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Aeʻo waterbird Expanded restoration of Indigenous practices will more than compensate for projected losses of endangered waterbird habitat. These findings of an interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and Kamehameha Schools may provide useful information in discussions at the federal level to down-list the endangered aeʻo (Hawaiian Stilt, Himantopus mexicanus knudseni) to the level of “threatened.” “Much of the aeʻo’s core nesting habitat, which is the foundation of its increasing population numbers, is projected to be gone by 2100 due to sea-level rise,” said Kristen Harmon, a PhD candidate in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management at the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (

United statesHaunani kaneNatalie kurashimaKristen harmonMelissa priceDepartment of natural resourcesUniversity of hawaiCtahrwildlife ecology labCollege of tropical agricultureSchool of oceanInstitute of marine biologyExcellence in researchKamehameha schoolsHawaiian stiltNatural resourcesEnvironmental management