Transport 62 black-footed albatross eggs from Midway Atoll in Hawaii and move 20 Ainley’s Storm-petrel chicks from Morro Prieto to Guadalupe Island, Mexico. Project will help establish new breeding colonies on high islands to protect against predators and climate change impacts on habitat to decrease extinction risk of the two species.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Pacific Seabirds
Project Title: Creating Resilient Tropical Seabird Colonies through Translocation (HI, MEX) - II
Organization:
Pacific Rim Conservation
Project ID:
0115.23.078193
Description:
Award Amount:
$224000.00
Location:
Midway Atoll, Hawaii and Guadalupe Island, Mexico