Since the Service began active stewardship of the South Farallon Islands in 1969, several restoration and enhancement measures have been implemented, including:

• Closing the Refuge to public access to protect wildlife and habitats.
• Designating all but Southeast Farallon Island as wilderness.
• Closing off sensitive areas to human access (including biologists).
• Removal of feral rabbits and cats from the islands in the 1970s, with the last of these invasive animals removed in 1974.
• Controlling introduced (non-native) flora.
• Installation of boardwalks to prevent trampling of sensitive habitat and limiting most human activities to only a few established trails.
• Minimizing night lighting and screening it from view so that nocturnal species are not disturbed.
• Removing unneeded structures to maximize natural habitat available to wildlife.
• Limiting the number of people allowed on the island at one time.
• Construction of the “Murre Ledge” to shield an expanding Common Murre colony from human disturbance, using materials from removed building foundations.
• Construction of artificial habitats for crevice-nesting species, including ashy storm-petrels, using the remains of removed building foundations.
• Rebuilding and maintaining rock walls that are used by crevice-nesting seabirds, including ashy storm-petrels.