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usfwspacific · 5 years

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National Award Recognizes Efforts to Save Endangered Hawaiian Honeycreeper Species

Imagine taking a helicopter ride to an inaccessible area of high-elevation forest on Kaua’i, whose dense understory you must then hike through with a 40 foot ladder that weighs 100 pounds! The goal: collect delicate, tiny ‘akikiki eggs from the carefully balanced nests on the very tips of tree branches. Trying to prop this ladder on surrounding trees with a suspension system so it is safe for the crew to climb is a daunting task. Especially when these eggs are the future generation from fewer than 500 birds. Come rain or shine or severe weather, recovery teams fight hard against this bird’s extinction in the wild.

A team of people carry a ladder through the dense forest. Photo by Kaua’i Forest Bird Recovery Project

The endangered ‘akikiki is a species of Hawaiian honeycreeper found only on the island of Kaua‘i. This small bird species has been severely affected by introduced disease such as avian malaria, as well as loss of native forest habitat, hurricanes, and the introduction of non-native predator species in the wild.

After this collection phase, yet another breakthrough occurred. In addition to the fact that never before in history have ‘akikiki birds been raised in captivity, but they were only parent-raised (not hand-reared by scientists). This ensures that future generations will remain wild birds for their hopeful reintroduction to the forests. Thanks to San Diego Zoo Global’s successful care and development of new techniques, 45 ‘akikiki are currently thriving! This is the largest founding conservation breeding population of any native Hawaiian bird species.

So in 2018, when three tiny eggs hatched, and two of the hatches survived to independence, the survival of this species became a tangible hope.

Due to these two breakthroughs and the dedicated successes along the way, the entire Saving ‘Akikiki from Extinction Team was nationally recognized as a 2018 Recovery Champion by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for leadership in conservation of the endangered ʻakikiki. The Team has worked tirelessly to prevent the extinction of the rarest forest bird on the island of Kauaʻi, and persevered through numerous challenging obstacles to secure a population in conservation breeding centers.

ʻAkikiki occupy an increasingly small range on the island of Kauai. There are fewer than 500 birds left in the wild. GIF shows an ʻakikiki in a nest and a map of the ʻakikiki range.

Ever since the team began in 2013 when the ‘akikiki experienced major population declines, the project moved quickly. Funding for the conservation breeding happened by the Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office in 2014 and nest collections and conservation breeding began in 2015. This dedication resulted in 45 ʻakikiki raised, reared, and cared for in an intensive care setting for the first time in history! This is a monumental milestones for conservation breeding efforts for this species and set the precedent for many more. The Team and its partners are also contributing to additional research and improvements in captive rearing techniques of the ʻakikiki and similar rare bird species, as well as habitat improvements and invasive species controls in order to facilitate future releases of this rare bird back to the wild.

“Conservation and recovery of our endangered species requires all of us to work together. The Saving ‘Akikiki from Extinction Team has made tremendous strides for the species,” said Katherine Mullett Acting Field Supervisor of the Service’s Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office. “The hard work and dedication demonstrated by this team to overcome unique and challenging circumstances proved that they truly are recovery champions.”

The Recovery Champion awards began in 2002 as a one-time recognition for Service staff members for their achievements in conserving listed species. However, in 2007 the program was expanded to honor Service partners as well, recognizing their essential role in the recovery of threatened and endangered species.

Please join us in congratulating the awarded team:

From top left to right: Amy Klotz - San Diego Zoo Global Angela Ray - SDZG Bryce Masuda - SDZG Jay Nelson - Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office Jeremy Hodges - SDZG

From bottom left to right: John Vetter - PIFWO Justin Hite- Kaua’i Forest Bird Recovery Project Lisa Cali Cramption - KFBRP Megan Laut - PIFWO Michelle Clark - PIFWO

There were also numerous staff from the organizations nominated and their partners that put in countless hours in support of this team in addition to the names recognized with the award. Thank you to the field crew and your fierce dedication!

An outreach event led by the team with young students about bird recovery projects. Photo by KFBRP

These conservation efforts would not have been possible without these partners: Kaua‘i Forest Bird Recovery Project, State of Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Division of Forestry and Wildlife, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service-Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office, and San Diego Zoo Global’s Hawai‘i Endangered Bird Conservation Program. These collaborators successfully started a breeding population of ‘akikiki in 2015, where the first chick ever hatched in captivity and was raised by its own parents.

More collaborators essential to the project include: American Bird Conservancy, USGS, University of Hawaiʻi, Pacific Rim Conservation, Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund, Airborne Aviation, Kauaʻi Invasive Species Committee, Kauaʻi Agricultural Research Center, Kauaʻi Watershed Alliance, The Nature Conservancy, Kokeʻe Resource Conservation Program, and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.

A researcher in the field where egg collections occurred. Photo by KFBRP

#savingspecies #conservation #partnerships #kauai #akikiki #birdwatching #birdnerd #recoverychampions #biology

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tbcpress-blog · 4 years

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Hawaii has a New Online Hunt Application System Posted on: 03/16/20

The State of Hawaii, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife has built a new online hunt application within the Go Hunt Hawaii website! Going forward this will be the system you will use to apply for Mouflon Sheep and Axis Deer hunting on Lanai. The new system will be live beginning March 23, 2020. In preparation for the upcoming hunt application period, we highly recommend that... READ MORE

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mauitime · 5 years

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Students Sought for Conservation Leadership Program

