Help Save Endangered Hawaiian Birds

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Eight Hawaiian bird species will soon be declared extinct, increasing the urgency to save the 27 surviving Hawaiian bird species that are listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

Mosquito-borne diseases have decimated populations of forest birds, like the 'Akikiki, 'I'iwi, and Kiwikiu. A warming climate is worsening the situation, enabling mosquito populations to access higher elevations that were once a refuge for these birds.

But there is still hope. A new project, "Birds, Not Mosquitoes," will use a strain of naturally occurring Wolbachia bacteria to stop disease-carrying mosquitoes from successfully breeding, giving Hawaiian forest birds a chance to survive.

This project and other conservation efforts in Hawai'i need increased federal support to succeed. **Please ask the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service to boost ESA recovery funding and include mosquito control efforts in the budget.**