Nene were designated as the official emblem of the Territory of Hawaii in 1957, prior to Hawaii’s statehood. When Hawaii became a U.S. state, the nene was grandfathered in as the state bird ...

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE photos Nearly 60 years after a group of Boy Scouts carried 35 nene down into Haleakala Crater, Hawaii’s state bird has made a comeback — enough so that the federal ...

“The successful efforts to recover the nene demonstrate how effective the Endangered Species Act truly is,” said Maxx Phillips, the Center’s Hawaii director. “Without this landmark law, wildlife in ...