RareHawaii: Sources for A Brief History of Game Mammals in Hawaii




Rare Hawai‘i: It wasn’t meant to be a barnyard 70 million years of evolution. Thousands of plant and animal species found nowhere else in the world. Introduced pigs, goats, deer and sheep roaming freely over public lands. More than 265 extinctions and counting. (Note: If the format of this page looks strange, try another browser, like Firefox)

Report about invasive species in Hawaii available online From The Hawaii State Legislative Reference Bureau (pdf file)

Research by the Secretariat for Conservation Biology: Environmental Valuation and the Hawaiian Economy takes a look at the financial and social costs of losing native Hawai`i.

Terrific link: USGS's Hawaii and the Pacific Islands page. Scroll down a few pages and look for Feral Pigs, followed by Feral Goats and so on.

Link to Nature out of place, Chapter 1 (pdf file)

Controlling Feral Animals (see how they do it Down Under)

Other Environmental Issues

Speak Out!

Sources for "A brief history of game mammals in Hawaii"

Loope, L.L. Hawaii and the Pacific Islands. Web site of U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Haleakala National Park Field Station, Makawao, Hawaii, USA. http://biology.usgs.gov/s+t/SNT/noframe/pi179.htm.

Stone, C.P., and Stone, D.B. 1989. Conservation Biology in Hawaii. University of Hawaii Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit. Honolulu, HI. 252 pps.

Tomich, P.Q. 1986. Mammals in Hawaii. Second edition. Bishop Museum Press. Honolulu, HI. 375 pps.

United States Department of the Interior Information Service. 1950. Hawaii has unique game management problems, FWS official says. Fish and Wildlife Service press release, April 26, 1950.

van Riper, S.G. and van Riper, C. 1982. A field guide to the mammals in Hawaii. The Oriental Publishing Company. Honolulu, HI. 68 pps.