text:  We were losing birds too quickly, and so we made the difficult decision to pull those remaining birds that we had on the landscape back into human care and kind of tried to figure out our next step. And that's kind of leading us to where we are today with the proposal and the pilot project of releasing the Alala on Maui. Meanwhile, I will mention also on Hawaii Island, we're working with our partners, such as the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife,