Fascinating article island on the rebirth of Macquarie Island:
Mr Springer said the future of the island was looking grim.
“It was actually quite distressing looking at how bad the condition was,” he said.
The federal and state governments provided $25 million to eradicate rabbits and rodents from the island (cats were eliminated by 2002).
The project took nine years.
16 years after the after the eradication of invasive species:
She said she could see the island recovering during the year she lived there.
“The vegetation is just going nuts,” she said.
“Ms Wells said most bird species are recovering too with giant petrel numbers on the rise along with grey-headed albatross but the wandering albatross was still in decline.”
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