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Hawaiʻi-based team discovers rare seabird nests in American Sāmoa for first time in almost 40 years
Researchers from Archipelago Research and Conservation, in collaboration with several organizations, have discovered four active burrows of the rare Tahiti Petrel on Tutuila, American Sāmoa.
Hawaiʻi is 2016 Host of World’s Largest Conservation Gathering
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.
