Nine Endangered Species that are Being Protected by the U.S. Military
2. Marbled Murrelet
Potential habitat for the marbled murrelet exists in of the last remaining stands of low-elevation Sitka spruce, at the U.S. Naval Radio Station at Jim Creek, Washington. The Navy owned the land but not the logging rights and extensive logging occurred until 1990, when the Navy purchased the rights in order to preserve 225 acres containing Sitka and western red cedars up to 1,500 years old.
Image: Marbled murrelet chick by Peter Halasz at wikimedia.





