Rats and Seabirds Project - Staff
People
This is a collaborative project involving researchers at Landcare Research, New Zealand's Department of Conservation, and University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA.
Landcare Research
University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Mel Durrett
Nikki Grant
Department of Conservation
Dave Towns
Dave at Ohinauiti Island, demonstrating his boating skills to get the rest of us ashore safely (T. Fukami)
Christa on Middle Island, demonstrating her crawling skills to avoid destroying seabird burrows (T. Fukami)
Support
This project is funded by:
Marsden Fund, Royal Society of New Zealand
U.S. National Science Foundation
Various iwi and hapu are kaitiaki or owners of the islands on which we are working. We are grateful for permission to work on these islands received from:
Ngati Hako
Ngati Manuhiri
Ngati Paoa
Ngati Puu
Ngati Rehua
Ngati Wai
Other islands are privately owned, and we thank John McCallum, Bryce Rope, and the Neureuter family for allowing access to some islands.
We also thank Jessica Moore, a high-school student from Whitianga, for her participation in the project.
Links
University of Alaska, Fairbanks