Dr. Sheila Conant, University of Hawaii at Manoa (IMAGE)

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Dr. Sheila Conant, University of Hawaii at Manoa

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Biologist Sheila Conant releases a Millerbird at Laysan Island in 2012. Conant helped establish the scientific basis for the USFWS Nihoa Millerbird Translocation Project, which brought a second population of the rare bird to Laysan Island to guard against its possible extinction.

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Ryan Hagerty/USFWS

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