Hoary bat to be topic of Lyman talk Hoary bat to be topic of Lyman talk ADVERTISING Thousands of years (and miles) removed from its North American ancestor, the Hawaiian hoary bat is one of only two endemic mammals and
Hoary bat to be topic of Lyman talk
Thousands of years (and miles) removed from its North American ancestor, the Hawaiian hoary bat is one of only two endemic mammals and the only native land mammal in the islands.
Listed as an endangered subspecies, it has its own fan website.
On Monday, Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. at the Lyman Museum, USGS wildlife ecologist Frank Bonaccorso will bring these tiny creatures out of the darkness and into the light, exploring the life and habits of ‘ope‘ape‘a, as the bat is called in Hawaiian.
Hear about their food habits, distribution in Hawaii, migration and reproduction, and how the bat may first have reached Hawaii from North America.
Admission is $3, free for museum members. Seating is limited to 65 persons on a first-come, first-seated basis. Additional parking is available at Hilo Union School.
Isle bow hunting
event begins today
Pohakuloa Training Area will open several areas to bow hunting today through Sunday, Sept. 29-30.
Training Areas 1-4, 10 and 11 will be open for hunting between 5 a.m. and 7 p.m. No early access to hunting areas is permitted.
All hunters must check in and check out at either the Kilohana hunter’s check-in station between the 43- and 44-mile markers on Saddle Road or the Huluhulu hunter’s check-in station at the intersection of Mauna Kea Access Road and Saddle Road near the 28-mile marker.
Hospice of Hilo gets grant for email
Hospice of Hilo has received a generous $29,853 grant from the Hawaii Community Foundation’s Organizational Capacity Building Implementation Grant Program. The funds will be used by Hospice of Hilo to build its own in-house email system.
Hospice of Hilo had been planning the in-house email system for years and much of the infrastructure has already been put in place.
“With the help of the Hawaii Community Foundation grant, we are able to make the final push on the project to obtain, install and configure the email system,” said Hospice of HiloCEO Brenda Ho.
Hardware and software technology have developed over the years, we plan to take advantage of these advances and build a virtual environment to support current and future operations. We’re so grateful to the Hawai‘i Community Foundation for helping us create a secure and efficient system to support our work and for continually uplifting the community,” said Ho.
