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| Three nēnē appeared to own the road in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park as the Endangered Species Act became 50 years old at the end of 2023. The Park urges motorists to look out for these geese. NPS Photo by Janice Wei |
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| Hau kuahiwi was extinct in the wild as of 1930 but was reintroduced and lives in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. NPS PHoto y E. Ribeiro |
The Park gives the example of the endangered hau kuahiwi, Hibiscadelphus gifffardianus, which went extinct in the wild. However, devoted conservationists collected its seeds before the last plant died in 1930. That last wild tree was in the Kīpukapuaulu forest, where a new generation of hau kuahiwi is protected by Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park today.
Another species recovered from near extinction is the Hawaiian nēnē, a goose named to be Hawai'i's state bird. The Park urges motorists to "Please slow down and watch for nēnē, any number of them, while you drive through their home in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park," even though they appear to "own the road."
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Despite many outstanding Kaʻū efforts, Vikings beat the Trojans 58-25 at Hilo High Gym. In these photos by member of the Kaʻū High alumni community, Tim Wright, also captured Kaʻū's Joe Buyuan at right, going up for a basket against Hilo's J Peyton Pana Biruetta.
In the photo above, Wright captures Hilo's Kamani Cazimero-Galderia who looks for an open shot while guarded by Trojan's Braysen Andrade (41).
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Students and families in this community-based education program for students grade three through eight participated in a hike and workshop at the Kahuku Unit where Ranger Wendy Scott-Vance introduced everyone to the ahupua'a system. Under the guidance of their learning coaches and teachers, students built dioramas for presentation and display inside the Visitor's Center at Kahuku. The ahupua'a exhibit can be seen from now through the end of January, according to Barbara Sarbin, Kula 'Amakihi Coordinator.
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| Kula 'Amakihi student Ellarue Newman presents her ahupua'a diorama at Kahuku. Photo by Barbara Sarbin |
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A TSUNAMI ALERT WAS ISSUED FOR JAPAN AND PARTS OF KOREA AND RUSSIA on New Years Eve Hawai'i time but no tsunami alert was issued for the Hawaiian Islands. The earthquake struck at 9 p.m. Hawai'i time. The series of earthquakes off the western coast Japan did not pose a tsunami threat to Hawai'i, unlike the major quake in 2011, which led to tsunami destruction on this island and a nuclear plant meltdown in Japan.
Taking place around 4 p.m., Dec. 1 in Japan, the series of earthquakes, including one of Magnitude 7.5, cracked pavement and damaged buildings and people, with a 4 foot tsunami rolling into Wajima, some 190 miles from Tokyo. Residents were urged to move from the coast to higher ground.
Ishikawa prefecture was threatened by a tsunami of 16.5 feet and coastal residents were urged to flee. Nigata was expected to experience a tsunami height of ten feet.
Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority reported that it was examining Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power plant. It was also reported that some bullet trains were halted, as a precaution.
North Korea, South Korea and Russia's Asian coastal areas were also under warning for a three-foot tsunami.
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