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DLNR: Releasing mosquitoes to help Kaua‘i’s forest birds
Staff from the Kaua‘i Forest Bird Recovery Project heralded Thursday’s first release of male mosquitoes, into a state forest reserve on the vast Alakaʻi Plateau, as momentous.
Blessing the ‘birds’ critical to saving Kauaʻi forest birds
Staff gathered on Monday to bless the helicopters that will help save Kaua‘i’s forest birds.
DLNR: only five ʻAkikiki left, chances of survival are slim
Only five of the native Hawaiian honeycreeper species, ʻakikiki, are left in the wild and chances of saving them are growing increasingly dire by the day, according to state officials. This revelation was shared by Justin Hite of the Kauaʻi Forest Bird Recovery Project during a community open house Tuesday evening.
