Hawaii’s native stilt nearly disappeared decades ago; communities and scientists helped its population surpass 1,500 after decades of conservation efforts |
[ad_1] Hawaii’s native Hawaiian stilt, known as aeʻo, has made a remarkable recovery after decades of population decline pushed the bird to roughly 200 individuals in the 1940s. Habitat loss, hunting and introduced predators had severely affected the long-legged wetland bird. More than five decades of legal protection, wetland restoration, predator control and monitoring have…