If you're interested in learning more about Tern Island and its inhabitants, you may find the following links helpful:

Tern Island Links:
http://www.radiojerry.com/frigate/ informative and thorough pages on the recent history of Tern Island and details of life on the island during the Coast Guard days. Great information and photos.

http://www.wfu.edu/albatross/hawaii/history.htm covers the history of Tern Island prior to 1923, from its discovery, to the guano wars, to the first scientific survey.

http://www.hawaiianatolls.org/images/maps/ffs_map_lrg.gif Map of the French Frigate Shoals, within which Tern Island is located.

http://www.hawaiianatolls.org/research/NWHIRAMP2004/journals/j0916_visit_to_tern_island.php Report by Dan Suthers about his September 2004 visit to Tern Island for the NOWRAMP education program.

http://starbulletin.com/2004/06/03/news/story2.html Article by Honolulu Star-Bulletin columnist Susan Scott examines wildlife on Tern Island in the Northwest Hawaiian chain.

Pacific Seabird Links:
http://migratorybirds.pacific.fws.gov/Seabird_Conservation_Plan_Document_pdf_files.htm USFWS recently published its Seabird Conservation Plan for the Pacific Region. The plan includes a thorough review of habitat, threats, management issues, and population status of 60 species of seabirds breeding in the Pacific Region.

http://www.pacificseabirdgroup.org/ The Pacific Seabird Group. Dedicated to the study and conservation of Pacific Seabirds.

http://midway.fws.gov/wildlife/birds.html Birds of Midway, USFWS. Contains detailed natural history information and photos for many of the bird species that nest on Tern Island.

http://kms.kapalama.ksbe.edu/projects/2003/albatross/ Marine Debris: Cigarette Lighters and Plastic Problem on Midway. This website details how plastic is threatening the health of the thousands of albatross chicks that hatch on Midway every year. Plasic and cigarette lighters are also a problem for the albatross chicks of Tern Island and the French Frigate Shoals.

http://www.absc.usgs.gov/research/seabird_foragefish/seabirds/index.html USGS. Photos, biology, and conservation issues about albatrosses.

http://magazine.audubon.org/features0101/albatross.html Albatross Wanderings by Carl Safina. Wonderful article about the life of an albatross that nests on Tern Island.

Hawaiian Monk Seal links:
http://www.earthtrust.org/wlcurric/seals.html comprehensive site on Hawaiian monk seal biology, history, taxonomy, conservation, etc. From curriculum written by Emily Gardner, M.S. May 1993 for Earthtrust and the Hawaii State Department of Education.

http://www.monachus-guardian.org/library/mmcrep02.pdf  Marine Mammal Commission Annual Report to Congress, 2001. In-depth information, including numbers and graphs regarding biology, population status, conservation threats and research, and management activities.

http://www.monachus.org/profiles/hawaseal.htm information on biology, history, and conservation. Adapted from Marine Mammal Fact Sheet Series

http://pacificislands.fws.gov/wesa/monkhi.html U.S. Fish & Wildlife site on Hawaiian Monk Seals with links to current news and information on the wildlife refuges.

http://www.aloha-hawaii.com/3issue/monk.shtml Artist Patrick Ching's book on Monk Seals and a brief description of monk seals.

http://www.pacificwhale.org/childrens/fsmonkseal.html Hawaiian Monk Seal Fact Sheet, produced by the nonprofit Pacific Whale Foundation in Maui, Hawaii

http://www.nmfs.hawaii.edu/psd/mmrp/natural.html Natural history information on monk seals provided by the Marine Mammal Research Program of NOAA.

http://www.nmfs.hawaii.edu/pressrelease/factsheet.pdf Fact sheet on monk seals provided by the Marine Mammal Research Program of NOAA

Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle Links:
http://www.turtles.org/hawgrnd.htm  THE webpage for more information about the Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle. Amazing photographs, histories, links, and much more.

http://www.earthtrust.org/wlcurric/turtles.html comprehensive information about the biology, taxonomy, and conservation of green sea turtles.

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/prot_res/readingrm/Recoverplans/Pacific_Green_Recovery_Plan.pdf Recovery Plan for U.S. Pacific Populations of the Green Sea Turtle from NMFS & USFWS. 1998.

http://www.turtles.org/ffs/migrate/ffsmigrt.htm reprint of Satellite telemetry of migrant male and female green turtles breeding in the Hawaiian Islands by George H. Balazs and Denise M. Ellis.  Tracked and mapped the routes of three sea turtles traveling between feeding grounds off of Oahu and Maui, and nesting grounds in the French Frigate Shoals.

http://www.pacificwhale.org/childrens/fsgreensea.html The Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle Fact Sheet from the Pacific Whale Foundation

http://midway.fws.gov/wildlife/turtle.html FWS page on Green Sea Turtles at Midway.

http://pacificislands.fws.gov/wesa/grnturtindex.html FWS site on Green Sea turtle biology

http://starbulletin.com/2004/01/05/news/index1.html Comeback: The Hawaiian green sea turtle rebounds from precariously low population levels thanks in large part to a Hawaii researcher. Honolulu Star-Bulletin. January 5, 2004.

Marine Life Links:
http://hawaiireef.noaa.gov/about/welcome.html comprehensive site on the coral reef ecosystem surrounding Tern Island.

Checklist of the near shore fishes of Tern Island is available as a pdf and was prepared in 2002 by a volunteer and scientist on Tern Island.

Books:
Isles of Refuge: wildlife and history of the northwestern Hawaiian Islands by Mark J. Rauzon. 2001. University of Hawaii Press.

Seabirds of Hawaii: natural history and conservation by Craig Harrison. 1990. Cornell University Press.

Albatrosses by W.L.N. Tickell. 2000. Yale University Press.

Eye of the Albatross by Carl Safina. 2002. Henry Holt & Company, Inc.

Fire in the Turtle House: The Green Sea Turtle and the Fate of the Ocean by Osha Gray Davidson. 2001. PublicAffairs.