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Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge
Comprehensive Conservation Plan
� Incipient invasive parasites, true population counts, delouse birds;
7. Interspecific competition (Low)
� See Research priorities;
� Identify ectoparasites/mites.
Research Priorities (Priority Ranked by Workshop Participants)
1. Monitoring and Data: Expand point counts/banding data (combined primary counter training,
consider use of a B-Bird (Breeding Biology Research and Monitoring Database) system
(http://www.umt.edu/bbird/info.htm), and threat surveillance);
2. Predation: Investigate effects of rats on forest birds; rodent population index;
3. Invasive Plants: Develop effective biocontrols;
4. *Grazers/Browsers: Predator proof fencing;
5. Invasive Plants: Develop more efficient control methods and registration of herbicides;
5. Determine the effects of global climate change at the Refuge;
6. Develop more effective cat control techniques;
6. Determine effects of ectoparasites on non-endangered bird populations; and
7. Experimental control of Japanese white-eyes.
*Caveat: Activities to construct an ungulate-proof fence and a predator-proof fence caused some
confusion. Dr. Scott obtained consensus that these activities could be combined with a third separate
but related activity of removing ungulates.
1.9 Refuge Vision
A CCP describes management actions that help bring a refuge closer to its vision. A vision broadly
reflects the refuge purposes, the Refuge System mission and goals, other statutory requirements, and
larger-scale plans as appropriate. Public use and wildlife/habitat management goals then define
general targets in support of the vision, followed by objectives that direct effort into incremental and
measurable steps toward achieving those goals. Finally, strategies identify specific tools and actions
to accomplish objectives.
Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge (Ka Pu‘uhonua Waonahele Aupuni ‘o Hakalau)
Aia nō i uka i ke kua ko‘olau o Mauna Kea ka pu‘uhonua waonahele aupuni ‘o Hakalau. He wahi
kēia e hui ai kānaka e laulima ma o ke ka‘analike aku, ka‘analike mai i ka ‘ike, ka no‘eau, a me ka
mana i mea e ho‘opalekana, ho‘oikaika, a ho‘ōla hou ai i ke ola maoli e noho ana ma ka waonahele.
Ua kapa ‘ia ka inoa ‘o Hakalau no ka nui o nā haka e noho ‘ia e nā manu ‘ōiwi. I kēia lā ‘o
Hakalau kekahi o nā home nunui no ka hui manu Hawai‘i ‘ane make loa. Kīkaha a‘ela nā manu, nā
pua laha ‘ole ho‘i, i ka ‘ohu‘ohu o Hakalau a ma lalo iki e mūkīkī i ka wai pua ‘ōhi‘a. Ua nani nō
ka ‘ikena a ‘upu a‘ela nō ke aloha no kēia ‘āina nei no nā kau a kau.
On the windward slope of majestic Mauna Kea, midway between summit and sea, lies Hakalau
Forest NWR, a place where people come together to laulima, “many hands working together,” to
share their knowledge, to share their skills, and to share their energy to protect, to enhance, to restore,
and to respect Hawaiian wildlife. Known to Hawaiians as “place of many perches,” verdant
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