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Social Attraction—Bringing Seabirds Back to Desecheo Island

Desecheo Island restoration takes another step forward as U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, Island Conservation, and Effective Environmental Restoration set up decoys and sound systems to bring seabirds back to the island.   On rocky outcrops on the southwestern side of Desecheo Island, Puerto Rico two new decoy colonies of Bridled Terns have been set […]

Written by on April 30, 2019

Scaling Up in Island Conservation: Research and Lessons Learned

New publication features research by Island Conservation and partners on lessons learned in conservation. In 2017, at the third Island Invasives Conference, held in Dundee, Scotland, Island Conservation staff and experts in the field of invasive species management came together to discuss the successes, failures, and lessons learned from restoration. Island Conservation staff members gave […]

Written by on April 12, 2019

WIRED Features Island Conservation Project Director Karl Campbell

WIRED features GBIRd and Island Conservation Project Director Karl Campbell in an article about the potential for gene drives to help prevent extinctions of island species. By: Emma Marris KARL CAMPBELL IS a craftsman bedeviled by bad tools. He’s a middle-aged, medium-size, muscular Australian with a five-day beard and an intense gaze who seems perpetually […]

Written by on February 21, 2018