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Thanks to the work of teams at HDOA, DLNR, DOH, UH, and other partners, implementation on 65% of the 147 action items identified in the Hawaiʻi Interagency Biosecurity Plan has ...
Read More January 2022 Biosecurity Plan Progress Report

Join us to learn more about invasive species during the month of February for Hawaiʻi Invasive Species Awareness Month. This year we will by exploring the three wao’s (or realms) ...
Read More February is Hawaiʻi Invasive Species Awareness Month

Check out this new video from our partners at the Big Island Invasive Species Committee. First detected in 2016 in South Kona, by 2021 the twolined spittlebug (TLSB) had impacted ...
Read More New Video: Pest in Paradise – Two Lined Spittle Bug

We have known that invasive species cost money to control in addition to the costs associated with impacts to human health, the economy, and environment, but a global cost estimate ...
Read More HISC NEWS – How much are invasive species costing us?

WHAT IS BIOCONTROL? Classical biological control (biocontrol) is the selection and introduction of a natural enemy of an invasive plant or insect pest which suppresses that pest in its home ...
Read More How Biocontrol Helps Hawaiʻi ~ New Video!

Check out all the recordings from HISAM 2021 below… WEEK 1: FEATURING TALKS FROM HAWAIʻI ISLAND Monday, February 1 12:00 pm HISAM opening ceremony with Hālau ʻŌhiʻa. Check out the opening ...
Read More Now available ~ All HISAM 2021 Presentations

After approximately a year of stakeholder engagement and collaborative priority setting, the Hawai‘i Invasive Species Council (HISC) and the Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species (CGAPS) are pleased to announce ...
Read More Joint 2025 Strategy for HISC & CGAPS Finalized and Released

Presenter: Dr. Tim Gallaher, Herbarium Pacificum, Botany Department of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum (BISH). Summary: Learn the latest information on the development of a new website featuring the Plants of ...
Read More Brown Bag #31: A New Plants of Hawai‘i Website (Tim Gallaher, Bishop Museum)

Presenter: Lisa Kaluna, Research Assistant for Dr. Susan Jarvi, Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo Summary: Learn the latest information on Rat Lungworm (RLW) parasitic disease that was ...
Read More Brown Bag #30: Rat Lungworm Update (Lisa Kaluna, UH Hilo)

A new web map shows which invasive species are targets for detection or control using HISC funds in FY19. The map displays House districts in Hawaii and for each district ...
Read More Web map shows priority invasive species targets statewide