A video and article posted by Micah Fink on the Marine Defenders website titled “Defending the Roseate Terns of Ram Island,” profiles the work of state wildlife biologist Carolyn Mostello and the efforts of the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife’s Buzzards Bay Tern Restoration Project.  The piece describes efforts to protect a nesting colony of Roseate Terns and restore habitat on Ram Island (Mattapoisett) in the aftermath of the 2003 Bouchard 120 oil spill in Buzzards Bay. A Mass Wildlife posting describes similar restoration efforts on Bird Island (Marion), another Roseate nesting colony site in Buzzards Bay. Roseates are a U.S. Endangered species, and Buzzards Bay nesting colonies account for more than half of the breeding pairs in the U.S. You can also learn more about Roseate Terns at our Roseate Terns and Piping Plovers page.