Taking the “Rat” out of Rat Island

Alaska’s Rat Island may need a new name. Thanks to a two-year, $2.5 million project, the island’s signature but invasive rodent resident has finally been given the boot.

Alaska’s Rat Island may need a new name. Thanks to a two year, two and a half million dollar eradication project, the island’s signature, but invasive, rodent resident has finally been given the boot. Steve MacLean, Polar Marine Program Director for the Nature Conservancy, tells Steve Curwood about one of the world’s largest island rat eradication efforts.