The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announced today that it is starting a planning process to protect seabird colonies from mammalian predators on Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge, Three Arch Rocks National Wildlife Refuge and adjacent mainland areas. The Service is working cooperatively with other agencies that have management authority for wildlife and jurisdiction over adjacent mainland areas. These include U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture - Wildlife Services, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.
Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge and Three Arch Rocks National Wildlife Refuge provide key nesting habitat and protection for the majority of the estimated 1.2 million nesting seabirds in Oregon. In 2001 and 2002, seabird nesting colonies of tufted puffins, pigeon guillemots, double-crested and Brandt
