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Posted: Friday, April 20th, 2007 5:07 AM HST
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Rare forest birds to be counted on Kauai
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HONOLULU (AP) _ The state will dispatch biologists into the forested areas of Kauai this month to survey the populations of rare native forest birds.
The Department of Land and Natural Resources says the surveys will determine whether suspected population declines are occurring and, if so, what areas are being affected.
D-L-N-R Chairman Peter Young says a 2005 survey deep in the Alakai Wilderness Area and recent reports suggest bird populations may be in rapid decline.
Young cited a collection of threats that may include loss and degradation of habitat, marauding mammals and disease.
Teams of biologists will survey the 16-square-mile wilderness area in the Waimea district of northwestern Kauai.
(Copyright 2007 Associated Press. All rights reserved)
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