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ANCHORAGE - Rat Island was once overrun with rats. But with...by the Aleut Corp."The current name Rat Island doesn't reflect the nature of the island...the island became officially known as Rat Island.The Aleutian Pribilof Island Association...
"Rat Island," by William Stozenburg"Rat Island," a mass of volcanic rock covered with tundra located midway...massively controversial-wildlife rescue mission is under way. "Rat Island" reveals a little-known and much-debated side of today's...
...not counting islets. They got to Kiska, part of the Rat Islands group, during World War II and gradually overran much...campaign to drive rats from other refuge holdings, like Rat Island, and keep them from invading bird colonies on St. Paul...
...programs to protect bird populations in recent years, including a $3 million effort to poison the rats that overran Rat Island on the western edge of the refuge. The state isn't waiting for the feds to protect caribou. "We will do something...
ANCHORAGE - There are no signs of rats on Rat Island. That news follows an eradication effort last year that involved poisoning the rats in hopes of returning many types of species...
...5.6 earthquake hit the remote Rat Islands on Wednesday night but there were...felt or caused any damage. The Rat Islands lie in the Aleutian Island chain...says it's "one of the typical Rat Island quakes that we have quite often...
ANCHORAGE - The Alaska Earthquake Information Center says a moderate earthquake struck near the Rat Islands region of Alaska. The magnitude 5.7 quake occurred at 10:27 a.m. Sunday about 150 miles west of Adak in the Aleutian Islands...
...preliminary magnitude of 5.6, said the Alaska Earthquake Information Center in Fairbanks. It was recorded in the Rat Islands region, about 105 miles south of Buldir Island. A second quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0, was recorded...
...but not in Alaska yet, a situation that may change. Rat Island will represent the first attempt at rat removal in the...the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to remove Rat Island's rats, which landed in the island in the 1780s when...
ANCHORAGE - A project to eradicate rats and restore birds to Rat Island has received an award. The Rat Island Restoration Project received a Partners in Conservation Award for work to make the 6,681-acre...