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Preserving, protecting, and restoring the biological diversity and historic resources of Midway Atollal Wildlife Refuge

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Verbesina Project

Over the past 15 years, Midway’s program to eradicate invasive Verbesina encelioides from the atoll has been edging ever closer to success, with numbers of plants encountered continuing to dwindle each year and a new prioritization on depleting the seedbank in Midway’s sandy soils making believers out of those who doubted eradication would be possible.

This summer (2023), however, a reduction in funding resulted in fewer staff supporting the project and the possibility that an irreversible resurgence of Verbesina across the atoll could occur.

With the support of our members and donors, however, FOMA is well positioned to match an anonymous donor’s generous gift to ensure that the work of Midway’s program to completely eradicate this noxious weed continues towards its historic goal.

The posts below are part of a series of stories, old and new, of the monumental efforts that have gotten us to this point.

We invite you join us as we document and celebrate the progress made to date, and if you are moved to support this work with a financial contribution you can do so via our Facebook fundraising campaign or a direct donation.

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