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		<title>Good news about Puaiohi!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 07:19:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2007 and 2008, Eric built over 30 nest boxes for the Puaiohi, an endangered thrush endemic to Kauai, and, in collaboration with the Kauai Forest Bird Recovery Project, placed them along several streams in the Alakai Wildnerness Area.  One of the main threats to this forest bird is predation by alien rats on eggs, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seabird banding workshop held on Kauai</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificrimconservation.com/blog/76/seabird-banding-workshop-held-on-kauai/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 23:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lindsay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of a regional effort to continue long term Laysan albatross monitoring throughout the main and Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Rim Conservation in collaboration with the US Fish and Wildlife Service Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge co-taught an intensive two day long Laysan albatross biology and banding workshop to help train volunteers and refuge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2 Kauai birds listed as endangered</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificrimconservation.com/blog/70/2-kauai-birds-listed-as-endangered/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two bird species endemic to Kauai, the `Akikiki or Kaua`i Creeper and the `Akeke`e or Kaua`i `Akepa were recently listed as endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  To see a press release and the final listing rule, go to http://www.fws.gov/pacificislands/kauai48species.html.
Eric petitioned the Service to list these species in October 2007, and he enlisted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Insects, soil and the marine intertidal habitat surveyed at Kaena Point</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificrimconservation.com/blog/62/insects-soil-and-the-marine-intertidal-habitat-surveyed-at-kaena-point/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificrimconservation.com/blog/62/insects-soil-and-the-marine-intertidal-habitat-surveyed-at-kaena-point/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lindsay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of the ongoing monitoring to measure what the effects will be of predator removal on the ecosystem at Kaena Point Natural Area Reserve, Pacific Rim Conservation in collaboration with the Hawaii Department of
Land and Natural Resources and the US Fish and Wildlife Service Coastal Program, conducted an intensive three day long biological survey [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Island Invasives Conference in New Zealand</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificrimconservation.com/blog/54/54/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lindsay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PRC recently returned from presenting at the Island Invasives Conference in Auckland, New Zealand in February 2010. The focus of the conference was on the ecological, social and economic impacts of invasive species on island ecosystems with a focus on techniques used to remove invasive species from island ecosystems. As part of the conference, we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plastic Ingestion Rates of Laysan Albatross on Oahu and Kure Atoll</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificrimconservation.com/blog/45/plastic-ingestion-rates-of-laysan-albatross-on-oahu-and-kure-atoll/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificrimconservation.com/blog/45/plastic-ingestion-rates-of-laysan-albatross-on-oahu-and-kure-atoll/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lindsay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The      recent paper by Lindsay and her co-authors on the foraging patterns and      plastic ingestion rates of Laysan albatross on Oahu and Kure Atoll (pdf      67) was written up by multiple media outlets including the Discovery Channel    [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Albatross colony disappears</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificrimconservation.com/blog/21/albatross-colony-missing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificrimconservation.com/blog/21/albatross-colony-missing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lindsay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In March 2009, an entire colony of Laysan albatross disappeared as a result of human interference. For more information visit: http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/June-2009/What-Happened-to-the-Birds/#
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		<title>North Pacific Correspondent for ACAP</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificrimconservation.com/blog/17/north-pacific-correspondent-for-acap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificrimconservation.com/blog/17/north-pacific-correspondent-for-acap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lindsay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lindsay was recently invited to be the North Pacific Correspondent for ACAP, the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels, which is an international treaty signed by 13 member countries. Lindsay provides several stories per month to the organization on issues related to North Pacific albatrosses. For more information visit www.acap.aq
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		<title>Elepaio are not subspecies</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificrimconservation.com/blog/12/elepaio/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificrimconservation.com/blog/12/elepaio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lindsay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Elepaio on Kauai, Oahu, and Hawaii are actually different species!  Although each was originally described as separate species more than 100 years ago, today they are currently treated as a single species, with subspecies on each island....]]></description>
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		<title>Kaena Point ecosystem restoration</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificrimconservation.com/blog/9/kaena-point-ecosystem-restoration/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificrimconservation.com/blog/9/kaena-point-ecosystem-restoration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lindsay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Kaena      Point ecosystem restoration project is now in the final permitting stages      and construction is scheduled to begin in Spring 2010 after a three year planning      period. This project has received local, as well as national attention in  [...]]]></description>
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