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Anna Stephenson
Saving endangered snails and butterflies in Hawaii requires raising them in the safety of a lab, releasing them into carefully crafted environments where they can thrive without getting eaten by predators and then surveying them using tiny field cameras, explained biologists in the Snail Extinction Prevention Program and Pulelehua Project.
Three conservationists said finding a career in conservation after graduation can be daunting, but not impossible.
Each year, BYU–Hawaii students walk down the streets surrounding the Laie Hawaii Temple and pick up litter. While this is not an unusual sight in Laie, in this case the students are also writing down what they have collected. Each individual piece of litter is assigned a category, and a tally-mark is made on a sheet of paper on a clipboard. This is the trash survey, the first one was done in 2019.
Kimberly Tetabwa Tokanang, a junior political science major who hails from Beru Island, Kiribati, is the Kiribati Club choreographer. She said the more modern second half of their Culture Night performance involved movements that came from fishing, their national bird, the frigate bird, and other dance styles. However, she explained in Kiribati culture, they keep these different kinds of dances separate.
After the stresses of the global pandemic, an opportunity was presented to share unique cultures with one another and to cheer on brothers and sisters of the BYU–Hawaii ohana from all over the world. The nine chapters that presented their dances at Culture Night 2021 were met with enthusiasm from cheers and smiles from the crowd. The gratitude from the students and faculty participating in the event was unmistakable.
Due to the time zone difference between Laie and Salt Lake City, Utah, Laura Hinze, a marine biology major from the Seattle, Wash., area, said she usually watches general conference in her pajamas.