Applications are now being accepted for Na Hua Hoʻohuli i ka Pono, a service-learning program designed to help develop the county’s next generation of conservation leaders. The ho‘oilo 2019-2020 term will include 19 hours per week from October 14-June 6, 2019. Participants will earn a bi-weekly living allowance of $475 and are eligible to earn two AmeriCorps Education Awards totalling $2,579 to…

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#Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Forestry and Wildlife #Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project #Maui Nui Botanical Gardens #Nā Hua Hoʻohuli i ka Pono #Nā Hua Hoʻohuli i ka Pono Conservation Leadership Program #Nā Hua Hoʻohuli i ka Pono program #The Nature Conservancy

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mypubliclands · 6 years

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#NationalInternDay: Celebrating the next generation of BLMers

Happy National Intern Day! Today we’re sharing some of the awesome internship opportunities that are available with the BLM with our partners, so take a look at the exciting work that our interns are doing for your public lands. The BLM offers internships that provide jobs and job training opportunities in local communities. Internships bringing diverse viewpoints into the bureau through a new generation of conservation leaders. Working individually or as part of a team or crew, BLM interns participate in the shared stewardship of public lands: building trails and enhancing recreational facilities, restoring habitat damaged by wildland fire and much more- all the while supporting BLM's multiple-use mission.

Interested in an internship? Our partner organizations recruit interns for BLM internships across the nation: American Conservation Experience (ACE), Environment for the Americas (EFTA), Greening Youth Foundation (GYF), Geological Society of America (GEOCORPS), Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), INROADS, Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANRRS) and Southern Utah University (SUU).

Emma Lane, Southern Utah University BLM California

As an outdoor recreation intern at BLM California’s Bakersfield Field Office, Emma Lane’s duties are varied and exciting. Emma regularly visits the different recreation areas on public lands to check on facilities, interact with the public and educate visitors about fire restrictions, safety and Leave No Trace outdoor ethics.

Outreach with the public is another part of her internship that Emma is particularly excited about. Emma has been planning a family event in August at the Keysville Special Recreation Management Area. Participants in the event will have the opportunity to learn about mining history, local Native American history and language, native plants, plus gold panning demonstrations and a walking tour of the historic cabins in the area. Planning such an involved event has been a challenge, Emma says, but has been a great opportunity to coordinate and project manage. Stay tuned for more event details!

Emma comes from the Kern River Valley, a small town in the southern Sierra Nevada mountains full of outdoor recreation (her personal favorite: whitewater rafting). Growing up she spent many summers playing on the Kern River, learning about the outdoors and gaining an appreciation for recreation opportunities in her community.

Emma studies at Utah State University, studying agricultural communication and journalism, and minoring in environmental studies she is combining both her love for the outdoors and her passion for the agriculture industry.

Tyesha Butler, Greening Youth Foundation BLM Eastern States

Tyesha Butler interns for the Bureau of Land Management in Washington, D.C. as a management assistant intern for BLM Eastern States. Through her internship, she has visited several sites, attended a BLM Wild Horse and Burro adoption event, assisted with updates to budgetary documents and shadowed the BLM Eastern States Deputy State Director on site visits to Jackson, Mississippi and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Tyesha has learned many aspects about land management, and looks forward to continuing to learn and making more memories here at the BLM. Tyesha is from North Carolina and goes to North Carolina A&T State University.

Ismael Ramirez, BLM California

Ismael Ramirez is a botany intern for the BLM California Bakersfield Office, and assists the Office’s Natural Resource Department with conducting research on the Saltcedar leaf beetle as a biological control for the invasive tamarisk tree.

“When I'm not doing research I am going out in the field with our biologists, rangeland technicians, outdoor recreation planners, archaeologists or maintenance staff to help them with their projects and gaining valuable perspectives on how the federal government manages public lands,” Ismael says.

A native of El Centro, California, Ismael grew up in the Imperial Valley- a desert environment turned into an agricultural community. “Being surrounded by miles of agriculture, desert and the Salton Sea has given me a great perspective on the balance between human development and environmental responsibility.”

Amanda Eavenson, Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences BLM New Mexico

Amanda Eavenson is a recent graduate from Eastern New Mexico University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science with a minor in Geology. She is currently interning as a natural resource specialist in New Mexico at the BLM’s Carlsbad Field office. Throughout college she has had a few internships, but so far her time with the BLM-CFO has been her favorite.

During the first half of the internship, her and her fellow interns had the opportunity to experience what each department is responsible for in the Carlsbad area. Out of all of their time in the field and in the office with each department, Amanda’s favorite was when the interns were taken on a mine tour of Mosaic Mines. While she was not out with other departments, she worked closely with fellow Natural Resource Specialists to write environmental assessments for sundries as well as an application for a permit to drill; she also would go out into the field to help complete onsite visits for applications for a permit to drill. Amanda has really enjoyed her internship so far and hopes to find a position working for the Bureau of Land Management in the future.

Samuel Wilhelm, American Conservation Experience BLM Wyoming

As a geologist intern with the BLM’s National Minerals Testing Laboratory in Wyoming, Sam’s duties revolve around the bureau’s mining interests. He frequently tests mineral and rock samples from around the country, using advanced testing methods: such as Scanning Electron Microscope analysis, X-Ray Diffraction, and magnetic separation. Testing these rock samples is done to get more in-depth, geologic information about each sample. This can be useful to the BLM mining or petroleum divisions in helping to answer possible questions: perhaps about the permeability or porosity of an oil well formation, or just give useful information about a rock formation with potential for mining. Working for the BLM Wyoming Worland Field Office, Sam has helped identify mineral beds - namely bentonite - and survey multiple mining claim corners within the region.

