"We have a stewardship role, which carries an obligation to ensure we don’t lose rare species."
Hunters and fishermen almost eradicated Atlantic puffins from Maine’s offshore islands in the 19th century. The innovative techniques that 1987 Rolex Laureate Stephen W. Kress used to bring them back have inspired major changes in seabird conservation.
8
summers spent relocating puffin chicks from Newfoundland to Eastern Egg Rock
10
age, in days, of puffin chicks when shifted
145
pairs of puffins on Seal Island in the early 2000s
8,000
pairs of Caspian terns relocated from Rice Island to East Sand Island
