Protecting the restoration investment and sustaining the tern colony are critical for the recovery of these species and the protection of our natural heritage. Maintaining the tern populations on GGI requires a commitment to stewardship, and that stewardship must be strategic. Our conservation plan helps ensure that we are responding to the top priority threats facing the long-term viability of terns breeding on GGI. Additionally, we must measure how those responses benefit the sustainability of the colony.

Given the hemispheric importance of the colony, it is critical that tern conservation on GGI uses a science-based approach and follows an explicit conservation action plan. This plan sets a strategic roadmap to address the threats to the colony and the management, restoration, research, and monitoring actions needed.

You can download our 2025 Annual Report and our Conservation Plan below.