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Rodenticide residue monitoring is often incorporated into rodent eradication project planning to understand the potential effects on nontarget species, but robust long-term sampling is often challenging due to logistical and financial constraints. We documented more than two years of rodenticide residues at fine-scale intervals with over 570 samples associated with a rodent eradication attempt. Brodifacoum-25D Conservation was applied in an attempt to eradicate house mice (\n                    <jats:italic>Mus musculus<\/jats:italic>\n                    ) from Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. As a cooperating agency, USDA National Wildlife Research Center collected and tested environmental samples for brodifacoum residues, targeting compartments (invertebrates, vertebrates, water, soil, and plants) that may affect the health of humans and wildlife. 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