Inquiry: Alvin Powell - The Race to Save The World's Rarest Bird: The Discovery and death of the Po'Ouli

• Artist: Mark Lynch
• Title: Alvin Powell - The Race to Save The World's Rarest Bird: The Discovery and death of the Po'Ouli
• Album: Inquiry
• Length: 29:18 minutes (13.04 MB)
• Format: Stereo 44kHz 62Kbps (VBR)

The Po’ouli was a mysterious and unique bird only discovered in the 1970s in the dense wet rainforests on Maui. By 2006, the species was extinct. What happened in between is a complex story of habitat destruction, invasive species and the slow recovery efforts by conservationists hampered by funding challenges and internal conflicts of how to best save this species. Before anything could be done, the last bird died in captivity. Case closed. Science writer ALVIN POWELL has written a powerful and no-holds barred account of what happened to this fascinating creature that will never be seen again. His book is titled: THE RACE TO SAVE THE WORLD’S RAREST BIRD: THE DISCOVERY AND DEATH OF THE PO’OULI. To see some photographs of this bird, go to: http://www.state.hi.us/dlnr/dofaw/pubs/endgrspp/