Welcome to the Pacific Islands Fish & Wildlife Office
The Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office is an Ecological Services office headquartered in Honolulu. The office is divided into three major sections: Endangered Species, Habitat Conservation, and Invasive Species/Marianas Terrestrial. Employees use the best available science and sound managerial techniques to further the Service's mission to conserve, protect, and enhance wildlife and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.
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March 26, 2014
Endangered nēnē on Oahu for the first time since the 1700s
For the first time since the 1700s, a pair of endangered nēnē are calling O‘ahu home. They have nested and successfully hatched three goslings at the James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge near Kahuku, O‘ahu. It is possible more birds will arrive on O‘ahu in the future, particularly in places that provide safe and protected habitat like national wildlife refuges. The nēnē were first observed on O‘ahu around January 9, 2014.
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February 12, 2014
Public Comment Period Reopened on Proposal to Remove Hawaiian Hawk from Endangered Species List
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announced today the reopening of the public comment period on the proposal to remove the Hawaiian hawk from the endangered species list because the population is secure and no longer requires federal protection. The Service welcomes all comments but is especially interested in those pertaining to the species’ biology, range, and population trends, including utilization of koa plantations and exurban areas, and positive and negative effects of current and foreseeable land management practices. Comments previously submitted on the proposed rule do not need to be resubmitted, as they will be fully considered in the determination on this action. The deadline for submitting comments is April 14, 2014. |
| Hawaiian hawk - Photo: © Dan Clark |
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Post-Delisting Monitoring Plan
To submit comments and/or obtain electronic copies of the 2008 proposed delisting of the Hawaiian hawk, comments received, and the draft post-delisting monitoring plan: Visit http://www.regulations.gov and follow instructions for submitting comments on Docket No. FWS–R1–ES–2007-0024 |
January 24, 2014
Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe today announced $16.5 million in grants to support 21 critical coastal wetland projects in 12 states and Puerto Rico under the National Coastal Grants Wetlands Conservation Grants Program.
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| Photo: Ahihi Kinau - Chris Swenson/USFWS |
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Public Scoping Announced for the Proposed Na Pua Makani Wind Project
November 5, 2013
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) today published a Notice of Intent to prepare a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for a proposed incidental take permit for the Na Pua Makani Wind Project near Kahuku, Hawai‘i. The Service will hold a public scoping meeting on November 13, 2013, from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Kahuku Village Association Community Center, 56576 Kamehameha Highway, Kahuku, Hawai‘i. The public is invited to provide oral and written comments at this meeting related to the preparation of a DEIS for this proposed permit action. To ensure consideration of written comments, please send your comments on or before December 5, 2013.
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| Photo credit: Ken Foote/USFWS |
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15 Species on Hawai'i Island Protected As Endangered Species under the Endangered Species Act
October 29, 2013
Using an ecosystem-based approach to species conservation, 15 species found on the island of Hawai‘i were given protection under the Endangered Species Act as endangered species today by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service). These 15 species include 13 plants, a picture-wing fly and an anchialine pool shrimp. |
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Kō‘oko‘olau - Photo: Carrie Harrington |
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40 Species on Moloka‘i, Lāna‘i, and Maui Protected as Endangered Species under the Endangered Species Act
May 28, 2013
Thirty eight species - found on the Hawaiian Islands of Moloka‘i, Lāna‘i, Kaho‘olawe, and Maui (collectively known as Maui Nui) - were given protection under the Endangered Species Act as endangered species today by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service). In addition the Service reaffirmed the listing of two endemic Hawaiian plants currently listed as endangered. The Service will work cooperatively with state, federal and Native Hawaiian partners, conservation organizations and private landowners to recover these species and conserve their habitat.
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23 O‘ahu Species Receive Endangered Species Act Protection
September 18, 2012
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced that 20 plant species and three Hawaiian damselfly species found on the Hawaiian island of O‘ahu will receive protection under the Endangered Species Act. |
| Female Oceanic Hawaiian Damselfly - Photo: Dan Polhemus |
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To view a Google Earth map of the proposed critical habitat, click here.
UTM Coordinates for Oahu Critical Habitat
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For more information:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Pacific Islands Office
300 Ala Moana Boulevard
Room 3-122, Box 50088
Honolulu, HI 96850
(808) 792-9400
(808) 792-9580 fax
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