A U.S. Fish and Wildlife plan to eradicate invasive house mice from the South Farallon Islands met opposition and criticism during a meeting of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council on Wednesday.
The Fish and Wildlife Service, which began scoping for a draft environmental impact statement a few years ago, says that the invasive mice harm the ashy storm petrel population, a species of special concern, and the larger ecosystem on…