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Recovered Midwestern bird soars off endangered species list

by John Flesher
| January 12, 2021 7:06 AM

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The interior least tern, a hardy Midwestern bird that survived a craze for its plumage and dam-building that destroyed much of its habitat, has soared off the endangered species list.

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