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Island Conservation
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. […]
A hub for scientific research, Palmyra proves to be important for our understanding of climate science and ecosystem resilience. Located 1,000 miles southwest of Hawaii, Palmyra Atoll is an important biodiversity hotspot and a scientific hub for ecological and climate change research. Palmyra’s extreme isolation makes the atoll sensitive as an environment, however, it also […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
IC Restoration Specialist Mele Khalsa is featured in For Kauai explaining the need for conservation interventions to save endangered species. By: Mele Khalsa The Hawaiian Islands are the home to a wide diversity of unique species. Unfortunately, many of them are dying out before our very eyes. The native forest birds are succumbing to avian […]
Island Conservation Restoration Specialist Mele Khalsa visits a Hawaiian charter school classroom to educate students on native seabirds and the threats they face. By: Mele Khalsa I’m nervous. I’ve been staying up late for days—weeks really—since I’d first learned I was going to be presenting the Lehua Restoration Project to students from the Hawaiian language […]