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The Proposal. August 31, 2022 - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed the conservation introduction of the sihek to The Nature Conservancy's Cooper Island nature preserve and the Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Captive bred sihek would be released at Palmyra Atoll as an experimental population under section 10 (j) of the ...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing the experimental population of sihek (Guam kingfisher, Todiramphus cinnamominus) at The Nature Conservancy's Cooper Island nature preserve and the Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Sihek are endemic to the island of Guam but have been extinct in the wild since 1988 due to predation by the ...
Welcome to Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge! Just about halfway between Hawai‘i and American Samoa lies Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Palmyra consists of a circular string of about 26 islets nestled among several lagoons and encircled by 15,000 acres of shallow turquoise reefs and deep blue submerged reefs. It is the northernmost atoll in the Line Islands in the equatorial ...
Dec 15, 2017 · Holly Richards, Public Affairs Officer with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, shares the story of how removal of invasive species from Palmyra Atoll has led to a thriving ecosystem. By: Holly Richards With its lush rainforest and deep turquoise waters surrounded by some of the most intact coral reef ecosystems in the world, Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge seems like a perfect island ...
Welcome to Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge! Just about halfway between Hawai‘i and American Samoa lies Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Palmyra consists of a circular string of about 26 islets nestled among several lagoons and encircled by 15,000 acres of shallow turquoise reefs and deep blue submerged reefs. It is the northernmost atoll in the Line Islands in the equatorial ...
Welcome to Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge! Just about halfway between Hawai‘i and American Samoa lies Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Palmyra consists of a circular string of about 26 islets nestled among several lagoons and encircled by 15,000 acres of shallow turquoise reefs and deep blue submerged reefs. It is the northernmost atoll in the Line Islands in the equatorial ...
Welcome to the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument! The Monument encompasses approximately 495,189 square miles of open ocean, coral reef, and island habitats, making the total area of the Monument nearly five times the size of all the U.S. National Parks combined and nearly twice the size of the state of Texas. Within the boundaries of the Monument rest seven national wildlife ...
