A collaboration to honor culture, art, and Kaua‘i’s forest birds We are proud to launch our newest T-shirt campaign: E kū`ē i ka make loa – Resist Extinction. This shirt represents more than a conservation message—it embodies the coming together of cultural knowledge, artistic vision, and community action. Finding the right words Language carries power, […]
by Ke Coco Deng 5/30/2025 With the number of ‘akeke‘e steadily decreasing due to avian malaria, it is always exciting to see them in the wild. ‘Akeke‘e is a forest bird endemic to Kaua‘i. Even in their core habitat in the Alaka‘i Wilderness Preserve, ‘akeke‘e can be challenging to find as they forage high in […]
Blog Post by Abigail Bernier This field season, much of the bird crew has been focused on collecting ʻanianiau eggs for the breeding conservation program, allowing us to have a population under human care for eventual release back into the wild. The forest birds face many threats currently, including avian malaria transmitted by invasive mosquitoes. […]
ALAKAʻI PLATEAU, Kauaʻi – It seems counterintuitive to release hundreds of thousands of mosquitoes into an area where the insects are spreading avian malaria and bringing several species of Hawaiian honeycreepers to the precipice of extinction. Nonetheless, staff from the Kaua‘i Forest Bird Recovery Project (KFBRP) heralded Thursday’s first release of male mosquitoes, into a […]
BLESSING THE “BIRDS” CRITICAL TO SAVING KAUA‘I’S FOREST BIRDS Annual Field Season Blessing Recognizes the Importance of Helicopters FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb. 4, 2024 LĪHUʻE, Kaua‘i — In a hangar on the north end of the Līhuʻe International Airport, more than two dozen people gathered on Monday to bless the beginning of another field season […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 10, 2025 HONOLULU – The cancellation of a decades-long set-aside of land from the state of Hawai‘i to the County of Kaua‘i has paved the way for Kaua‘i’s renowned forest bird and seabird recovery and protection programs to move into a joint facility. Today, the state Board of Land and Natural […]
YEAR OF THE FOREST BIRDS MARKED CHANGES FOR BIRDS, HOPE FOR THE FUTURE Wild Populations Faced New Threats and Saw New Opportunities in a Momentous Year FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 19, 2024 HONOLULU – 2024 was “Makahiki o nā Manu Nahele: Year of the Forest Birds,” officially proclaimed by Governor Josh Green, M.D., in […]
Hot off the press: Our 2024 KFBRP Winter Newsletter! 2024 has been a monumental year for KFBRP and our forest birds, filled with challenges, progress, and hope. As we look ahead to 2025, our mission to protect Kauaʻi’s precious native forest birds remains more urgent than ever. Join us in the fight to prevent further […]
As you may know, ‘Forest Calls’ (and its main media project, the documentary film titled “When Silence Becomes The Song”) wrapped up over a year ago. After a lengthy re-edit (based on the comments the film director received during the various islands’ virtual and in-person screenings) and months of conversation with PBS Hawai’i, we finally have a […]