougallii 2 1.32 Contact landowners and provide protection recommendations. Ongoing Current Prior to FY 1995 Other State Wildlife Management Agencies, Ecological Services Management Internal Field Assistance 1k
Roseate Tern (NE U.S/Canada) RF(1) 5 New England Ecological Services Field Office (603) 223-2541 Roseate tern Sterna dougallii dougallii 2 1.33 Protect currently unprotected sites through acquisition or easements. Ongoing Current Prior to FY 1995 FY 1995 - FY 1999 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Realty, State Wildlife Management Agencies, Ecological Services, Land Management Agencies and Organizations Acquisition: Easement, Acquisition: Management Agreement Internal Administrative Land costs unpredictable. Petit Manan NWR (Maine) is in the planning stages for acquiring several suitable nesting islands in FY 25.
Roseate Tern (NE U.S/Canada) RF(1) 5 New England Ecological Services Field Office (603) 223-2541 Roseate tern Sterna dougallii dougallii 2 1.34 Develop and implement management strategies, incorporating existing management activities. Ongoing Current Prior to FY 1995 Other State Wildlife Management Agencies, Region 5, Division of Refuges and Wildlife, Ecological Services, Law Enforcement Management: General Species Expert Due to Covid-19 pandemic, management/monitoring at ROST colonies was limited. A need for long-term plans that take into account management limitations (funding/access/limited staff) is critical. Discussions should be initiated during the annual ROST workshop.
Roseate Tern (NE U.S/Canada) RF(1) 5 New England Ecological Services Field Office (603) 223-2541 Roseate tern Sterna dougallii dougallii 2 2 Determine numbers of pairs of roseates and other terns at each site. Ongoing Current Prior to FY 1995 Other U.S. Geological Survey, State Wildlife Management Agencies, Region 5, Division of Refuges and Wildlife, Private Organizations, Ecological Services, American Museum of Natural History Research: Demographic Studies Species Expert
Roseate Tern (NE U.S/Canada) RF(1) 5 New England Ecological Services Field Office (603) 223-2541 Roseate tern Sterna dougallii dougallii 2 2.3 Determine need for and feasibility of management of wintering areas. Ongoing Current FY 1995 - FY 1999 Other State Wildlife Management Agencies, Private Organizations, Ecological Services Research: Other Information Species Expert Depends on outcome of 3.3
Roseate Tern (NE U.S/Canada) RF(1) 5 New England Ecological Services Field Office (603) 223-2541 Roseate tern Sterna dougallii dougallii 2 2.4 Promote international cooperation in research and management in wintering areas. Ongoing Current FY 1995 - FY 1999 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Other: Information and Education Internal Administrative Annual recovery meeting includes representatives from agencies responsible for roseate tern recovery from the United Kingdom, Caribbean islands and Brasil.
Roseate Tern (NE U.S/Canada) RF(1) 5 New England Ecological Services Field Office (603) 223-2541 Roseate tern Sterna dougallii dougallii 2 3 Assess productivity at major colonies. Ongoing Current Prior to FY 1995 Other State Wildlife Management Agencies, Private Organizations, Ecological Services, American Museum of Natural History Research: Demographic Studies Species Expert
Roseate Tern (NE U.S/Canada) RF(1) 5 New England Ecological Services Field Office (603) 223-2541 Roseate tern Sterna dougallii dougallii 2 3.21 Improve and standardize methods for computing breeding populations in all colonies. Ongoing Current FY 1995 - FY 1999 FY 2006 Other U.S. Geological Survey, State Wildlife Management Agencies, Private Organizations, Ecological Services Research: Population Surveys Species Expert Reviewing abundance and productivity methodology for Great Gull Island under a Long Island Sound Future Funds Initiative grant (PIs Joan Walsh and Margaret Rubega). This information should spur additional reviews of abundance and productivity methodologies for other large roseate tern colonies (Buzzards Bay and Seavey Island).
Roseate Tern (NE U.S/Canada) RF(1) 5 New England Ecological Services Field Office (603) 223-2541 Roseate tern Sterna dougallii dougallii 2 3.44 Evaluate possible impacts of banding studies on reproductive success. Ongoing Not Current Other State Wildlife Management Agencies Research: Other Information Species Expert Recent pit tagging study initiated to investigate impacts of bands on survival and productivity - MADFW. Study halted due to Covid-19 pandemic and lack of funding. Initial results inconclusive.
Roseate Tern (NE U.S/Canada) RF(1) 5 New England Ecological Services Field Office (603) 223-2541 Roseate tern Sterna dougallii dougallii 2 3.46 Investigate factors affecting fledgling survival and recruitment. Ongoing Current Prior to FY 1995 FY 2010 Other State Wildlife Management Agencies, Private Organizations, Ecological Services Research: Demographic Studies Species Expert FY 23: Studying annual survival rates of subadult ROST on Great Gull Island
Roseate Tern (NE U.S/Canada) RF(1) 5 New England Ecological Services Field Office (603) 223-2541 Roseate tern Sterna dougallii dougallii 2 3.47 Investigate factors causing unequal adult sex ratios and determine sex specific survival rates of adults. Discontinued FY 1995 - FY 1999 Other State Wildlife Management Agencies, Private Organizations, Ecological Services Research: Demographic Studies Species Expert
Roseate Tern (NE U.S/Canada) RF(1) 5 New England Ecological Services Field Office (603) 223-2541 Roseate tern Sterna dougallii dougallii 2 3.9 Refine and test methodology for attracting terns at new sites. Complete Prior to FY 1995 FY 2005 Other State Wildlife Management Agencies, Private Organizations, Ecological Services Research: Reintroduction Species Expert Final recommendations within 3 years
Roseate Tern (NE U.S/Canada) RF(1) 5 New England Ecological Services Field Office (603) 223-2541 Roseate tern Sterna dougallii dougallii 3 1.23 Identify former colony sites and evaluate present habitat at those sites. Complete Prior to FY 1995 FY 1995 - FY 1999 Other State Wildlife Management Agencies, Private Organizations, Ecological Services Research: General Species Expert Currently, no former colony sites are suitable for recolonization by roseate terns. Need to reassess criterion for restoring to former portion of the species range, particularly southern sites.