Understanding mining laws and statutes, as well as the reporting process, is a vital skill in a lab that utilizes certified mineral examiners. The internship’s focus has primarily been on preparing, testing and reporting on samples from BLM California’s State Office. In the coming weeks, Sam will be attending a fire assay course in Montana to further develop his mineral and metallurgy skills in order to help the lab perform future tests.

Sanara Brock, Great Basin Institute BLM Wyoming

Sanara has worked as a Rangeland Technician with the BLM Wyoming Casper Field Office, through the Great Basin Institute every summer since 2015. She is a huge outdoor enthusiast, and really loves all aspects of her job. In the summer, Sanara leads teams of other interns to spray hundreds of acres of noxious and invasive weed species, repair miles of broken and downed fence lines, aid in class 3 archaeological studies and inspect troughs and place bird ramps as needed.

She also helps with rangeland monitoring, project inspections and supervision reports in the summer. Sanara enjoys planning and preparing for the day-to-day duties of the crew and making sure we meet or exceed the goals of the rangeland management ppecialists. She gets to go to really remote places and help with projects. Within the last year, she has helped relocate a golden eagle nest from an oil and gas tank battery to a natural substrate, helped the BLM forester cut down Christmas trees for the Trails Center, and has conducted surveys for Ute Ladies’- Tresses with the wildlife biologists. In the winter, she spent the cold days meeting with grazing lessees (mostly ranchers) helping them with transfers and renewals of leases. She has case files in order to meet specific land law regulations, updated online databases, as well as splitting, editing and creating new allotments on the statewide Enterprise SDE geodatabase. Never a dull moment!

Sanara graduated from the University of Wyoming with a bachelor’s degree in biology. Her father was in the military so she grew up around the world, but now calls Wyoming home.

Daniel Beyer BLM Wyoming

Daniel says his experience as a forestry intern has been incredible. Its foundation in field-based learning and on-the-ground experiences have quickly brought him up to speed with all things related to forest management. Now I am applying what I have learned and have started to work directly with my mentor to ensure healthy forest development and manage forest product sales. There is a healthy balance between working directly with her and working independently so that they can tackle the ever-growing workload. Working out of both Casper and Buffalo Field Offices, there is a lot of ground for us to cover and an even greater number of tasks to complete each day.

Daniel works to set up and monitor public firewood sales, as well as establish areas for contracted timber harvests. He helps establish new access routes and walk timber stands with contractors who will ultimately perform the job in the area according to the statement of work. Due to the multiple uses of public lands under the Bureau of Land Management, he has collaborated with wildlife biologists, hydrologists, range specialists, archaeologists, recreation specialists and geologists to ensure forestry actions do not adversely affect the ecosystem as a whole. This opportunity has allowed him to see all aspects of forestry, instead of merely focusing on one. He says his time as an intern has and will continue to be an invaluable step in the development of his professional career.

Daniel is originally from Eagle, Wisconsin and earned a liberal arts degree in biology from the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University.

Joseph Iglesias, American Conservation Experience BLM Eastern States

Joseph Iglesias is a geographic information specialist intern for BLM Eastern States. A recent graduate from George Mason University in December 2017, Joseph studied geography and GIS and minored in intelligence analysis. Through his internship at the BLM, he has been working on researching and creating ESRI story maps, an interactive tool that uses geography to tell a story. Joseph’s main project is to work on a story map that uses General Land Office survey plats to reconstruct an era in United States history: the Johnson County War.

The original survey plat is located on the Powder River in southeastern Johnson County, Wyoming near the T.A. Ranch. Located between the Bighorn Mountains to the west and the Black Hills to the east, this area was prime rangeland for grazing cattle. Wyoming’s economy was driven almost entirely by the cattle industry during the latter half of the 19th Century, and the northern edge of open range stretched all the way to Texas. That began to change in the late 1870s when homesteading became more prevalent. These settlers, under the conditions set in the Homestead Act of 1862, were primarily farmers and cattle rustlers. As more and more farms appeared, the open range began to disappear. Tension over grazing and water rights between the cattle barons and settlers began to escalate until finally a range war broke out in 1892.

This conflict came to be known as the Johnson County War. Hostilities began when a group of around 50 gunmen, all of whom were hired by the cattle barons, traveled north from Cheyenne and “invaded” Johnson County. As directed by their employers, the hit men were to murder 70 individuals whom the cattle barons considered to be a threat.

After roughly six months into the conflict, the group was finally surrounded at T.A. Ranch by up to 400 local farmers and rustlers. Fortunately for the hit men, a U.S. cavalry regiment (which President Benjamin Harrison had ordered be deployed to restore order) intervened and convinced the locals to disband.

Chad Ennis, American Conservation Experience BLM Eastern States

As a GIS specialist intern in the BLM's Eastern States office in Washington, D.C., Chad Ennis has been introduced to several different projects that are currently underway at the BLM Eastern States. Working on different projects has proved to be the best way to learn how the BLM's mission is carried out. Through this position, Chad is able to learn about the future of where the BLM is heading as well as the important role it has historically played in managing public lands.

Chad is a recent graduate of Frostburg State University in Frostburg, Maryland. As a geography major, he has found this internship position to be the perfect opportunity to apply his skills and interest in mapping sciences.

One interesting project Chad has worked on which combines new technology and the BLM's historical records has been to use a ArcGIS Online story maps using historical plats dating back to the 19th century. In order to increase public awareness of the BLM and its mission, it is important to showcase its work and historical significance. This research-intensive project is an example of how significant the BLM is in preserving America's history, because many of its survey plats allow us to look at the location of some of the country's earliest settlements.

