#hawaii conservation

A new study from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa challenges a long-standing scientific narrative about the decline of Hawaiʻi’s native waterbirds, finding no evidence that Native Hawaiians hunted the species to extinction.

ʻĀina Momona, a Native Hawaiian organization focused on Indigenous stewardship and environmental justice, is calling on Hawaiian-serving organizations statewide to participate in a survey on regulatory barriers and support needs for land-based work.

The Friends of Haleakalā National Park has awarded three $2,000 scholarships to students pursuing studies and careers in environmental science and conservation in Hawaiʻi.

Duke’s Maui has named Emily Fielding as the recipient of its 2025 Koho Pono Award, recognizing her decades of work to protect Maui County’s cultural and natural resources.

NOAA is designating the marine portions of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, a 582,570 square-mile area in the Pacific Ocean, as America’s 18th national marine sanctuary. Papahānaumokuākea National Marine Sanctuary will be the largest sanctuary in the National Marine Sanctuary System, and is one of the largest marine conservation areas in the world. 

The Nature Conservancy’s Kākoʻo ‘Āina Award has been presented to David Okita, a dedicated pilot who has supported Hawaiʻi Island’s watershed conservation efforts for four decades.

For the last 23 years, Pono Pacific has been providing specialized sustainability services, including native habitat restoration and maintenance, invasive species eradication, predator-proof fence construction, trail conservation and maintenance, and food and energy security.

Kupu and Kōkua Hawaiʻi Foundation have started the application process for the Hawai‘i Youth Sustainability Challenge, inviting students in grades 9-12 statewide to create innovative solutions to sustainability challenges in their schools and communities.

Fish Pono- Save our Reefs, a local public education campaign, aims to raise awareness on replenishing herbivore fish populations for healthy coral reefs.

Scott Fisher, the director of ʻĀina Stewardship at Hawai‘i Land Trust, will receive the 34th annual National Wetlands Award for Local Stewardship from the Environmental Law Institute.

Edwin “Ekolu” Lindsey, president of Maui Cultural Lands, will be the guest speaker at the free online Maui Mauka Conservation Awareness Training on April 28 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Kupu and Kōkua Hawaiʻi Foundation announced it has opened applications for the Hawai‘i Youth Sustainability Challenge, a program offering up to $1,000 for completion of projects, for the 2021-2022 school year.

The talk story sessions aim to give participants an opportunity to network with their peers, discuss the challenges they are facing on their career pathway, share their personal experiences and lessons learned from both classroom and field experience.

A free public lecture on conservation practices will be presented by Liv Baker on Wednesday, March 13, at 7 p.m. at the J. Walter Cameron Center in Wailuku.

Eleven wild ʻAlalā, or native Hawaiian crows, have survived impacts of Hurricane Lane in their forest home in the Pu‘u Maka‘ala Natural Area Reserve.

The event is expected to attract as many as 8,000 delegates to Hawaiʻi and result in an estimated economic impact of $37.7 million in visitor spending, and $3.6 million in tax revenue, according to Brian Lynx, vice president of meetings, conventions and incentives for the Hawai’i Tourism Authority.