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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 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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Public access to a fishpond on Kauaʻi’s north shore has been preserved in perpetuity after the land was purchased and transferred to a local nonprofit. The property includes a community path to Waipā’s coastal zone along Hanalei Bay and the fishpond.
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Does money grow on trees? In some cases, maybe so when it comes to tax deductions. The Exceptional Tree Initiative provides special protections for single trees or groves of trees.
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Hawaiʻi arborist Kevin Eckert is helping to keep a Pacific treasure on the World Heritage list. Nan Madol is an archaeological stone complex in Pohnpei dating back thousands of years.
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The effort to purchase the acres of Hāmoa lands was spearheaded by Hāna-based community nonprofit Ke Ao Hāliʻi. The purchase is part of the Save the Hāna Coast campaign that has protected more than 150 acres of coastal property for preservation. HPR's Catherine Cluett Pactol reports.
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More than 77,000 acres across Hawaiʻi have been protected and preserved for the benefit of the people, thanks to the Trust for Public Land. The national nonprofit is celebrating 50 years of working with local communities. The Conversation talked to the organization's Hawaiʻi director, Lea Hong, about why open spaces matter.
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To mark Arbor Day Hawaiʻi, we introduce you to mechanic-turned-conservationist Tyrone Montayre. In 2018, Montayre unexpectedly found himself the owner of 330 acres of preservation land on Oʻahu. He soon founded Protect & Preserve Hawaiʻi and created a management plan.
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Divers and community members from the area worked together this week to collect coral pieces that had broken off the reef in Kahuwai Bay during recent high swells.
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Some Hawaiʻi Island residents are suing Hawaiʻi County for an alleged violation of the Clean Water Act. Hui Mālama Honokōhau filed the lawsuit in US District Court this week. They say that government officials have allowed treated sewage to flow from the county-owned Kealakehe Wastewater Treatment Plant into a nearby harbor without the required permit.