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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>Pacific Rim Conservation&#8217;s office is now energy independent</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificrimconservation.com/blog/116/pacific-rim-conservations-office-is-now-energy-independent/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificrimconservation.com/blog/116/pacific-rim-conservations-office-is-now-energy-independent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lindsay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our office is now generates 100% of its power with solar energy thanks to photovoltaic panels installed by Revolusun (www.revolusun.com). Pacific Rim Conservation now saves several tons of CO2 from being put into the atmosphere each year.
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		<title>We&#8217;re hiring! Avian Ecologist position. Applications due 31 October</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificrimconservation.com/blog/103/were-hiring-avian-ecologist-position-open/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pacificrimconservation.com/blog/103/were-hiring-avian-ecologist-position-open/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 01:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lindsay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AVIAN ECOLOGIST, Honolulu, Hawaii. An avian ecologist position is available in Honolulu, Hawaii from Pacific Rim Conservation, a small company dedicated to studying and conserving the biota of the Pacific region. Primary duties will be management, research, and surveys for the endangered Oahu Elepaio, including 1) controlling alien rats using snap traps and bait stations; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elepaio to be split into 3 species</title>
		<link>http://www.pacificrimconservation.com/blog/79/elepaio-to-be-split-into-3-species/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 02:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In July 2009 Eric submitted a proposal to the American Ornithologists’ Union checklist committee recommending that the Elepaio be split into 3 species, one each on Kauai, Oahu, and Hawaii.  This recommendation was based on research that showed Elepaio on each island differ morphologically, genetically, and behaviorally.  Copies of these research papers can be downloaded [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.pacificrimconservation.com/blog/76/seabird-banding-workshop-held-on-kauai/#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<comments>http://www.pacificrimconservation.com/blog/70/2-kauai-birds-listed-as-endangered/#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<comments>http://www.pacificrimconservation.com/blog/54/54/#comments</comments>
		<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>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

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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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