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Nā Koa Manu Conservation announces leadership transition, new staff appointment

Effective November 2024, Sarah McLane Bryan has assumed the role of President of the Board of Directors, succeeding Bryan Berkowitz, who will continue to serve as Vice President. Sarah previously served as Vice President and, along with Bryan, was a founding board member of Nā Koa Manu Conservation, Inc. in 2015.

Recovery Effort Looks to Maui as Next Step for Future of the Hawaiian Crow

“We have forests that are similar to the forest on Hawai‘i Island where ʻalalā were released. There are abundant food resources in our Maui Nui forests; abundant trees that would be suitable for nesting platforms. And we do not have the ʻio predation risk, because we don’t have ‘io here,” Duvall said.

Project Aims to Increase Habitat for Threatened Maui Honeycreeper

A new relocation project on Maui aims to increase habitat for the threatened Kiwikiu, Maui Parrotbill bird.

New Species of Fern Discovered in Remote Maui Streams

A species of fern previously unknown to science has been discovered by botanists as they surveyed areas around remote waterfalls along Haleakalā on Maui.

Maui’s Nakula Reserve Gets Restoration Help

The DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife has just released a draft management plan for the Nakula Natural Area Reserve on Maui that is expected to help guide restoration and management activities there for the foreseeable future.

Nighttime Banding of Wedge-tailed Shearwaters

A group of volunteers, led by staff from the Maui Nui Seabird Recovery Project, banded 150 adult wedge-tailed shearwaters (‘Ua’u kani) at a Kapalua colony in West Maui on Friday night.

Maui Fisherman to be Honored for Help with Seabird Colony

Isao Nakagawa, a local fisherman and retired Maui Land & Pineapple Company employee found remains of pre-dated shearwaters in 2001 at Ha-wea Point in Kapalua.

Biocontrol to Begin Against Strawberry Guava

After at least 30 days, the HDOA plans to do an initial release of the small scale insect on Hawai`i Island to control the spread of the invasive strawberry guava plant in Hawaii’s native forests.

DLNR, WILDLIFE PARTNERS TO SURVEY WATERBIRDS STATEWIDE

With notebooks and binoculars in hand dozens of wildlife biologists will take to Hawai`i’s wetlands on Wednesday, Jan. 21 for the statewide bi-annual waterbird surveys. Department of Land and Natural Resources’ (DLNR) Division of Forestry and Wildlife staff and volunteers will set out as early as 6 a.m. to survey more than 250 wetland sites […]