On Marion Island, located in the Southern Indian Ocean off the coast of South Africa, introduced house mice are endangering the long-term survival of seabirds and other native species. In response, the Mouse-Free Marion Project proposes an ambitious plan to distribute rodenticide bait from underslung bait buckets on helicopters in overlapping swathes across the entire 30,000-hectare island. Their goal is … 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