The State, acting through the fish and game commission, has under consideration the purchase of the 600-acre farm of Antone Andrews, located on the Martha’s Vineyard plain, near Little Pond some th
Bringing back an extinct species raises a whirlwind of questions — technical, ethical and financial. Would it be possible? Should it be done?
I sincerely doubt if heath hens were re-introduced to the Vineyard that they would make it through one season.
The last heath hen disappeared from Martha's Vineyard in 1932 and the species declared extinct in 1933.
The heath hen’s story of decline and extinction has become inextricably linked to Martha’s Vineyard.
The heath hen is at the center of a new effort and a new debate on the Island, as scientific advances have made de-extinction a possibility.
The heath hen is currently being proposed as a possibility for de-extinction by an organization that aims to coordinate projects that use genetics to rescue endangered and extinct species.
