NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):

Keystone Initiative - Birds

Project Title: Eradication of Yellow Crazy Ants on Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge (HI)

Organization:

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Project ID:

0101.15.046756

Award Amount:

$272600.00

Location:

Johnston Atoll NWR was established in 1926 “…as a refuge and breeding ground for native birds” and is the only nesting habitat available in over 750,000 square miles of open ocean for 15 seabird species, including two Birds of Conservation Concern (Christmas Shearwater and Blue-gray Noddy).