A recent article in the New York Times Magazine poses the question, “Should some species be allowed to die out?
It is our mission at the Kauai Forest Bird Recovery Project to no let this happen.
For Kauai Online explores whether we should consider translocating Kauaʻi forest birds in this article by Ruby Pap.
The full report entitled, Assessing the potential of translocating vulnerable forest birds by searching for novel and enduring climatic ranges by Lucas B. Fortini, Lauren R. Kaiser, Adam E. Vorsino, Eben H. Paxton, and James D. Jacobi, can be viewed here.
In this article, Ruby Pap explains why climate change may become a serious threat to Kauaʻiʻs forest birds.
The ʻIʻiwi will now be protected as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act, according to a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service news release. For Kauaʻi Magazine covers the story in this article.
Audubon shared a very unique story about a teacher from India who worked to get an asteroid named after our very own Akikiki.
The closing of the Puaiohi captive breeding program, and their release into the wild was covered by The Garden Island , KITV, and a video was released by San Diego Zoo Global on their website.
Our work, as well as Kaua’i Endangered Seabird Recovery Project’s work, are features of a story in Sunset Magazine titled “Birds of Paradise”
An article by The Huffington Post discusses the grim future for Hawaii’s birds, if strong action is not taken. It is predicted that by 2100, all 3 of our endangered birds will lose 100% of their habitat.