Hunters, State stir up legal action over removal of sheep from Mauna Kea

Author:

Tummons, Patricia

Title:

Hunters, State stir up legal action over removal of sheep from Mauna Kea

Periodical:

Environment Hawaii

Year:

1999

Volume:

10

Pages:

4-5

Subject:

Hunting Sheep Mauna Kea Goats Mamane Palila Fire Ecology Grasses

Summary:

This document describes the legal battles between the State of Hawaii who maintain that mouflon, feral sheep, and goats, should be removed from Mauna Kea in an effort to protect the Mamane trees and the Palila bird on Mauna Kea and the hunters who maintain that a minimum population of browsing of sheep on Mauna Kea would keep the growth of alien grasses in check and reduce the risk of brush fires on Mauna Kea that could potentially destroy the Mamane forest and render the Palila bird's survival vulnerable to extinction.

Label:

Animals - Sheep

Date:

1999

Collection:

Periodicals