Mackensie Swift, American Conservation Experience BLM California

Mackensie Swift is a summer intern at BLM California’s Central Coast Field Office in Marina, California. During her internship with the BLM, she is working on a characterization project of the San Benito River in central California’s Diablo Range. Due to the area’s unique geology and riverbed, the focus of the project is to gain insight on how geology is affecting the geochemistry of the groundwater that is flowing through the San Benito River drainage system.

Mackensie will begin her senior year at the University of Wyoming this fall and will graduate next spring with a dual degree in environmental geology and geohydrology.

“My interest in water has inspired me to pursue a career in hydrology because fresh, clean water will be one of the most sought after resources in the near future,” says Mackensie when reflecting on her career goals.

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feral-research · 5 years

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Land management

Land management is the process of managing the use and development (in both urban and rural settings) of land resources. Land resources are used for a variety of purposes which may include organic agriculture, reforestation, water resource management and eco-tourism projects. Land management can have positive or negative effects on the terrestrial ecosystems. Land being over- or misused can degrade and reduce productivity and disrupt natural equilibriums.

Federal Land Management

Wilderness areas are managed by four federal land management agencies: the National Park Service, the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Bureau of Land Management.

The term "wilderness" is defined as "an area where the earth and community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain" and "an area of undeveloped Federal land retaining its primeval character and influence, without permanent improvements or human habitation, which is protected and managed so as to preserve its natural conditions."[1] As of 2019, there are 803 designated wilderness areas, totaling 111,368,221 acres (45,069,120 ha), or about 4.5% of the area of the United States.[2]

United States Forest Service (USFS)

The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands. The Forest Service manages 193 million acres (780,000 km2) of land.[3]. Major divisions of the agency include the Chief's Office, National Forest System, State and Private Forestry, Business Operations, and Research and Development.[4] The agency manages about 25% of federal lands and is the only major national land management agency not part of the U.S. Department of the Interior, [5] which manages the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management.

As the lead federal agency in natural resource conservation, the Forest Service provides leadership in the protection, management, and use of the nation's forest, rangeland, and aquatic ecosystems. The agency's ecosystem approach to management integrates ecological, economic, and social factors to maintain and enhance the quality of the environment to meet current and future needs. Through implementation of land and resource management plans, the agency ensures sustainable ecosystems by restoring and maintaining species diversity and ecological productivity that helps provide recreation, water, timber, minerals, fish, wildlife, wilderness, and aesthetic values for current and future generations of people.[9]

The everyday work of the Forest Service balances resource extraction, resource protection, and providing recreation. The work includes managing 193,000,000 acres (780,000 km2) of national forest and grasslands, including 59,000,000 acres (240,000 km2) of roadless areas; 14,077 recreation sites; 143,346 miles (230,693 km) of trails; 374,883 miles (603,316 km) of roads; and the harvesting of 1.5 billion trees per year.[8]

The research and development (R&D) arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service works to improve the health and use of the United States' forests and grasslands. Research has been part of the Forest Service mission since the agency's inception in 1905. Today, Forest Service researchers work in a range of biological, physical, and social science fields to promote sustainable management of United States' diverse forests and rangelands. Research employs about 550 scientists and several hundred technical and support staff, located at 67 sites throughout the United States and in Puerto Rico. Discovery and technology development and transfer is carried out through seven research stations.

Research focuses on informing policy and land management decisions and includes addressing invasive insects, degraded river ecosystems, or sustainable ways to harvest forest products. The researchers work independently and with a range of partners, including other agencies, academia, nonprofit groups, and industry. The information and technology produced through basic and applied science programs is available to the public for its benefit and use.

United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS or FWS) is an agency of the US federal government within the US Department of the Interior dedicated to the management of fish, wildlife, and natural habitats. The mission of the agency is "working with others to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people."

Sub-units of the FWS include:

National Wildlife Refuge System—560 National Wildlife Refuges and thousands of small wetlands and other special management areas covering over 150 million acres (607,000 km²)

Endangered Species program—86 Ecological Services Field Stations

The vast majority of fish and wildlife habitat is on non-federal state or private land. Therefore, the FWS works closely with private groups such as Partners in Flight and Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council to promote voluntary habitat conservation and restoration.

National Wildlife Refuge System is a designation for certain protected areas of the United States managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The National Wildlife Refuge System is the system of public lands and waters set aside to conserve America's fish, wildlife, and plants. Since President Theodore Roosevelt designated Florida's Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge as the first wildlife refuge in 1903, the system has grown to over 562 national wildlife refuges and 38 wetland management districts encompassing more than 150,000,000 acres (607,028 km2).

#land management #united states #nps #usfs #usfws #blm #land

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punalavaflow · 5 years

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DLNR: Endangered vines destroyed at protest site

The state Department of Natural Resources reported Thursday that four endangered vines have been destroyed during the occupation of Pu‘u Huluhulu.

DLNR had previously announced concerns about how the ongoing standoff between the state and opponents of the Thirty Meter Telescope might affecting the health of the ‘anunu vine, an extremely rare plant found only on the Big Island.

During a news conference Thursday in Hilo, DLNR officials confirmed four of the vines appeared to have been cut or ripped from koa trees at Pu‘u Huluhulu in August.

“We warned about this early on,” said DLNR Chairwoman Suzanne Case. “It’s impossible to have so many people there without this happening.”

Edwin Shishido, an officer with the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement, said officers investigated the pu‘u Aug. 21 after having witnessed up to more than 2,000 people at or around the hill at any given time.

Vines that were known to be safe and healthy before the protests began in July were found to be cut.

