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Once again flying free and sounding calls in their rightful Hawai‘i forest home
Cohort of 5 ʻalalā, the native Hawaiian crow, released in pilot reintroduction project on leeward slopes of Maui’s Haleakalā and first attempted elsewhere other than Hawaiʻi Island.
For bird’s sake: Help protect young seabirds as they take their first flight
Every fall during seabird fallout season, from roughly Sept. 15 to Dec. 15, the fledglings leave their nests to make their inaugural journeys to the ocean. When they do, they can become disoriented by artificial light, collide with man-made structures or become exhausted and fall, making them vulnerable to automobiles and predators.
Nearly 32 tons of marine debris removed from Kuaihelani, also known as Midway Atoll
The atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and part of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument is home to more than 70 endangered Hawaiian monk seals and also serves as the nesting grounds for the world’s largest colony of mōlī, or Laysan Albatross, and nearly 2 million birds of 19 different species, including the world’s most endangered duck, the Laysan duck.
Virtual tour at conservation center on Big Island showcases endangered Hawaiian birds
The Keauhou Bird Conservation Center, near Volcano, is one of two centers operated through a partnership between San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife, for the care and perpetuation of numerous critically endangered Hawaiian forest birds.
Hawai‘i Land Trust purchases 642 acres at Mahukona, forever protecting important cultural site on Big Island’s Kohala Coast
The property includes the coastal regions of six ahupua‘a (historic land divisions), provides habitat for threatened or endangered native Hawaiian plants and animals and is a rare space for Hawaiian cultural practice.
Draft environmental assessment released for using modified mosquitoes to save native birds on Kauaʻi
The draft environmental assessment was made public for the use of Wolbachia-based incompatible male mosquitoes on Kauaʻi to stop the spread of avian malaria that is decimating native forest bird populations.
April proclaimed Native Hawaiian Plant Month by Gov. Green
Several plant species previously thought extinct were rediscovered through field surveys last year.
Hawai‘i delegation hopes to secure federal funding to combat Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death
The Hawai‘i delegation hopes to secure federal funding to support efforts in combating Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death, a fungus that is decimating the state’s most abundant native tree.
Is Papahānaumokuākea lost breeding ground for endangered humpback whales?
“Based on recordings of whale song, our research reveals that nearly the entire Hawaiian archipelago is visited by humpback whales during the winter and early spring months,” says the paper’s lead author Marc Lammers, research ecologist with the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. “We documented an abundance of koholā in Papahānaumokuākea.”
Rep. Case Appointed to Natural Resources Committee
Rep. Ed Case has received a second key committee appointment—to the House Committee on Natural Resources on Monday, Jan. 28, 2019.
Disney Conservation Fund Helps ʻAlalā Birds
A team from the Biology Department and the TCBES program at UHH is the latest recipient of support from the Disney Conservation Fund.
32 Endangered Species Protected Under Safe Harbor Agreement
A historic agreement Friday, June 22, 2018, to promote the recovery of 32 federally-endangered species and one threatened species on the Island of Hawaiʻi.
