“The FWS is spending more money than ever, and the island is going to hell. They won't maintain the buildings to justify tearing them down, including the historic Trans Pacific Cable houses and historic military buildings. I call it demolition by neglect. 

They won't mow the weeds, nor will they use herbicides, and so the Verbasina is running rampant, displacing ground that the birds would normally use to nest. 

The FWS won't paint the buildings either, which exposes old layers of lead based paint, and causes the paint to chip off and fall to the ground to be ingested by the baby gooney birds. 

The FWS is further displacing native species on the islands to foster a non native species whose population is growing so rapidly that the FWS is, or will be having to address a situation of native habitat displacement. This is from another of their hand of God experiments. 

When MPC was there MPC meticulously maintained the island at no cost to the taxpayer, plus they facilitated an affordable visitor program. It now is costing taxpayers millions of dollar per year and the public who is footing the bill can't practically go there anymore. The FWS promises visitation but what the visitor can do and where they can go has been severely restricted and, of course, the cost has skyrocketed. They are also encouraging visitor to work when they come out, which is fine if that's what you’re going there to do. 

The islands are deteriorating at a great cost both environmentally, and fiscally. Another example of misguided American tax money at work.”

Gary Randall