Four other endangered plants — including local mint, tomato and nettle plants — also were found damaged in the area, showing signs of having been trampled.

DLNR botanist Lyman Perry explained that the ‘anunu has a short life cycle, lasting only about a year. Any disturbance, particularly one that severs the vine or removes it from a tree, can be devastating for such an endangered plant.

Perry said Pu‘u Huluhulu had served as an outplanting site for several endangered plants, including the ‘anunu, because of its good soil, relatively high rainfall and general lack of attendance. The pu‘u is one of only five known habitats for the vine on the island, although DLNR spokesperson Dan Dennison said the other known habitats will not be disclosed for safety purposes.

Ian Cole, wildlife manager for the DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife, said the endangered Hawaiian goose, or nene, no longer appears willing to land around the pu‘u, although he added the birds have never been observed engaging in breeding behavior in the area.

Cole also said there is some anecdotal evidence that the wolf spider, which lives in the surrounding lava fields, is being forced out by campers, leading to a rise in invasive insects.

Case said Thursday that the best solution to reduce harm to the endangered plants is for the crowds of people at the camp surrounding the pu‘u to disperse.

Several protesters — who call themselves kia‘i, or protectors, of Maunakea — attended Thursday’s news conference and questioned the DLNR’s motivations for protecting the pu‘u now.

One attendee, Kini Burke, said he worked for the DLNR for about 20 years and never saw any departmental oversight or enforcement at Pu‘u Huluhulu, where he saw “20 to 30 cars parked, every day” before the protests.

Other attendees at the press conference raised concerns about endangered species elsewhere on the island, asking why protecting the ‘anunu takes priority over other issues, such as protecting coral reefs. Case responded, saying the department is concerned with protecting all of the island’s native wildlife.

The presence of protesters seemed to surprise the DLNR officials at the conference, as speakers repeatedly refused to answer questions from nonmedia-affiliated attendees (“I don’t have questions, I have answers,” Burke quipped). Eventually, Case and Perry abruptly left the room even as attendees called out further questions, effectively ending the conference.

Representatives of the protesters called the DLNR’s report “PR propaganda to make the kia‘i look bad.” One protester, ‘Ilima Long, told the Tribune-Herald on Wednesday that the protesters have effectively closed the pu‘u to the public on weekdays and only allow members of the public on the pu‘u during guided trail tours hosted twice a day on weekends.

Email Michael Brestovansky at [email protected]. from Hawaii News – Hawaii Tribune-Herald https://ift.tt/2ZXbbR5

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melissawalker01 · 5 years

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Environmental Litigation

Mankind has known about its environment far longer than there have been laws to secure environments. Environmental law, or in some cases known as environmental and common assets law, is a term used to clarify guidelines, resolutions, neighborhood, national and universal enactment, and arrangements intended to shield the environment from harm and to clarify the lawful outcomes of such harm towards governments or private elements or people .

As we will clarify in the following segment, it covers numerous regions, all with a similar reason officially depicted here. Be that as it may, the expression “environmental law” does not simply cover government enactment. It can likewise depict a longing by organizations and different associations, and their controllers to progress in the direction of improving moral standards by setting guideline and industry measures for working licenses. These are not “laws” as such yet go about all things considered inside an administrative system. It can likewise apply a strategy for land the board on a sort of comprehension of acting capably and morally. Also, sway evaluation isn’t in every case lawfully required, however the consent to create, build, adjust or designer can frequently be won’t on the off chance that one isn’t done. These are willful guidelines as opposed to law directed for the benefit of the environment and the nearby populace. For different reasons, environmental law has dependably been a flashpoint of discussion. Discussions frequently focus on cost, the need of such guidelines, and the well-established contact between government guideline and urging the market to self-control and make the best decision for the benefit of everybody.

For instance, the continuous discussion over the effect of specific pesticides in agribusiness, ozone harming substance discharges are regularly a fight between the science and industry’s endeavors to sloppy the science and government campaigning to move back enactment. The opposite side of the discussion is that present industry guidelines and enactment are lacking. The two sides consistently hold gatherings to talk about parts of environmental law and how they ought to approach getting them changed to support them. However we take a gander at it, environmental law influences we all – singular well being, business movement, geological manageability, and the significance of saving those for the who and what is to come and economy.

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Environmental law, standards, approaches, mandates, and guidelines instituted and upheld by neighborhood, national, or universal substances to control human treatment of the nonhuman world. The immense field covers an expansive scope of subjects in different legitimate settings, for example, state bottle-return laws in the United States, administrative benchmarks for outflows from coal-terminated power plants in Germany, activities in China to make a “Green Great Wall”— an asylum belt of trees—to shield Beijing from dust storms, and global arrangements for the insurance of natural decent variety and the ionosphere. During the late twentieth century environmental law created from an unobtrusive subordinate of the law of general well being guidelines into an all around perceived autonomous field securing both human well being and nonhuman nature. Environmental law exists at numerous dimensions and is just incompletely established by global presentations, shows, and bargains. The heft of environmental law is statutory—i.e., included in the authorizations of administrative bodies—and administrative—i.e., produced by offices accused by legislatures of insurance of the environment.

What’s more, numerous nations have incorporated some privilege to environmental quality in their national constitutions. Since 1994, for instance, environmental insurance has been revered in the German Grundgesetz (“Basic Law”), which currently expresses that the administration must secure for “future ages the characteristic establishments of life.” Similarly, the Chinese constitution pronounces that the state “guarantees the reasonable utilization of common assets and ensures uncommon creatures and plants”; the South African constitution perceives a privilege to “an environment that isn’t destructive to wellbeing or prosperity; and to have the environment secured, to serve present and who and what is to come”; the Bulgarian constitution accommodates a “right to a sound and great environment, predictable with stipulated gauges and guidelines”; and the Chilean constitution contains a “right to live in an environment free from tainting.”

