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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.
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Today we're replaying our recent series on the status of the little fire ant across our state, as lawmakers push for a rapid response to the infestation of the invasive pest spreading throughout our islands.
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A Maui-based pilot volunteers her time and her yellow Cessna 150 to fly around the islands delivering cargo the airlines won’t accommodate. Unusual cargo is normal for her — sometimes her passengers have hooves or beaks. Most of the animals are rescues. From guinea pigs to pumpkins to menstrual products, she's flown it all. HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol caught up with Tessa Coulter as she landed on Molokaʻi.
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The Kauaʻi High alum spent two weeks back home over the summer, hiking mountain tops and documenting the work of scientists trying to save the last of the gray and white songbird.
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Following the Aug. 8 fires, the shelter saw an increase in lost or unwanted pets. With dogs already doubled up in kennels, an SOS for temporary homes has been put out to the public to free up more space within the facility.
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The Maui Invasive Species Committee says a survey of 173 acres in Nāhiku has not found any little fire ants. For the last several years, crews there have been testing an aerial treatment that sterilizes the ant queens and knocks out the colonies. Two MISC scientists spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about the good news.
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About 20,000 male mosquitoes have been released into the upland forests of Kauaʻi in hopes of stopping the near extinction of at least four species of Native Hawaiian honeycreepers. The mosquitoes carry a strain of the bacteria Wolbachia, which will prevent female reproduction and help reduce mosquito-borne diseases. As HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports, male mosquitoes do not bite humans.
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The Conversation checked in with the Molokaʻi-Maui Invasive Species Committee about the need to stay vigilant. The committee coordinator Lori Buchanan spoke with us about its success in keeping the critters from getting a foothold on the Friendly Isle.
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First discovered in 1999 in Puna, the little fire ant was also found on Kauaʻi around the same time. The Kauaʻi Invasive Species Committee said it is currently tracking or treating six populations of the little fire ant. The Conversation's Catherine Cruz shares how the community helps prevent the tiny, painful pest.