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Local leaders want the City and County of Honolulu to be more involved in managing Oʻahu’s invasive species. Coconut rhinoceros beetles, little fire ants, invasive coral, coqui frogs and other species have been recently growing threats to the island.
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Department of Agriculture Chair Sharon Hurd told state lawmakers at an informational briefing on Monday that general funds would help free up money for other biosecurity efforts and stabilize the funding for those employees.
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The snake was found at a hardware store while workers were unloading supplies from the shipping container. Police arrived and killed the snake with a pellet gun.
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A Maui workers' union member discusses how the wildfire recovery process is impacting his housing situation; an Oʻahu STEM student shares her love for math and inspiring more girls to get into the STEM field; and local musician Nicholas Lum talks about his new approach to mele that blends innovation and tradition
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Increasing drought is threatening the food supply of a well-known local resident, but some groups are taking action to fight back. HPR's Bill Dorman has more in today's Asia Minute.
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This year, Hawaiʻi Public Radio reporters set out to make sense of some of the state's most confusing, weird and beautiful environmental stories. We shared news about seaweed-eating goats on Hawaiʻi Island, little fire ants on Maui, mosquitoes on Kauaʻi and much more. Join us as we look back at our favorite earthy stories.
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The ulūlu, also known as Hawaiʻi’s millerbird, has been downgraded from critically endangered to just endangered. The increased population is the result of decades of conservation work in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Experts say hundreds of ulūlu live on Laysan Island today.
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The State Consumer Protector shares ways to stay protected against holiday scams; we discuss an emerging mental health crisis among boys and men; and we share the call of the java sparrow in today's Manu Minute
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The issue underscores the need for fencing to protect ʻōhiʻa trees from further infection as researchers recently released an online map showing the hardest hit areas on Hawaiʻi Island without fences to keep out hooved animals.
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A state Department of Human Services program to housing families who have been displaced by the Maui fires but don’t qualify for federal assistance; a Filipino family searching for a home yet again after Lahaina fire; and the declining population and song of the Hawaiian honeycreeper ʻAkiapōlāʻau.