Welcoming Birds Back to Alaska
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| Michael McBride |
Something's awry on the unfortunately but aptly named Rat Island, a 10-square-mile dot in the Aleutians. Invasive rats have pillaged seabird nests here since they first spilled from a 1780's shipwreck that — except for the stowaway rats — left no survivors.
So in September 2008, The Nature Conservancy and its partners set out across the Bering Sea to eradicate the rats once and for all — and embark on the most ambitious island habitat restoration project ever undertaken in the Northern Hemisphere, involving helicopters and a boat ride into the teeth of North Pacific's worst weather.
Find out How We Did It »
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