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Winter 2024
We need your help! Make a difference for forest birds and contribute to our Endowment Campaign, Amazon Wishlist, and Jack Jeffrey Fund! Read about the exciting new mural coming to Hilo, mahalos for the Walk for the Wild and Hawai’i Island Bird Festival, and more! Don’t forget to save the date for our annual meeting on January 25, 2025!
Fall 2024
We need your help! Make a difference for forest birds and contribute to our Endowment Campaign! Read about the Stanford PACS Award, ‘I’iwi’s Last Stand, and more!
Summer 2024
Welcome Eric!; Wish List; Forest Bird Population Count Research Article; May Volunteer Trip Summary; Volunteer Trip List; and more!
Spring 2024
Annual Meeting Presentations and awards; Refuge Updates; Donor Mahalos; Hawaiian Holly; Volunteer Trip List; and more!
Winter 2023
Exciting Endowment Update; Annual Meeting Notice; Walk for the Wild; Rapid ‘Ōhi’a Death StoryMap Project; Refuge Update; Hawaiian Hydrangea?; and more!
Fall 2023
President’s Perch on Maui fires; Volunteers needed; Using Bioacoustics and Machine Learning to Monitor Endangered Birds; O Pioneers!; and more!
Summer 2023
In Memorium – Dr. Rob Shallenberger; Volunteers Needed!; Research Article: Pockets and Pathways to Invasion by Stephanie Mladinich; Article by Jack Jeffrey on the History of Nēnē at Hakalau; Peperomia: Pretty in a Pot; and more!
Also, don’t forget to visit us at the Hawai’i Conservation Conference!
Spring 2023
Mahalo to all of our donors this year! Meet our new refuge staff and find ways to get involved with our volunteer trips. The big news is that our t-shirts are back, so order yours today! Check out the interesting talk by Dr. Fortini on environmental changes to Hakalau Forest, a tale of two species, and more.
Winter 2022
Mahalo for all of your support this year! The Holoholo Challenge and Walk for the Wild were huge successes, and we are hopeful we can reach our endowmnet campaign goal. Check out the pig research article, Birds of Hawai’i Poetry and Prose Book Interview, naio information, and more.
Fall 2022
So many exciting events! Be sure to check out the Endowment Campaign, join us on the Walk for the Wild on October 15th, and join the Holoholo Challenge during the month of October. There is also information about the latest refuge volunteer trips, the most beautiful ‘ōhi’a tree, and more.
Summer 2022
New funding to protect birds from threats such as mosquitos; Volunteer Trips Resume; Research Post: Pockets and pathways to invasion: Monitoring avian disease-carrying mosquitoes in the face of climate change; Congratulations Baron; Refuge Bird Survey Summary, and more.
Spring 2022
Watch the American Forests and Teaching Change Videos filmed on the preserve; Research Post: Machine learning to improve bioacoustic monitoring of endangered birds in Hawai`i; History of the Pua Akala Cabin by Leah Messer, The 227 crickets of Hawai’i, and more.
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Winter 2021
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Summer 2021
Spring 2021
Winter 2020
Fall 2020
Summer 2020
Spring 2020
Winter 2019
Fall 2019
Summer 2019
Spring 2019
Winter 2018
Fall 2018
Summer 2018
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Winter 2013
Summer 2013
Spring 2013
Winter 2012
Fall 2012
Spring 2012
Winter 2011
Summer 2011
Spring 2011