The Conversation: Guam Red Cross; Kauaʻi’s native birds

By Catherine Cruz,

Maddie Bender, Kevin Allen

Published July 21, 2026 at 11:15 AM HST

Audio will be added after the show. The Conversation airs weekdays from 11 a.m. to noon on HPR-1.

Ken Quintanilla, executive director of the Guam Red Cross, delivers recovery updates two weeks after Super Typhoon Bavi impacted the islands of the Western Pacific
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Dr. Lisa “Cali” Crampton, of the Kauaʻi Forest Bird Recovery Project, and Justin Hite, of the Department of Land and Natural Resources, sound the alarm on the decline of Kauaʻi’s native birds
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