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The goal of this project was to advance the Hawai‘i Landscape-scale Mosquito Control Program (now called Birds, Not Mosquitoes) for application across the Hawaiian Islands.Project accomplishments include a summary of the regulatory approval process, agreement among agencies about state and federal permit options and decisions on who will be the lead applicant for each; criteria for field trial sites; a community engagement strategy; and community engagement activities with internal, external, and priority audiences, including through presentations, videos, artices, and a web presence. American Bird Conservancy (ABC) is extremely grateful to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for providing critical funding support...
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This award will support development of products and public engagement activities by the Program Coordinator of the Hawai’i Landscape-scale Mosquito Control Program (Program). This Coordinator will work across the Hawaiian Islands to achieve goals developed by the Program’s Steering Committee, which includes Service representatives. Supported products and activities will prepare for field trials of a mosquito control method, using Wolbachia bacteria, that renders mosquitoes infertile. This technique is currently used in urban areas elsewhere in the U.S. If successful in Hawaiian forests, it could eventually control avian malaria and promote recovery of listed Hawaiian forest birds. A successful trial of this emerging...
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