The Hawaii Invasive Species Council has released the January 2019 Progress Report for the Hawaii Interagency Biosecurity Plan (HIBP). This report is produced using status updates from points of contacts at each of the lead agencies assigned action items in the HIBP. Every six months, these points of contact update the status of each of ...
Read More Jan 2019 Progress Report Released for the Hawaii Interagency Biosecurity Plan
Presenter: Elizabeth Speith is the 643pest.org Report Facilitator and has been deeply involved with the creation of both the website and companion mobile app since its origins as a USGS Pacific Biological Information Node (PBIN) web project called “Report-A-Pest.” Summary: The 643Pest Network is the State of Hawaii’s system for the public to report invasive species sightings. ...
Read More Brown Bag #20: 643pest.org – A New Web-based Tool For Invasive Species Reporting in Hawaii
Presenters: JC Watson, former HISC planner/Koolau Mountains Watershed Partnership (KMWP) manager & Franny Brewer, Big Island Invasive Species Committee (BIISC) outreach coordinator Summary: Albizia infests large swaths of our islands. Its rapid growth crowds out native species, its nitrogen fixing abilities change natural ecosystems, and its brittle wood breaks easily, smashing property and destroying lives. Despite being ...
Read More BROWN BAG #19: ALBIZIA – Statewide Strategic Plan & BIISC’s Albizia “Assassins”
Western Governors’ Association Biosecurity and Invasive Species Initiative Workshop Held in Waikoloa
Governor David Y. Ige is the 2018 chair of the Western Governors’ Association and launched the Biosecurity and Invasive Species Initiative. The initiative has produced a list of top invasive species in the West, started an initiative to standardize and share data among states, and sparked discussion through a series of workshops across western states. ...
Read More Western Governors’ Association Biosecurity and Invasive Species Initiative Workshop Held in Waikoloa