NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):
Pacific Seabirds
Project Title: Monitoring and Evaluating Rat Activity and Eradication on Lehua Island, Hawaii
Organization:
Island Conservation
Project ID:
0115.19.066248
Description:

Support an independent review of the Lehua Island, Hawaii, Polynesian rat eradication operation and continue seabird and rat monitoring. Project will continue to assess rat presence, deploy appropriate removal tools, assess seabirds response to the 2017 rat eradication attempt and will contract an independent evaluation of the rat eradication operation as best practice for gleaning lessons learned from unsuccesful eradication operations.

Award Amount:
$75000.00
Location:
Lehua Island, Hawaii