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A lot of environmental law additionally is exemplified in the choices of global, national, and neighborhood courts. Some of it is showed in refereed choices, for example, the Trail Smelter intervention (1941), which charged the task of a smelter situated in British Columbia, Canada, close to the worldwide fringe with the U.S. province of Washington and held that “no State has the privilege to utilize or allow the utilization of its domain in such a way as to cause damage by exhaust in or to the region of another or the properties or people in that.” Some environmental law additionally shows up in the choices of national courts. For instance, in Scenic Hudson Preservation Conference v. Government Power Commission (1965), a U.S. government offers court voided a permit allowed by the Federal Power Commission for the development of an environmentally harming siphoned stockpiling hydroelectric plant (i.e., a plant that would siphon water from a lower to an upper repository) in a zone of shocking characteristic magnificence, exhibiting that the choices of bureaucratic organizations could be effectively tested in the courts. Huge neighborhood choices included National Audubon Society v. Predominant Court (1976), in which the California Supreme Court significantly constrained the capacity of the Los Angeles to occupy water that may somehow or another fill Mono Lake in California’s eastern desert.

Most environmental law falls into a general classification of laws known as “order and control.” Such laws normally include three components: (1) recognizable proof of a kind of environmentally hurtful movement, (2) burden of explicit conditions or guidelines on that action, and (3) denial of types of the action that neglect to agree to the forced conditions or gauges. The United States Federal Water Pollution Control Act (1972), for instance, manages “releases” of “poisons” into “safe waters of the United States.”

All three terms are characterized in the rule and office guidelines and together recognize the sort of environmentally hurtful movement subject to guideline. In 1983 Germany passed a national outflow control law that set explicit air discharge edges by power plant age and type. Practically all environmental laws deny controlled exercises that don’t conform to expressed conditions or guidelines. Many make a “knowing” (deliberate) infringement of such measures a wrongdoing. The most evident types of controlled movement include real releases of contaminations into the environment (e.g., air, water, and groundwater contamination). In any case, environmental laws likewise control exercises that involve a noteworthy danger of releasing hurtful poisons (e.g., the transportation of risky waste, the closeout of pesticides, and logging). For real releases, environmental laws by and large recommend explicit limits of admissible contamination; for exercises that make a danger of release, environmental laws by and large set up the executives practices to lessen that hazard. Environmental administrative projects in Utah are managed essentially by the Utah Department of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”). DEQ manages environmental projects approved by state rule just as government environmental projects for which the state has designated expert from EPA under the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. DEQ is composed with a focal departmental organization and six divisions with substantive specialist over specific environmental regions – the divisions of Air Quality, Drinking Water, Environmental Response and Remediation, Radiation, Solid and Hazardous Waste and Water Quality. For more data with respect to the association of DEQ. The official executive of DEQ is approved to direct and organize the Department and its divisions, issue requests to implement environmental rules and principles, arrange and coordinate with different organizations of the state and national governments and different states, lead studies and examinations, and distribute and spread data. DEQ is approved to facilitate and collaborate with the Utah Department of Health and neighborhood wellbeing associations, examine and control environmental dangers that influence general wellbeing, and recommend environmental quality standards for nearby wellbeing offices. A few divisions inside the Utah Department of Natural Resources oversee environmentally related projects, including the Divisions of Water Resources, Water Rights, Oil, Gas and Mining, State Lands and Forestry, and Wildlife Resources.

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Utah law incorporates various arrangements and projects went for giving administrative alleviation to organizations. A few instances of these are abridged underneath. Points of confinement on Stringency of Utah Environmental Regulations. In 1986, the Utah Legislature established enactment which forbids state organizations from embracing environmental guidelines more stringent than their government partners for governmentally assigned environmental projects, except if a particular appearing made, after open remark and hearing, that the administrative guidelines are not sufficient to secure human wellbeing and the environment. This enactment is currently classified in every one of the relevant environmental resolutions inside the Environmental Quality Code. Utah Code Ann. §§ 19-2-106 (air quality); 19-3-104(9) (radiation control); 19-4-105 (drinking water); 19-5-105 (water quality); and 19-6-106 (risky waste).

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In 1997, the Utah Legislature enacted the Voluntary Cleanup Program. See Utah Code Ann. §§ 19-8-101 et seq. Every single tainted site are qualified for the program aside from RCRA treatment, stockpiling or transfer locales, National Priorities List destinations, and destinations for which a managerial, state or government requirement activity exists or is pending against the candidate for remediation of the contaminants at the site. To take an interest in the deliberate cleanup program, a candidate must present an application to DEQ together with an application charge. The application must be on a structure given by the official chief and incorporate indicated data about the candidate and the site, including data about the candidate’s money related capacity, the current and proposed property use, and an environmental evaluation of the nature and degree of any tainting at and adjacent to the site and the attributes and operational history of the site. The DEQ may dismiss the application in the event that it accepts a working relationship can’t be accomplished with the candidate, if the site isn’t qualified, or if the application is resolved to be deficient or erroneous. The candidate should likewise go into a deliberate cleanup concurrence with DEQ which accommodates survey and endorsement by DEQ of work plans and reports, a calendar for finishing, an assurance of specialized benchmarks, resolutions and standards that must be agreed to, and for installment to DEQ of oversight costs. A candidate who has gone into a willful cleanup understanding is shielded from DEQ implementation activities in regards to the tainting or discharge tended to by the understanding inasmuch as the candidate is in consistence with the terms of the understanding. Utah Environmental Self-Evaluation Privilege. The Utah Environmental Self-Evaluation Act, Utah Code Ann. 19-7-101 et seq., gives impetuses to deliberate recognizable proof, exposure and remediation of consistence issues. DEQ will postpone common punishments for cases of resistance (in spite of the fact that it might at present look for recuperation of any monetary advantage accumulated from the infringement, and it may not defer common punishments where there is absence of due tirelessness, repeat of the infringement, heedless or resolute negligence of environmental laws, or extortion, or DEQ has just started a consistence examination at the season of the divulgence, or exposure is legally necessary), gave the managed element: (1) found its rebelliousness through an environmental self-assessment; (2) uncovered its resistance to the DEQ recorded as a hard copy inside 21 days after disclosure; (3) helped or redressed its resistance inside 60 days after revelation, or inside a sensible measure of time if the infringement can’t be cured inside 60 days; and (4) submitted to the DEQ a composed blueprint of steps it will take to counteract repeat of its resistance.