Roseate Tern (NE U.S/Canada) RF(1) 5 New England Ecological Services Field Office (603) 223-2541 Roseate tern Sterna dougallii dougallii 3 1.24 Identify potential sites with no history of roseate nesting and evaluate habitat and competing species. Ongoing Current FY 1995 - FY 1999 Other State Wildlife Management Agencies, Private Organizations, Ecological Services Research: General Species Expert Petit Manan NWR (Maine) in planning stages for acquiring and evaluating several likely-suitable islands in FY 2025.
Roseate Tern (NE U.S/Canada) RF(1) 5 New England Ecological Services Field Office (603) 223-2541 Roseate tern Sterna dougallii dougallii 3 1.26 Rank sites with greatest potential to support expanding populations. Unknown Other U.S. Geological Survey, State Wildlife Management Agencies, Private Organizations, Ecological Services Research: Demographic Studies Species Expert
Roseate Tern (NE U.S/Canada) RF(1) 5 New England Ecological Services Field Office (603) 223-2541 Roseate tern Sterna dougallii dougallii 3 2.12 Determine factors that influence use of staging areas. Ongoing Current FY 1995 - FY 1999 Other Other Research: Migration Species Expert Disturbance factors researched and MS theses completed, 2017 ( K. Davis 2017 Va Tech thesis) and M. Althouse 2017 SUNY Syracuse thesis). Current focus is on idenfification of prey species during adult provisioning of young at pre-migration staging areas. Also investigating impacts to forage fish species and locations from climate change. USGS Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center leading effort.
Roseate Tern (NE U.S/Canada) RF(1) 5 New England Ecological Services Field Office (603) 223-2541 Roseate tern Sterna dougallii dougallii 3 2.2 Appraise need for protection of beach roosting sites and manage if need is established. Ongoing Current FY 2008 Other Other Management: Other Species Expert Recent research on the impact of disturbance has spurred discussions re: the need to protectively manage staging areas consistently used by large flocks of terns (common and roseate). Cape Cod National Seashore proposing to manage Seashore beaches that have high concentrations of staging terns and shorebirds (revised Shorebird Management Plan 2019). FY 23: See following publications Davis, K.L., Karpanty, S.M., Spendelow, J.A., Cohen, J.B., Althouse, M.A., Parsons, K.C., Luttazi, C.F., Catlin, D.H. and Gibson, D., 2019. Residency, recruitment, and stopover duration of hatch-year Roseate Terns (Sterna dougallii) during the premigratory staging period. Althouse, M.A., Cohen, J.B., Karpanty, S.M., Spendelow, J.A., Davis, K.L., Parsons, K.C. and Luttazi, C.F., 2019. Evaluating response distances to develop buffer zones for staging terns. The Journal of wildlife management, 83(2), pp.260-271.
Roseate Tern (NE U.S/Canada) RF(1) 5 New England Ecological Services Field Office (603) 223-2541 Roseate tern Sterna dougallii dougallii 3 3.45 Evaluate possible effects of banding/colorbanding on overwinter survival. Complete Prior to FY 1995 FY 2000 - FY 2004 Other State Wildlife Management Agencies, Private Organizations, Ecological Services Research: Other Information Species Expert Done in conjunction with current efforts.
Roseate Tern (NE U.S/Canada) RF(1) 5 New England Ecological Services Field Office (603) 223-2541 Roseate tern Sterna dougallii dougallii 3 3.61 Identify and characterize preferred feeding areas. Ongoing Current FY 1995 - FY 1999 Other State Wildlife Management Agencies, Private Organizations, Ecological Services Research: Other Information Species Expert See Task 1.25 comments. FY 23: New telemetry studies this year continuing through FY 25
Roseate Tern (NE U.S/Canada) RF(1) 5 New England Ecological Services Field Office (603) 223-2541 Roseate tern Sterna dougallii dougallii 3 3.64 Determine relationships between food availability and breeding success on an individual, age class, and colony-site basis. Ongoing Current FY 1995 - FY 1999 Other State Wildlife Management Agencies, Private Organizations, Ecological Services Research: Other Information Graduate Student FY 23: Conducting provisioning studies to determine prey delivery rates and fledging success of individuals on Great Gull Island. Similar work possibly occurring on Seavey in NH.
Roseate Tern (NE U.S/Canada) RF(1) 5 New England Ecological Services Field Office (603) 223-2541 Roseate tern Sterna dougallii dougallii 3 3.7 Evaluate possible adverse impacts of contaminants and diseases. Discontinued Prior to FY 1995 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Environmental Protection Agency , Private Organizations, Ecological Services Research: Environmental Contaminants Internal Field Assistance Chemical analyses costs
Roseate Tern (NE U.S/Canada) RF(1) 5 New England Ecological Services Field Office (603) 223-2541 Roseate tern Sterna dougallii dougallii 3 4 Develop and distribute educational material. Complete FY 2016 FY 2018 Other State Wildlife Management Agencies, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of External Affairs, Ecological Services Other: Information and Education Internal Administrative 2016 Cooperative Recoveyr Initiative grant provided funding for the development and production of outreach materials for roseate tern conservation - primarily staging terns (Rachel Carson NWR lead).