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 jbet777 rated 4 months ago - Rebirth of a Hawaiian Forest
By Joan Conrow
National Wildlife
Feb/Mar 2008
From the page: "This is one of the few places in the state where the native bird population is stable or increasing," Jeffrey says. "Our annual forest bird surveys show that the endangered Hawaii creeper...
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- jbet777 rated 4 months ago
- Rebirth of a Hawaiian Forest
By Joan Conrow
National Wildlife
Feb/Mar 2008
From the page: "This is one of the few places in the state where the native bird population is stable or increasing," Jeffrey says. "Our annual forest bird surveys show that the endangered Hawaii creeper population has doubled, and the Hawaii "akepa [a type of honeycreeper] are on the rise. It shows that management is working."
The Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge lies on the eastern slope of Mauna Kea at elevations ranging from 3,500 to 6,500 feet. It is located on the island of Hawaii, also called the Big Island both because it is larger than all the other Hawaiian islands combined and to avoid confusion with the name of the entire state. When the federal government founded the 33,000-acre refuge in 1985, specifically to protect endangered Hawaiian forest birds, it included some of the Big Island's best remaining upland rain forest."
- starfocus rated 8 months ago
- Half of Hawaii's 140 Native Bird Species and Subspecies are extinct. Of the 69 that remain, half are endangered.
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