Status and trends of native birds in the Keauhou and Kilauea forest, Hawaii Island

Author:

Camp, Richard J., Jacobi, James D., Pratt, Thane K., Gorresen, Marcos, Rubenstein, Tanya

Title:

Status and trends of native birds in the Keauhou and Kilauea forest, Hawaii Island

Year:

2010

Subject:

Birds conservation Birds protection Birds habitat Hawaii Island Endangered species birds

Summary:

Many threatened and endangered species are found on privately owned property. In an effort to protect these species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) developed a Safe Harbor Agreement (SHA) with cooperating non-Federal landowners to promote voluntary management plans with landowners for the protection, conservation, and recovery of listed species without imposing further land use restrictions on the landowners. Kamehameha Schools is considering entering into a SHA with the FWS and the Department of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) for their Keauhou and Kilauea Forest lands on the Island of Hawaii where several endangered forest bird populations are situated such as the Akiapolaau, Hawaii Creeper, and the Hawaii Akepa. The current conditions for these listed endangered forest birds in addition to the Io, are described in this report. In addition, the status and trends of other native birds with the differences in native forest bird densities between intact and altered forest strata was assessed. Also included, is information regarding the methods used for, and the results obtained from, the assessment.

URL:

http://hilo.hawaii.edu/hcsu/documents/HCSU_TR016_Birds_Keauhou_Kilauea.pdf

Date:

2010

Collection:

Monographs