Utah One Action Rule. Utah’s “One Action Rule” gives administrative help to banks by enabling them to look for recuperation straightforwardly from the borrower, as opposed to first abandoning genuine property security, gave that the genuine property verifying the credit is utilized for other than private designs, is “environmentally impeded,” the loan specialist did not know about the sullying, and made all fitting investigation into the property’s earlier possession/employments. See Utah Code Ann. § 78-37-1.5. Utah Sales Tax Exemption for Pollution Control Expenditures. Under Utah law, materials, gear, and administrations utilized for the development or establishment of contamination control offices in the State are excluded from deals and use charges, gave that such offices are confirmed by the Division of Air Quality. Utah Code Ann § 19-2-123. Application for affirmation must be made to the Air Quality Board. Utah’s wetlands guidelines for the most part reflect the government rules. There are state guidelines with respect to stream modification that influence riparian wetlands. Wetlands in Utah are as of now managed under U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Armed force Corps of Engineers (Corps) guidelines actualizing Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (CWA).

Administration and requirement. DEQ’s Division of Water Quality and the Utah State Water Quality Board direct wetlands as waters of the state under Utah’s water quality guidelines, and have the specialist to affirm, deny, or forgo water quality accreditation under Section 401 of the CWA. The Corps and EPA direct and implement the government dig and fill allows in Utah. The DNR, alongside the Corps, administers the Stream Alteration Program in the state.

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Saving Endangered Hawaiian Seabirds on Kauai

In 2018, conservation partners again provided a new home, safe from invasive predators, for some of Hawaiʻi’s most imperiled seabirds. A total of 39 chicks, including 20 Endangered Uaʻu (Hawaiian Petrel) and 19 Threatened ʻAʻo (Newell’s Shearwater), were moved from colonies in the mountains to the translocation site, called Nihokū, at Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge. In this location, they are protected by a predator-proof fence surrounding the Nihokū restoration site.

Over the course of several weeks, the chicks are fed and cared for by a dedicated team of biologists and volunteers until they fledge – finish molting into adult plumage and fly off. Over the last four years, 112 chicks have successfully fledged from the site. The chicks will spend a few years at sea before returning to the exact area where they were raised, hopefully establishing a new seabird colony at Nihokū.

Some of the mountainous habitat the seabirds nest in - though rugged, cats, rats, and pigs are still present and pose a threat to the birds. Photo credit: Hannah Nevins/ABC

All of the translocated chicks were collected from colonies located in Kauaʻi’s rugged, mountainous interior, where the birds are under threat from introduced predators, including feral cats, rats, and pigs, as well as loss of breeding habitat. These dangers, coupled with collisions with power lines and attraction to artificial lights, have dramatically reduced populations of the Uaʻu and ʻAʻo on Kauaʻi. The effort to create a new, fully protected colony of these birds at Nihokū is part of a larger effort to protect the two species and help their populations recover.

The future site of a new seabird colony at Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge. Photo credit: Andrew Raine/KESRP

The 7.8-acre translocation site is protected within a predator-proof fence. Made with very small, woven, stainless steel mesh, buried three feet underground, and with an upper hood that prevents the incursion of predators, this is one of the best tools available for conservation of seabird colonies. Such fences now are more frequently used as a hedge against introduced predators plaguing native birds, plants, and even small endangered tree snails in Hawaiʻi.

The project has not been without its challenges. This year a record-breaking rain event in mid-April swept across the island, flooding the nearby Hanalei Valley and part of the refuge. An estimated 49.6 inches of rain fell in 24 hours, nearly blowing out a drainage culvert under the protective predator-proof fence. In addition, Hurricane Lane drove in more rains in mid-August.

Moving the birds into their new home, safe from invasive predators. Photo credit: Hanna Nevins/ABC

“We experienced a difficult year with many close-calls due to unanticipated weather events, but despite these challenges, we are very pleased to have completed another successful year of this important seabird recovery project,” said Heather Tonneson, Refuge Complex Manager at the Kaua‘i National Wildlife Refuge Complex. “Quick response from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff and volunteers resulted in clearing the damaged culvert and preventing further damage and erosion under the fence.”Lindsay Young, Executive Director for Pacific Rim Conservation, who led the project to build the fence, attributes this to good design, "The record rainfall this year had minimal impacts on the fence as a result of design features that allowed water to exit the fenced area.”

