Island Conservation
NPR’s series Skunk Bear features the recovery of the Channel Island Fox and the threats that almost led them to extinction. Off the coast of Southern California, there are eight islands that make up the Channel Islands Archipelago. Six of those islands are home to their own subspecies of Channel Island Fox. These small foxes […]
Novelist and essayist Jonathan Franzen highlights the worldwide decline of seabirds, the threats they face, and how Island Conservation and other organizations are working to prevent extinctions on islands around the world. Some might imagine that seabirds which nest on remote islands and spend the majority of their lifetime at sea would be safe from […]
As native trees are killed off by shot hole borers, invasive plants emerge and take over, oftentimes displacing the native species that once called that place home. Introducing this aggressor to the California Islands could result in the detrimental alteration of the unique communities found on the islands. By: Juli Matos, Biosecurity Manager for the […]
2017 was a profound year for island research and discoveries around the world. By: Emily Heber Hawaiian Seabird’s in Urgent Need of Protection Two native Hawaiian seabird species, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red-listed Vulnerable Hawaiian Petrel and Endangered Newell’s Shearwater are experiencing steep decline according to a new research paper published in The Condor. The paper, titled “Declining […]
Conservationists deploy a canine tracker to confirm the removal of invasive Argentine Ants on Santa Cruz and San Clemente Islands. For centuries people have used dogs for work, from herding sheep to sniffing for drugs or explosives. Today, conservationists are deploying canines’ excellent tracking skills to find invasive species. Conservation dogs have been used to […]
The California Channel Islands are sometimes compared to the Galápagos Islands. They share biodiversity, beauty, and the problem of invasive species in common. Just off the coast of Southern California lies an archipelago of eight islands that stretch a total of 160 miles from the southernmost San Clemente to the northernmost San Miguel. The Channel Islands […]