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Habitat Restoration

FWS, NOAA Seek Public Comment for Draft RP and NEPA for Oʻahu Sugar Site, Pearl Harbor

Endangered Species Act

The Work of Generations

A nēnē goose looks forward.

Endangered Species Act

Be Pono To Nēnē

A cinnamon-brown bird with bright blue wings and tail sits on a branch. It has a long, heavy bill.

Wildlife Management

Sihek Released on Palmyra Atoll

A sihek stand on a branch in a cage. It is cinnamon orange with metallic blue wings and tail. It's beak is large and black and it has a metallic blue stripe retreating from its eye like mascara.

Wildlife Management

Extinct in the Wild Sihek Arrive at Palmyra Atoll

Woman with lots of lei smiling

Lorena “Tap” Wada brings life to Kalaeloa

Awardees from the USFWS ceremony on Maui gather for a group photo in front of a plant wall of a dimly lit room.

Going Above the Call – Honoring Our Partners in Conservation

The silhouette of a hiker walking with the night sky illuminating them

Passion Is About The Journey

Leading With Heart And Humility

Anthony Montgomery, a marine biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lays out plates used to collect marine cryptobiota, cryptic invertebrates that serve as building blocks for coral, long the ocean floor.

Wildlife Wonders

Staff from Oʻahu Army Natural Resources Program and Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office stand amongst ʻohiʻa lehua trees

Partnerships Reach from the Mountain to the Sea

A map of Hawaiʻi Island showing the designated critical habitat for 12 species. Final critical habitat is outlined in blue.

Wildlife Management

Critical Habitat for 12 Hawaiʻi Island Species

Habitat Restoration

FWS, NOAA Seek Public Comment for Draft RP and NEPA for Oʻahu Sugar Site, Pearl Harbor

A nēnē goose looks forward.

Endangered Species Act

Be Pono To Nēnē

A map of Hawaiʻi Island showing the designated critical habitat for 12 species. Final critical habitat is outlined in blue.

Wildlife Management

Critical Habitat for 12 Hawaiʻi Island Species

An ʻalalā sits in captive care. It peers out of a window.

Wildlife Management

Final EA and FONSI for Pilot Release of ʻAlāla on East Maui

Wildlife Management

Saving Kauaʻi Forest Birds

A green sea turtle makes its way from its nest to the ocean.

Habitat Restoration

USFWS, NOAA Propose Critical Habitat for Green Sea Turtles

Baby honu swim just below the surface line.

Wildlife Management

Sea Turtles Need Help During Nesting Season

A sihek stand on a branch in a cage. It is cinnamon orange with metallic blue wings and tail. It's beak is large and black and it has a metallic blue stripe retreating from its eye like mascara.

Wildlife Management

Final Rule for the Experimental Population of Sihek

A collage that shows the island of Hawaii surrounded by the endangered species being proposed for critical habitat.

Wildlife Management

Critical Habitat for 12 Hawaiʻi Island Species

Science and Technology

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces the Technical Corrections for the Names of 60 Species in the Pacific Islands

Endangered Species Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Critical Habitat for ʻIʻiwi

A sihek stand on a branch in a cage. It is cinnamon orange with metallic blue wings and tail. It's beak is large and black and it has a metallic blue stripe retreating from its eye like mascara.

Wildlife Management

Environmental Assessment for Experimental Population of Sihek at Palmyra Atoll

Endangered Species Act

The Work of Generations

A cinnamon-brown bird with bright blue wings and tail sits on a branch. It has a long, heavy bill.

Wildlife Management

Sihek Released on Palmyra Atoll

A sihek stand on a branch in a cage. It is cinnamon orange with metallic blue wings and tail. It's beak is large and black and it has a metallic blue stripe retreating from its eye like mascara.

Wildlife Management

Extinct in the Wild Sihek Arrive at Palmyra Atoll

Woman with lots of lei smiling

Lorena “Tap” Wada brings life to Kalaeloa

Awardees from the USFWS ceremony on Maui gather for a group photo in front of a plant wall of a dimly lit room.

Going Above the Call – Honoring Our Partners in Conservation

The silhouette of a hiker walking with the night sky illuminating them

Passion Is About The Journey

Leading With Heart And Humility

Anthony Montgomery, a marine biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lays out plates used to collect marine cryptobiota, cryptic invertebrates that serve as building blocks for coral, long the ocean floor.

Wildlife Wonders

Staff from Oʻahu Army Natural Resources Program and Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office stand amongst ʻohiʻa lehua trees

Partnerships Reach from the Mountain to the Sea

James Kwon in the forest with two other people

James Kwon — Aspiring Leader, Learning to Step Up

A person in a red jacket standing at the top of a mountain overlooking a gulch and the ocean.

Lauren Weisenberger - Celebrating ESA 50th with the Plant Recovery Coordinator in Hawaiʻi

A sihek stand on a branch in a cage. It is cinnamon orange with metallic blue wings and tail. It's beak is large and black and it has a metallic blue stripe retreating from its eye like mascara.

Endangered Species Act

Species Spotlight: Guam Kingfisher (Sihek)