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Some of Hawaiʻiʻs endangered plant life will benefit from a new multi-million dollar federal program. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Friday that more than $5 million from the Inflation Reduction Act will go to help endangered and threatened species.
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A typical day for a local botanist can involve finding endangered plants, collecting seeds, and of course, rappelling off some of the tallest sea cliffs in the world. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote spoke with conservationists who go to the extreme to protect our native species.
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The system consists of a specially designed, small rotating chainsaw that has a robotic gripper claw mounted beneath the drone.
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An invasive beetle that feeds primarily on coconut trees has recently been found in another one of Hawaiʻi’s famous native plants – the hala tree. The coconut rhinoceros beetle is damaging local hala trees, and that worries cultural practitioners whose traditions depend on a healthy supply of hala. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi has more.
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A correlation between rapid ʻōhiʻa death and ungulates (hooved animals) such as boar and deer was discovered last year. The Department of Land and Natural Resources is fencing the trees away from the animals, but it needs more funding.
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The botany and earth science departments at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa have been researching native limu. HPR’s Zoe Dym spoke with the researchers to learn more about the relationship between pristine water and native plants.
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The Nature Conservancy conducted research in the Palmyra Atoll and found that native trees are better for climate change than introduced and invasive trees.
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Two native plant species are thriving today in Hawai?i Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island.20 years ago, a team of biologists set out to reintroduce…
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An organization on Kauai is keeping a critically endangered plant from going extinct.There are only 40 ‘ohe ‘ohe trees left in the wild, but the National…
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One of Hawai‘i’s oldest and most culturally important native trees is under siege from a mysterious disease. So far more than 34,000 acres of ‘?hi‘a trees…