Chicks are transported from high in the mountains of Kauai by helicopter. Photo credit: Andre Raine/KESRP

Lindsay Young, Executive Director for Pacific Rim Conservation, who led the project to build the fence, attributes part of the success to good design: "The record rainfall this year had minimal impacts on the fence as a result of design features that allowed water to exit the fenced area.” All partners are grateful for the help of dedicated volunteers, who helped to keep debris away from the drainage culverts, keeping Nihokū predator free.

Other challenges came from the birds themselves. “Each chick has its own personality, and more often than not, they are just plain feisty, which makes daily care a challenge,” says Outreach Coordinator for Pacific Rim Conservation Leilani Fowlke.

Another potential stumbling block: traveling in and out of the rugged, mist-shrouded mountains to recover chicks for translocation and bring them to Nihokū for care until they fledge. André Raine, Project Lead for the Kaua‘i Endangered Seabird Recovery Project, explained: “After monitoring the chicks in all seasons, we move them during a narrow window, a few weeks before fledging. Chicks are transferred from underground nests to a special transport box, and delivered via a short helicopter ride to their new home at Nihokū. The weather is always an unpredictable factor each year, as it is often raining and misty in their mountain homes, but despite this, the translocations all went well this year!”

Andre Raine carefully removing a Newell’s shearwater chick from its burrow to prep it for translocation. Photo credit: Erin Pickett/KESRP

By December 2018, all 19 Newell’s Shearwater chicks and 19 of the 20 Hawaiian Petrel chicks had fledged. “We are doing our best to give them a good start here so they are best prepared to thrive once they fly out to sea,” says Hannah Nevins, American Bird Conservancy’s Seabird Program Director. “The healthier they are when they depart their nest to fly out to sea, the better the chances they will return to breed.”

A Newell’s shearwater in the midst of fledging. Photo credit: Leilani Fowlke/Pacific Rim Conservation

These seabirds spend their first four to five years at sea and the partners are anxiously waiting for the first translocated birds to return to the site to breed — the ultimate measure of success for the project. In spring 2019, the first cohort of petrel chicks -- nine birds that fledged in 2015 -- is expected to return.

The partners hope that they will establish Nihokū as a breeding site and create the next generation of seabirds for this area.

The effort to establish this new colony is a collaboration among the Kaua‘i Endangered Seabird Recovery Project (KESRP), Pacific Rim Conservation (PRC), American Bird Conservancy (ABC), the Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW), and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). KESRP is a DOFAW/Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit project. Other partners also provided much-needed assistance for the project. The Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative provided critical support for predator control in collaboration with DOFAW at montane nesting areas within the Hono O Na Pali Natural Area Reserve and the National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG) at Upper Limahuli Preserve. NTBG also conducted vegetation restoration at Nihokū. The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) provided critical funding support. The Kaua‘i DOFAW Natural Area Reserve team also provided on-the-ground support.

For more information on the project, please visit: www.Nihoku.org

Partners celebrating the successful translocation work. Photo credit: Andrew Raine/KESRP

About The Partners

The Kauaʻi Endangered Seabird Recovery Project is a DOFAW project, administered through the Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit of the University of Hawaiʻi. The project focuses primarily on Kauaʻi's three endangered seabirds– Newell's Shearwater, Hawaiian Petrel and Band-rumped Storm-Petrel. KESRP identifies the breeding distribution of these rare and enigmatic seabirds, monitors their breeding colonies, undertakes research projects to better understand their life histories and the various threats which they face, and works with partners to ensure their long-term conservation.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) mission to enhance, protect, conserve and manage Hawaii's unique and limited natural, cultural and historic resources held in public trust for current and future generations of the people of Hawaii nei, and its visitors, in partnership with others from the public and private sectors.

The mission of DLNR's Division of Forestry and Wildlife(DOFAW) is to responsibly manage and protect watersheds, native ecosystems, and cultural resources and provide outdoor recreation and sustainable forest products opportunities, while facilitating partnerships, community involvement and education. Malama i ka ‘aina.

Pacific Rim Conservation (PRC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to studying and conserving the biota of the Pacific region. PRC provides biological research and management services to government agencies, non-profit organizations, landowners, and other groups throughout the Hawaiian Islands and the Pacific region. PRC's goal is to maintain and restore native species and ecosystems through habitat protection and management, threat control, public education, and scientific research to develop and improve conservation methods.

The Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1985 to preserve and enhance migratory bird nesting colonies, federally listed species, and native coastal strand, riparian, and aquatic biological diversity, as well as to support incidental fish and wildlife-oriented recreation. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service works with others to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. For more information, visit www.fws.gov/pacific, or connect with us through any of these social media channels at www.facebook.com/PacificIslandsFWS, www.flickr.com/photos/usfwspacific/, www.tumblr.com/blog/usfwspacific or www.twitter.com/USFWSPacific.

American Bird Conservancy is the Western Hemisphere's bird conservation specialist—the only organization with a single and steadfast commitment to achieving conservation results for native birds and their habitats throughout the Americas. With a focus on efficiency and working in partnership, we take on the toughest problems facing birds today, innovating and building on sound science to halt extinctions, protect habitats, eliminate threats, and build capacity for bird conservation.

Chartered by Congress in 1984, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) protects and restores the nation's fish, wildlife, plants and habitats. Working with federal, corporate and individual partners, NFWF has funded more than 4,000 organizations and committed more than $2.9 billion to conservation projects.

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Maui Forest Birds Critically Threatened

The kiwikiu, or Maui parrotbill, is only found in East Maui. There are less than 312 remaining in the wild

A new interagency monitoring report on Hawaiian forest birds indicates that remaining populations of at least two native endemic species of Maui forest birds are in rapid decline.

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