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Island Conservation
As you will read in the 2010 Annual Report, with your support, the Critically Endangered San Nicolas Island Fox, in California’s Channel Islands; the Threatened Higo Chumbo Cactus, on Puerto Rico’s Desecheo Island; and the Leach’s Storm-petrel, on Rat Island, in the Alaskan Aleutian Islands are thriving now that we have freed their islands of invasive predators.
2011: The Year of Growth
We entered 2011 determined to fulfill our mission in a bigger way. We continued our work protecting native plants and animals from Rábida, Bartolomé and eight islets in the Galápagos with the Galápagos National Park and Charles Darwin Foundation—the first phase of a larger project to restore the famed archipelago and protect 12 threatened species, including the Endangered Galápagos Penguin by removing invasive rodents. We then focused our attention on Palmyra Atoll in the Pacific’s Line Islands to protect the rare Pisonia forest, the Coconut Crab and critical habitat for 29 bird species within a vast 450,000 square mile range with our partners the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and The Nature Conservancy.
But we didn’t stop there. We established new programs in Chile, Australia, the Caribbean and the Galápagos. We created an innovative database of the world’s most threatened island species, so we, and our partners, know exactly where we need to work to prevent extinctions.
Our Sincerest Thanks
Thank you to all our supporters, partners and friends for your committment to conservation. Together we are making the difference between survival and extinction.
P. S. Be sure to read our letter “Island Rescue: Leveraging Our Work to Make a Global Difference” in the Annual Report to see where we’re going in 2012!
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Island Conservation are pleased to announce that operations to restore Desecheo Island’s native species and their habitat by removing non-native, invasive black rats from Desecheo Island have been completed safely and successfully. Susan…
Event Marks Successful Completion of Seabird Restoration Project on San Nicolas Island Press release Ventura, CA – Partners from the Montrose Settlements Restoration Program, the U.S. Navy, Island Conservation, Institute for Wildlife Studies and The Humane Society of the United States gathered on San Nicolas Island…
Island Conservation selects Dr. Ray Nias as our new Southwest Pacific Regional Director! Dr. Ray Nias brings to Island Conservation a wealth of experience in the Asia-Pacific region. He has been involved in many island conservation projects in Australia, the…
Rat Island author Will Stolzenburg writes about restoring Palmyra, Island Conservation, and the battle to save island species. With the summer 2011 fieldwork completed and the crews moving on, there is reason to be hopeful that Palmyra Atoll has just…
Protects Millions of Seabirds, Coconut Crabs, and one of the Largest Remaining Tropical Coastal Strand Forests in the Pacific The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), The Nature Conservancy (TNC), and Island Conservation (IC) today announced that summer 2011 fieldwork to…
Island Conservation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and The Nature Conservancy complete implementation on Palmyra Atoll, Line Islands. As of Thursday, June 30, 2011, Palmyra Atoll Restoration Project implementation was completed. It has taken a monumental effort and years of…
Island Conservation selects Boris Fabres to advance its conservation initiatives in the Caribbean. Island Conservation is pleased to announce Boris Fabres as our new Caribbean Regional Director. Boris brings to Island Conservation a valuable combination of conservation work from…
Experience Island Conservation’s work from Island Restoration Specialist and surfer Rory Stansbury’s perspective A Mischief of Rats Cleaning up with Island Conservation By Matt Skenazy It’s 4:00 a.m. and the wind is trying to rip Rory Stansbury’s tent off…