Animal control activities will be conducted next week for feral goats, feral sheep and mouflon/feral sheep hybrids within palila critical habitat in the Mauna Kea Forest Reserve (Unit A), Mauna Kea Ice Age Natural Area Reserve (Unit K), Palila Mitigation Lands, and the Ka‘ohe Game Management Area (Unit G) on Hawaii Island, according to the state Department of Land and Natural Resources.
Animal control activities will be conducted next week for feral goats, feral sheep and mouflon/feral sheep hybrids within palila critical habitat in the Mauna Kea Forest Reserve (Unit A), Mauna Kea Ice Age Natural Area Reserve (Unit K), Palila Mitigation Lands, and the Ka‘ohe Game Management Area (Unit G) on Hawaii Island, according to the state Department of Land and Natural Resources.
Activities may include both ground-based and aerial-shooting operations.
These control actions are required by the federal government in order to protect habitat for palila, a critically endangered native forest bird of which only a few hundred individuals remain.
The DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife is scheduling control for April 23-24. Public access will be restricted and allowed by permit only for animal salvage purposes on the following dates:
— 7:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 23;
— 6:00 a.m. Thursday, April 24.
Visit https://tinyurl.com/mtykrssm for more detailed information about control activities, schedules, salvage permit requests, conditions and restrictions or contact DOFAW’s Hilo office at (808) 974-4221.
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