The National Park Service at Haleakalā National Park in Hawaii is moving ahead with a plan aimed at reducing the transmission of avian malaria to threatened and endangered forest birds by suppressing invasive mosquito populations.
Patti Welton had dreamed of a career in conservation since she was in high school, but she never expected that she would end up as a botanist for the Haleakalā National Park on Maui. She just retired after 30 years with the park, and in that time, she’s watched both the environment and the conservation movement change.