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The Threatened Higo Chumbo Cactus Resurges on Desecheo Island!

Island Restoration Specialist Cielo Figuerola shares great news about the Federally Threatened Higo Chumbo Cactus of Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge, Puerto Rico. By: Cielo Figuerola It’s hot, it’s steep, there are so many spines around us, we are sweating, and we are tired. But suddenly, we see one. And then another! And, yet another one […]

Written by on November 29, 2017

After Nearly a Century, Desecheo Wildlife can Thrive Again

Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge safe from invasive mammals after nearly 100 years. After more than a decade of conservation intervention, Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is once again safe for the Threatened Higo Chumbo cactus, native seabirds, and unique lizards found nowhere else in the world. Just one year after the final phase of an […]

Written by on June 27, 2017