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Video Footage Highlights Lehua Island Restoration Project

Video captures insights and hopes from the partners who are working to restore Lehua Island, Hawai’i. In 2021, Lehua Island officially became free from the threat of invasive rodents. This is a huge accomplishment that has enriched the region’s biodiversity and local fisheries. Social attraction methods–using fake birds and recordings of calls–have encouraged endangered seabirds […]

Written by on October 23, 2023

SUCCESS! LEHUA ISLAND IS RAT-FREE!

Decade-long effort to rid Lehua Island, Hawai’i of invasive rats confirmed a success, securing the island as a safe haven for threatened and endangered Hawaiian seabirds. (LĪHUʻE) – Just in time for Earth Day 2021, Lehua Island, the tiny, but mighty island off Kaua‘i’s west shore has been declared free of damaging, introduced (invasive) rats. […]

Written by on April 21, 2021

Monitoring Lehua Island After Dark

Island Conservation’s Mele Khalsa recently returned from a night-time monitoring trip on Lehua Island, Hawaii with incredible news about the future of the island ecosystem. Island Conservation staffer Mele Khalsa has been visiting Lehua Island, off the coast of Kauai, for years, but a recent night-time monitoring trip was something special. Mele reported: I got to […]

Written by on June 24, 2020

Final Monitoring Report Issued on Lehua Restoration Project

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 20, 2018 FINAL MONITORING REPORT ISSUED ON LEHUA RESTORATION PROJECT No rodenticide found in environmental samples, minimal impact to species other than rats (Honolulu) -The National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC) of the US Department of Agriculture has […]

Written by on August 22, 2018

Detection Dogs Deployed to Try and Find Remaining Few Rats on Lehua

  DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 17, 2018 RAT SNIFFING DOGS DEPLOYED TO TRY & FIND REMAINING FEW RATS ON LEHUA Specially Trained Border Terriers Spend Four Days Scouring the Island (Lihue) – Henry and Reese are six-year-old and three-year-old Border Terriers […]

Written by on June 18, 2018

Rat-Detecting Dogs Join Lehua Island Restoration Project Partnership; Localized Treatments Continue After a few Rats Caught on Camera 

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON Rat-detecting dogs sent to Lehua Island in search of any remaining invasive rodents. (LIHUE, KAUA’I) – Monitoring teams are observing more albatross on Lehua Island than they have in a long time. There’s also no sign of rats consuming plants or […]

Written by on April 9, 2018

Recovery: The Salvation of Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge

Freelance writer and conservationist Ted Williams delves into the impacts of invasive species removal on Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge, Puerto Rico. By: Ted Williams  Good news is scarce in Puerto Rico these days. But if you look 13 miles to the west, on a 358-acre island called Desecheo, you’ll find a mother lode. Desecheo, once […]

Written by on January 22, 2018

Rapid Assessment Team Deployed to Lehua After Two Rodents Detected

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 3, 2018 RAPID ASSESSMENT TEAM DEPLOYS TO LEHUA AFTER TWO RODENTS DETECTED Species & Origins of Animals Caught on Camera Unknown  (Lihue, Kaua‘i) – A rapid assessment team comprised of experts from Island Conservation (IC), the DLNR […]

Written by on January 3, 2018

Inconclusive Results from Examination of Lehua Fish

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov. 27, 2017 PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF EXAMINATIONS OF LEHUA “MULLET” FISH ARE INCONCLUSIVE, FULL ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES FORTHCOMING. (HONOLULU) – As part of the Lehua Island Restoration Project, the USDA APHIS Wildlife Services/National Wildlife Research Center […]

Written by on November 27, 2017

Documentary Showcases the Restoration of Lehua Island

Hawai’i’s Department of Land and Natural Resources documentary highlights the efforts to restore Lehua Island to a seabird safe haven. Transcription: Narrator: Unless you know better, you might not guess Lehua Island is in Hawai’i. It’s a stunning island, rising more than 700 feet out of the sea. It has fascinating geology; vertical cliffs, an […]

Written by on October 23, 2017