Pilot Release ʻAlalā Environmental Assessment - November 2023

In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and State of Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), with the National Park Service (NPS) as a cooperating agency, prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) to examine alternative actions and environmental impacts associated with release of ʻalalā or Hawaiian crow (Corvus hawaiiensis) on east Maui. The EA evaluates whether ʻalalā will breed in wet forest habitat on east Maui and have better survival and possible breeding success without ʻio or Hawaiian hawk (Buteo solitarius) predation on ʻalalā through a temporary pilot release.

The USFWS, DLNR and NPS requested public input on the EA during a 34-day EA public review period from October 27, 2023, to November 29, 2023. The EA is available on the USFWS website at https://www.fws.gov/media/final-draft-ea-alala-release-east-maui-20231016converted-checked-508-compliantpdf and the DLNR website at https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/dofaw/files/2023/10/Final-DRAFT-EA-for-Alala-Release-on-East-Maui.pdf. Comments were solicited through the USFWS and DLNR outlets, rather than the NPS planning page. All comments received will be attached to the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI).

Document Content:

Final-DRAFT-EA-for-Alala-Release-on-East-Maui.pdf   (32.9 MB, PDF file) Disclaimer: Links within the above document(s) were valid as of the date published. Note: Some of the files may be in PDF format and can be viewed using the Adobe Acrobat Reader software. You may download a free copy of from Adobe Systems.