FY22 Funded Projects

Since its inception in 2003, the Hawaiʻi Invasive Species Council (HISC) has disbursed funding to support interagency invasive species projects that fill gaps between agency mandates or existing agency programs, and/or advance our collective knowledge through research and development of new tools. Funds are disbursed via an intra-governmental granting process wherein state, county, and federal offices may submit requests for funding and meet to collaboratively draft a recommended budget for HISC review.

For Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22), the legislature appropriated $5,750,000 to the HISC. This amount is subject to a 7% expenditure restriction by the Department of Budget and Finance. The appropriation is also subject to fees or overhead from the Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) at the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) as the administrative host of the HISC, the salary for the Invasive Species Coordinator, and a shortfall to LNR804. DOFAW overhead and shortfalls, salary, and the Budget and Finance restriction total $1,038,145. The amount of funding required for one year of core programs that the Council funds on an annual basis is $499,756. The remaining balance of $4,212,099 is available for interagency project grants.

Requests received for FY22 totaled $9,127,749 across 51 applications. A total of 36 projects were funded for FY22.

You can review the reporting guidelines for HISC Funding HERE.

Proposal Title

Agency, Division

Funded Amount

Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species

UH PCSU, Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species

 

$37,050.00

Hawaii Ant Lab core funds

UH PCSU, Hawaii Ant Lab

 

$289,166.48

Albizia Community Control Teams and Regional Eradication Efforts in the Ko’olau

UH PCSU, Koolau Mountain Watershed Partnership

 

$66,300.00

Maui/Molokai Invasive Species Committees – Detection and Control of Invasive Species in Maui County

UH PCSU, Maui Invasive Species Committee

 

$751,162.43

Maui Invasive Species Committee (MISC) – Outreach and Education in Maui County

UH PCSU, Maui Invasive Species Committee

 

$86,953.43

Public Engagement in Invasive Species Control on the Island of Hawaii

UH PCSU, Big Island Invasive Species Committee

 

$196,472.00

OISC’s Early Detection & Rapid Response on Oʻahu

UH PCSU, Oahu Invasive Species Committee

 

$134,138.55

OISC’s Landscape Level Control of High-Impact Invasive Species on Oʻahu

UH PCSU, Oahu Invasive Species Committee

 

$448,324.50

Kauai Invasive Species Committee Early Detection, Rapid Response, and Control

UH PCSU, Kauai Invasive Species Committee

 

$493,534.28

OISC’s Invasive Species Outreach & Education on Oahu

UH PCSU, Oahu Invasive Species Committee

 

$91,365.30

Detection and Control of Invasive Species on Hawai`i Island

UH PCSU, Big Island Invasive Species Committee

$342,621.15

Hawaii Ballast Water and Biofouling

DLNR DAR

$78,000.00

Public Outreach and Education on Kauai

UH PCSU, Kauai Invasive Species Committee

 

$76,742.25

Mamalu Poepoe: Invasive Species Surveillance at ports of entry

DLNR HISC

$143,629.20

Field Trials of Mongoose Toxicant Efficacy Under EPA Experimental Use Permit

USDA APHIS

$31,684.58

Tibouchina Control and T. Ovatus Disbursal in the Ko’olau

UH PCSU, Koolau Mountain Watershed Partnership

 

$39,000.00

Outreach and extension for management of Rapid Ohia Death on Hawaii Island

UH CTAHR

$29,250.00

Detection and Management Strategies for the Control of Prosapia bicincta (Twolined Spittlebug) in Hawaii

UH CTAHR

$184,789.80

Kauai Rapid Ohia Death Response

UH PCSU, Kauai Invasive Species Committee

 

$43,293.90

East Oahu Feral Goat Control and Surveys

UH PCSU, Koolau Mountain Watershed Partnership

 

$5,461.95

Detection & Invasive Potential and population dynamics of Arcte coerula (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), a New Pest of Māmaki in Hawaii.

UH CTAHR

$13,745.55

Natural enemies for biocontrol of albizia

USDA FS

$65,737.00

Biocontrol of melastomes and other high priority weeds

USDA FS

$60,000.00

Hawaii Island Albizia Hazard Mitigation Plan Project Thirteen: Kahakai Boulevard

UH PCSU, Big Island Invasive Species Committee

 

$84,405.00

Mosquito surveys and larval control on Kauai to further landscape-level mosquito control and protect endangered honeycreepers

DLNR DOFAW

$29,877.90

Beekeeper organization and cooperation: Our “best shot” against Africanized Honeybees

UH CTAHR

$24,375.00

Biocontrol of invasive Rubus

USDA FS

$25,000.00

Detection and Control of Rapid ‘Ōhi‘a Death on Hawai‘i Island

UH PCSU, Big Island Invasive Species Committee

 

$57,259.00

Eradication Of Devil Weed to Protect Agriculture On Hawai`i Island

UH PCSU, Big Island Invasive Species Committee

 

$25,000.00

Investigating management and competitive interactions between distinct yet related invasive algal species Avrainvillea erecta and Avrainvillea lacerata at different depth levels.

UH Biological Sciences

$17,750.85

Project Support for DLNR and DOH Implementation of Incompatible Insect Technique using Wolbachia for control of three mosquito species

DLNR DOFAW

$78,050

An economic analysis of LFA eradication on Maui

UH CTAHR

$28,275.00

Environmental Assessment for the Suppression of Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus, and Culex quinquefasciatus Mosquitoes in Hawaii using Wolbachia-based Incompatible Insect Technique

DOH Vector Control

$78,000.00

Investigating infection levels and population dynamics of wild rats (Rattus spp.) to inform management and surveillance of rat lungworm in Hawai‘i

USDA APHIS

$17,550.00

Generating needed data to build a risk assessment framework for invasive algae in Hawaiʻi.

UH Biological Sciences

$26,948.03

Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory Support for Shrimp Pathogens

UH CTAHR

$11,186.18

Total

 

$4,212,099.00