Photo gallery 3

According to traditional knowledge, the Ancient Murrelet (SGin Xaana or night bird in the Haida language) was once abundant on Arichika Island and a seasonal food source for the Haida
© Parks Canada / Ian Jones

Arichika Island, a once highly-productive seabird colony and important cultural resource, which was devastated for years by introduced invasive rats, has been declared rat free
Parks Canada / Andrew Wright

Signs of ecological recovery include increased numbers of nests and increased successful chick-rearing by black oystercatchers
© Parks Canada

A Cassin’s Auklet chick exiting a burrow was captured by wildlife cameras
© Parks Canada

Fork-tailed (shown here) and Leech’s storm petrels also breed on the islands each spring
© Parks Canada / Ian Jones

Parks Canada and the Haida Nation have been working with United States-based partners Island Conservation, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the Luckenbach Council; Mexico’s Conservacion de Islas and regional partners in Canada such as Coastal Conservation, Simon Fraser University and Laskeek Bay Conservation Society
© Parks Canada / David Will

The ecosystem is recovering thanks to a restoration project implemented by the Haida Nation and the Government of Canada in collaboration with international partners experienced in island restoration and invasive species removals
© Parks Canada

Gwaii Haanas has been monitoring seabirds and other wildlife including invasive species on rat-infested islands and rat-free islands with specialized acoustic recording units and wildlife cameras (shown here)
© Parks Canada / D. Argument