Bi-National Seabird Restoration Effort Launched on the Baja California Pacific Islands

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Bi-National Seabird Restoration Effort Launched on the Baja California Pacific Islands
The Montrose and Luckenbach Trustee Councils and the Government of Mexico have announced a $4 million dollar award to a U. S-Mexico partnership that will implement a comprehensive five-year program focused on restoring seabird populations on seven islands off the Pacific coast of Mexico. Improvement of nesting grounds in Mexico will create more stable and viable populations of seabirds in California and the Mexican islands off the Baja California peninsula.

With support from the Trustee Councils, a partnership comprised of the National Audubon Society, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Grupo de Ecolog