Due to the generosity of a Friends of Midway Atoll member, every membership or donation is matched dollar-for-dollar through December 31, 2024!
While government workers sit behind a desk, a colony of homo sapiens do the day-to-day sweat labor. Your membership supports flight cost to Midway for this winter's bird counters, a fancy camera lens to Dan the photographer—so he can share Kuaihelani with you; an after-work hour stipend for Nikki the blog writer; and a $1,000 stipend goes to every 6-month volunteer!
You can also show them your appreciation by simply becoming a member through a separate donation. Give wildlife a fighting chance to thrive amidst the impacts that threaten Kuaihelani (the backbone of the heavens)!
Call to Art Contest – Open For Submissions!
The Friends of Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge and Battle of Midway National Memorial are excited to announce the first FOMA-sponsored art contest. Entries are now being accepted June 1-30, 2025. (Please see the following links for full contest details and the online submission form.) The overwhelming uncertainty created by rapidly changing policies has resulted…
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Donating in Their Honor
One way to honor lifelong friends, and those who dedicate their lives to conservation efforts, is by donating in their honor. One such example was gifted by Mary Harbold, who honored Laura Kalaukapu Low Lucas Thompson with a generous donation to Friends of Midway Atoll. Laura Thompson, a founding member of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands…
YOU did this!
Thanks to you, the members and donors, funding was quickly allocated by the FOMA Board of Directors to fill in a major funding and position gap to continue boots on the ground efforts at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge/Battle of Midway National Memorial through the next six months! The former Volunteer Coordinator position held by…
Your Sunday Morning Moment on Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) with Joe Owen
Grab your cup of joe every Sunday morning and enjoy imagery Joe Owen's insight and imagery. Joe worked as a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Volunteer on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge September 2024 through March 13, 2025. Although his time on Kuaihelani has come to an end, his gifts will continue to be shared…
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Friends speak up for wildlife!
The Administration proposed last month that the word “harm” in the Endangered Species Act exclude habitat modification or loss. In other words, habitat modification that significantly impairs a listed species' essential behavioral patterns (breeding, feeding, sheltering) would be considered a “take” under the ESA, which is prohibited. In other words, this action would allow one…
The Wisdom ‘Ohana (Family)
May 2025 on Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: As of May 20, 2025 Wisdom's Chick was been noted as looking spry and although under weight is still holding its own!!!! Photos are coming soon! Wisdom, a 74+ year old Laysan albatross, which makes her the world's oldest known banded bird in the wild, has…
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Your gift also…
- Helps us share with you what is happening on Midway Atoll!
- Funds field cameras and an aviary to monitor endangered species.
- Supports actions to keep the nest site of Wisdom, and the world's largest Bonin petrel and albatross colony, safe from attacks by mice or spread of aggressive noxious weeds.
Article written by Ann Bell