Northern Gannet Nesting Colony Restoration in Eastern Canada
Implementing Organization
US Department of the Interior
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$6,000,000
Known Leveraged Funding
$0
Funding Organization
Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustees (NRDA)
Funding Program
Natural Resource Damage Assessment NRDA
Details
Project Category
Environmental
Project Actions
Species Restoration
Targeted Resources
Birds/Bird Habitat
Project Description
This project will reduce mortality of northern gannets by implementing a suite of restoration and conservation techniques at known nesting locations in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador, and/or Quebec, Canada. Restoration activities will be conducted over five to seven years and include: (1) conducting land-based removal of marine debris from nests and nest sites; (2) managing predators through both non-lethal and lethal methods; (3) minimizing human disturbance through outreach and management; (4) expanding existing (or establish new) seabird nesting colonies; and (5) conducting GPS tracking of nesting adults to inform selection of colony establishment areas and post-nesting dispersal threats.
Contact
Caleb Spiegel(413) 253-8490
Caleb_Spiegel@fws.gov
Project Website
None
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