Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 32, Number 12, 1 December 2015 — Endangered Hawaiian Petrels moved [ARTICLE]

Endangered Hawaiian Petrels moved

Ten downy endangered Hawaiian Petrel chicks were flown to a new colony protected by a predatorproof fence at the KHauea Point National Wildlife Refuge on Kaua'i. In the early morning on Nov. 2, two teams were dropped by helicopter onto mountain peaks within the Nā Pali-Kona Forest Reserve, managed by the state Department of Land and Natural Resources. The teams headed to ten nest burrows, whieh eaeh contained a large healthy ehiek. The chicks were transported by helicopter to Princeville and then relocated to their new home. "This translocation will establish a new, predator-free colony of

the endangered Hawaiian Petrel to help prevent the extirpation of the species from Kaua'i," said Miehael Mitchell, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Acting Kaua'i National Wildlife Refuge Complex Project Leader. "Translocating the birds to KHauea Point National Wildlife Refuge ensures that this colony of birds will be protected for our ehildren and our children's children."

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