Kauai honeycreepers given a lifeline while waiting for IIT approval
On August 8, the day designated as Hawaiian Honeycreeper Day, a team from the Kauai Forest Bird Recovery Project will take to the skies to spread two naturally occurring bacteria — Bacillus thuringiensis (sold commercially as “Dunk”) and Bacillus sphaericus — to provide Kauai’s critically endangered forest birds a lifeline, according to the Department of Land and Natural Resources.
While the proposed mosquito birth control, known as the Incompatible Insect Technique, is being heard in Oahu Circuit Court with the next court date set for Aug. 15, the two bacteria will be spread through the air in the uplands of Kauai.
