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DOCARE officers have opened an investigation into the hit and run that killed a 12-year old nēnē in the popular Hilo park on Thursday morning.

The DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife released a series of five 30-second videos that address a variety of topics.

The Hawai‘i County Windward Planning Commission heard about 5 hours of additional public testimony, a majority of which was again in opposition to the Black Sand Beach LLC residential and community project that would be located on the former Sea Mountain resort.

The 66-year-old was issued two citations for violating state endangered and threatened species laws, which prohibit the feeding of protected wildlife, since nēnē may eat the cat food.

Even without the allure of an eruption, park visitation soars during the holidays.

If biologists determine the nēnē pair requires more protection, additional areas could close with little notice.

Hawaiian geese are returning to the Keaukaha coastline on the Big Island, but now they have to deal with traffic, including speeding vehicles, which has had some deadly consequences for the endangered birds.

In reaction to a ban on feeding feral cats at Queensʻ Marketplace in Waikōloa Village in order to protect endanered nēnē, two local animal rescue organizations conducted a relocation project. They captured 64 felines and delivered them to homes across the Big Island — after being spayed/neutered, vaccinated and microchipped.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources’ campaign begins in Waikoloa, where cat feeders have attracted endangered nēnē.

At the direction of Hawaiʻi Gov. Josh Green, Chair Dawn Chang of the Department of Land and Natural Resources came to the Big Island to “broker peace” with cat groups upset the state mandated the removal of feeding and watering stations to protect nēnē in Waikōloa.

What is the best way to humanely address the overpopulation of feral/community cats on the Big Island? Take our 30-second poll.

During a protest at Queensʻ Marketplace on the Big Island, two women from Waikōloa were cited by state conservation and resources officers for “prohibited take of endangered species” by putting bowls of cat food on the ground.

A baby nēnē and its parents were released into the Hilo Nēnē Sanctuary on the lower slopes of Mauna Kea by the woman who helped save the gosling.

Fifty years ago nēnē, a rare goose and the Hawaiʻi State bird, was a species on the brink of extinction, with fewer than 30 geese in the wild statewide. They are still endangered and federally protected.

About 100 Kaiser Permanente physicians, providers, nurses, staff and their family members volunteered at two Big Island sites as part of the organization’s Annual Day of Service on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

The Uēkahuna overlook, restrooms, and parking lot in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park is temporarily closed today to protect breeding and nesting nēnē (Hawaiian geese) in the area. The closure lies west of the intersection with Kīlauea Overlook, which will remain open and accessible. Visitors can hike about one-third of a mile west of the overlook […]

The wildlife center has treated about 3,000 birds injured from man-made things like golf balls, power lines, cars, guns and poisons.

Three nēnē treated for injuries earlier this month were rehabilitated and released into the Hawai‘i Island Nēnē Sanctuary, on the lower slopes of Mauna Kea.

Natural Resources Program staff has successfully completed the fifth year of the Hawaiian Goose Conservation Project managed in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at the Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge at the Pōhakuloa Training Area.

A viewing area at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park has reopened after two nesting nēnē families moved to a new home with their goslings.