In October 2021, a grant from the Farallon Islands Foundation to Point Blue provided support for an educational video on the benefits of eradicating the invasive house mouse from the South Farallon Islands. The video supports the efforts of 17 years of study and planning by the US Fish and Wildlife Service and Point Blue as their proposed project to … Read More
Farallon Island Restoration Project Outreach – 2020
In 2020, the Farallon Islands Foundation provided a grant to Point Blue Conservation Science in support of outreach activities around a proposed project by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to eradicate invasive house mice on the South Farallon Islands. The presence of invasive house mice has had severe and ecosystem-altering effects on the Farallon Islands, which are home to … Read More
Molecular Biology Lab and Research Support in Madagascar – 2019
In 2019, the Farallon Islands Foundation provided a grant to Madagascar Fauna and Flora Group and Mahaliana Lab and Training Center in support of their efforts to establish a molecular biology laboratory in Antananarivo, Madagascar and build scientific research capacity among Malagasy conservationists through a research study and training workshop. With support from FIF, these organizations purchased necessary lab equipment … Read More
Dick Spight Farallon Islands Foundation Intern – 2018
In 2018, FIF funded a seasonal intern who was trained by Point Blue staff and resided on the Farallon Islands from March 17 through August 18, 2018 conducting seabird monitoring research. Monitoring activities included breeding success censuses, and banding and identification of seabirds and other wildlife. The intern also received hands-on experience with database management, science writing, experimental design and … Read More
Video and Interactive Map of Farallon National Wildlife Refuge – 2015
The Farallon National Wildlife Refuge provides a home for seals, sea lions, the largest seabird breeding colony in the United States (over 300,000 seabirds and 13 species), and many other species. It is one of only three refuges in the United States that are closed to the public, however, teams of biologists from Point Blue Conservation Science (formerly Point Reyes … Read More
Nesting Boxes & Boardwalks on Año Nuevo Island – 2008, 2009
Many seabirds nest on islands in burrows which can collapse for several reasons including human foot traffic and pinniped activity. Año Nuevo is home to over 9,000 seabirds (and 18,000 marine mammals) and is thus one of the most important islands in California. Rhinoceros Auklets Cerorhinca monocerata were extirpated from California in the 1800s but have been re-colonizing their historical nesting sites … Read More
Filmmakers Collaborative – 2005
Production of the Video “Returning Home – Bringing the Common Murre Back to Devil’s Slide Rock” In 1986, a breeding colony of Common Murres on Devil’s Slide Rock off the coast of San Francisco was devastated by an oil spill. Using innovative restoration techniques in a challenging location over the span of ten years, dedicated scientists worked with local schools … Read More