Translocation videos:
Project fact sheets:
| no_net_loss_overview.pdf |
| translocation_faq.pdf |
| predator_fence_faq.pdf |
News and popular media:
In the fall of 2018 Hurricane Walaka directly hit French Frigate Shoals, which contains East Island and Tern Island. Both islands function as nesting ground for hundreds of thousands of seabirds. Read through the articles below to see the critical need for our translocation projects.
Remote Hawaiian Island Wiped Off the Map 2018 Huff Post
East Island, Remote Hawaiian Sliver of Sand, Is Largely Wiped Out by a Hurricane 2018 New York Times
A Hawaiian Island Has Disappeared Beneath The Pacific Ocean 2018 Forbes
A Category 5 hurricane wiped an entire Hawaiian island off the map 2018 CNN
Our 2018 season has come to a close, and all the chicks have successfully fledged! Every single Bonin Petrel (53) and Tristrams Storm-petrel (25) survived to fledge, and 22/25 translocated Black-footed Albatrosses survived to fledge.
First translocated Laysan Albatross chick returns! 2018 press release
The best opportunity for survival- The Garden Island 2018
Black-Footed Albatross Chicks Take Refuge From Climate Change On Oahu- Civil Beat 2018
These Baby Birds Had To Move Because The Planet's Getting Too Warm- The Dodo 2017
Black-footed albatross chicks moved to Oahu- Honolulu Star Advertiser 2017
Albatross chicks cross the sea to escape rising waters- Earth Touch News Network 2017
To Save Albatross From Sea Level Rise, an Experimental Colony Lifts Off- Audubon Magazine 2017
Watch Fuzzy Albatross Chicks Saved From Rising Seas- National Geographic 2016
Albatross eggs flown from Kauai to Oahu in attempt to start new North Shore colony- Hawaii Magazine 2014