Returning Home: Bringing the Common Murre Back to Devil's Slide Rock

In 1986, a breeding colony of Common Murres on Devil's Slide Rock off the coast of San Francisco was devastated by an oil spill. Using innovative restoration techniques in a challenging location over the span of ten years, dedicated scientists worked with local schools and government agencies to restore these diving seabirds to their ancestral home. Part of the How On Earth Video Series.

Updated in 2005 with new footage showing the removal of social attraction equipment from the rock as the project progressed.

• Broadcast on the Emmy-winning PBS series Natural Heroes, 2006
• Wild & Scenic Film Festival
• Hazel Wolf Film Festival
• SF Ocean Film Festival
• International Wildlife Film Festival, Merit Award for Storytelling
• Marin Environmental Film Festival
• EarthVision Film Festival
• Society for Ecological Restoration Special Presentation
• Telly Award
• Aurora Award

Produced, written, and directed by Kevin White
Narrator: Terri Orth Pallavicini
Editors: Theron Yeager & Marnie Berringer
Camera: Don Starnes & Kevin White

Topic areas: Ecosystem Management, Environmental Studies, Marine Biology, Wildlife Biology, Oceanography

Produced, written, and directed by Kevin White.

26 minutes

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