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"A plan was hatched..."

Watch an inspiring webisode about the restoration and first looks at the project's success.

Thank you to all the partners, volunteers and students who worked so hard on the restoration.  It has paid off!

 

 

Thank you Peck Ewer and Lloyd Fales for producing a beautiful video for us.  And the talented…

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It's a new year, and in some ways Año Nuevo Island looks like a new island. It's green!

I hitched a ride yesterday…

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This fall marked the fruition of years of dedicated work and planning by many people for the common goal of restoring seabird habitat on Año Nuevo Island. Big things happened-- a landing craft came and transported literally tons of materials and plants to the island, a beautiful habitat ridge was built out of a disorderly pile of eucalyptus logs, thousands of native…

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Image: Sophie Webb

There are many reasons that might drive a maturing child to leave its parents' home, and set out independently in the dangerous outside world. In the case of the Homo sapien, this process can be long and drawn out, with many false starts, but for the Rhinoceros Auklet the motivation for leaving home is perhaps a little more clear… Continue