Hawaii Invasive Species Awareness Month is an event designed to raise awareness of the impacts of invasive species while also recognizing the work being done to protect against them. HISAM is hosted by the Department of Agriculture (DOA) and the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), with both agencies serving as co-leads of the Hawaiʻi Invasive Species Council (HISC).
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To be able to ride down to the Pohaku Site in our state vehicles you MUST fill out this form and submit to us by 3/4/2020! https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/volunteer/files/2013/06/DLNR-Volunteer-Service-Form.pdf
It is also ok to drive in your private vehicle to the pohaku hula site.
Join us in Kōke`e for a spring season blessing and a conservation workday.
Ka `Imi Na`auao o Hawai`i Nei Institute, the Kaua`i Forest Bird Recovery Project, Kōke`e Resource Conservation Program and the Kaua`i Invasive Species Committee invite you to participate in the blessing, followed by a few hours of clearing invasive species from the historic site known as Pōhaku Hula. Information will be provided for decontamination of equipment and boots for rapid ōhi`a death fungus.
Meet at the pavilion at Kōke`e Kanaloahuluhulu Meadow at 8:30 am on Wednesday, March 11th to 4-wheel-drive-pool to the Pōhaku Hula site. Bring lunch, water, work gloves, rain gear, small yard cleaning tools, and wear covered shoes or boots. Kōkua i nā mea kanu maoli!
Photo Credit: Mike Teruya
Join KFBRP for the Annual Christmas Bird Count and Potluck. December 21st, 2019. Meet in the meadow next to Koke’e Lodge.
HILO – The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) announces the release of “Saving ʻŌhiʻa, Hawaii’s Sacred Tree,” a new half-hour documentary on Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death, the disease that is killing ʻōhiʻa lehua, Hawaii’s most widespread and important native tree.
Funded through a grant from the Hawaiʻi Invasive Species Council, this film features some of the researchers and resource managers grappling with this new disease, and community members describing their emotional and cultural relationships with ʻōhiʻa.
A grant from the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority will support three screenings of the video on Hawaiʻi Island, including the premiere at the Palace Theater in Hilo at 6:30 p.m. on August 4.
With DLNR DOFAW assistance, the video will also be broadcast on local network affiliates statewide in August and September. The video was produced by Club Sullivan, with assistance from the Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death strategic response team. For more information on Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death, visit www.RapidOhiaDeath.org.
See “Saving ʻŌhiʻa” from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at:
August 4 Palace Theater, Hilo
August 17 Kahilu Theatre, Waimea
August 31 Aloha Theatre, Kealakekua
Check your television guide for other broadcast dates, times, and channels.
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