Volcano Art Center invites all ages to a mask making event on Wednesday, July 20th from 11:00am -1:00pm. Held on the porch of the Volcano Art Center Gallery in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park this is a free activity although park entrance fees apply. Open to all ages, keiki must be accompanied by an adult, this ...
Read More Make Masks of the Endangered ‘Alalā with Volcano Art Center and The ‘Alalā Project!
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Come join us at our next public presentation at Volcano Art Center’s Niʻaulani Campus on May 12, 7-9 pm. This presentation, part of the Thursday Night at the Center series, ties in with the Volcano Art Center exhibit Return of ʻAlalā, going up in September. We will be sharing lots of information about the incredible ...
Read More Volcano Art Center to feature ʻalalā presentation May 12, 7-9 pm
Volcano Art Center and the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research are proud to announce a statewide Call to Artists: All ‘alalā! Open to Hawai‘i artists, 18 years and older, working in all media who choose to represent the ‘Alalā (Corvus hawaiiensis) in their art work. The exhibit, Return of ‘Alalā: Restoring The Voice Of Hawaii’s ...
Read More Call to Artists! Volcano Art Center’s exhibit Return of ʻAlalā: Restoring the Voice of Hawaiʻi’s Native Forests
ʻImi Pono no ka ʻĀina is accepting summer applications! Students who participate will get to visit the ʻalalā at Keauhou Bird Conservation Center! This two week program gets students out and about to experience native landscapes around Hawaiʻi Island. Students learn everything from plant and bird ID, to oli and ethnobotony. And guess what?? Its ...
Read More ʻImi Pono no ka ʻĀina summer program: Sign-up today!
May 23, 2016, 7:00-8:30 p.m. ‘Alalā: Restoring Hawai‘i’s Native Crow to the Wild. Our endemic Hawaiian crow, the ‘alalā, once made its home across the length and breadth of Hawai‘i Island, but today, owing to a variety of threats in the wild, these birds exist only in captivity. Happily, successful captive breeding and conservation efforts ...
Read More Public presentation at Lyman Museum May 23: “ʻAlalā: Restoring Hawaiʻi’s Native Crow to the Wild”
Tuesday, April 12 at 7 p.m. at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park Kīlauea Visitors Center Auditorium. ʻAlalā Project staff will present along with special guest Paul Banko, who will share his stories of working with ʻalalā in the wild. Come join us to learn more about the release and recovery of the ʻalalā, a beloved and unique ...
Read More “The Return of ʻAlalā” After Dark in the Park public presentation April 12
HILO, BIG ISLAND (HawaiiNewsNow) – Conservationists are celebrating the arrival of the first Hawaiian crow to be hatched at a Big Island breeding facility this season. Hawaiian crow, or alala, have been extinct in the wild since 2002. The crows hatched at the San Diego Zoo Global’s Hawaii Endangered Bird Conservation Program on Hawaii Island, ...
Read More Hawaiʻi News Now: 1st Hawaiian crow of season hatches at Big Island facility
Come check out the festivities in honor of Earth Day at UH Hilo on Friday, April 22. The ʻAlalā Project will have a booth at the Conservation Career Day where keiki can learn how to feed an ʻalalā chick with a special puppet. We will be there along with many other conservation agencies from Hawaiʻi ...
Read More Conservation Career Day at UH Hilo
There will be a flock of ʻalalā “flying” through downtown Hilo on Saturday, April 2! Look for us as we march in the Merrie Monarch parade with our ʻalalā masks on. To help spread the word about the ʻAlalā Project and our upcoming release of birds back into the wild, we will be passing out ...
Read More ʻAlalā Project to participate in Merrie Monarch Parade
April 23, 2016, from 9 am to 4 pm at Kamehameha Schools’ Keauhou Forest in Kaʻū. To register, contact Lahela Camara at [email protected]. Registration deadline is April 8. ...
Read More Teacher Workshop featuring ʻalalā and a visit to Keauhou Bird Conservation Center ...
Read More Teacher Workshop featuring ʻalalā and a visit to Keauhou Bird Conservation Center ...
Read More Teacher Workshop featuring ʻalalā and a visit to Keauhou Bird Conservation Center ...
Read More Teacher Workshop featuring ʻalalā and a visit to Keauhou Bird Conservation Center The Three Mountain Alliance (TMA) is looking for K-12 teachers who would like to engage their students in place-based learning. ...
Read More Teacher Workshop featuring ʻalalā and a visit to Keauhou Bird Conservation Center