kauai Shearwater HCP

Informative Links

Agency Websites

Hawaii Dept. of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR)
http://hawaii.gov/dlnr

http://hawaiianendangeredseabirds.org/

Hawaii DLNR-Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW)
www.dofaw.net Seabird Impact Reduction

Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit (PCSU)
www.botany.hawaii.edu

Save our Shearwaters (a DLNR Program)
http://www.kauaihumane.org/shearwaters.asp

USFWS Habitat Conservation Planning
www.fws.gov

‘Aha Ki‘ole Advisory Committee

http://www.ahakiole.org/

 


fly to freedom
Brenda Zaun, USFWS Wildlife Biologist, releasing a Newell's shearwater at the Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge - © Mike Hawkes USFWS

Learn More About Light Pollution and Ways to Address It

Photo to right by Tom Hall - www.keasa.org on Kauai

International Dark Sky Association
www.darksky.org

Dark Sky Society
www.darkskysociety.org

Beachside lighting -Maui! Great for sea turtles and seabirds!

www.beachsidelighting.com

Reduce Light Pollution and Save Money

www.need-less.org

The National Geographic Society - Our Vanishing Night (Nov 2008)

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/11/light-pollution/klinkenborg-text

Protecting Puffins from LIghts in Newfoundland, Canada -a nice community effort on the east coast of Canada

American Bird Conservancy

States and Communities Tackle Light Pollution Harmful to Migratory Birds

The Urban Wildlands Group
www.urbanwildlands.org 

Green light for Nocturnally Migrating Birds 2008

Poot, H., B. J. Ens, H. de Vries, M. A. H. Donners, M. R. Wernand, and J. M. Marquenie. 2008. Green light for nocturnally migrating birds. Ecology and Society 13(2): 47. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol13/iss2/art47/                                

Seabird-friendly Lighting Resources

The Glare Buster
www.theglarebuster.com

Green Earth Lighting
www.greenearthlighting.com

Musco - Green Light Structure
www.musco.com

Parshield
www.parshield.com

Starry Night Lights
www.starrynightlights.com

RAB fully shielded wallpack pictured to right

see www.rabweb.com for full-cutoff wallpacks, visors, blinders and shades!


Seabird Ecology 

Hawaii Endangered Seabird Webpage (new 2011)...can even listen to calls of seabird species...check it out!

http://hawaiianendangeredseabirds.org/conservation-and-research/

Seabirds of Hawaii website at Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit (PCSU)
www.botany.hawaii.edu

wedge-tailed shearwater (Puffinus pacificus) ua'u kani, by Brenda Zaun

 

Photo of Wedge-tailed Shearwaters (Puffinus pacificus, 'ua'u kani) by Brenda Zaun. This species nests in coastal areas in Hawaii and may also be attracted to lights.
 

Kauai Seabird Habitat Conservation Program • Division of Forestry and Wildlife • (808) 245-9160

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