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
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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!
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
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
The scope of the Hawai‘i Interagency Biosecurity Plan addresses three biosecurity areas including pre-border (for example, agreements on handling and treatment of products before they enter the state), border (for ...
Read More January 2020 Progress Report Released for Interagency Biosecurity Plan
Join us for one of the many opportunities below to learn more about what is being done to respond to invasive species, and how you can help. WEEK 1: FEATURING ...
Read More HISAM February 2021
John-Carl Watson, manager of the Koolau Mountains Watershed Partnership, shares KMWP’s work to remove albizia from the mauka areas of an important watershed on Oahu. It took albizia 100 years ...
Read More Brown Bag #29: Regional Albizia Eradication in Upper Waiawa (John Carl Watson, KMWP)
Sponges play an important role in our marine ecosystems, but no one knows how many invasive sponges are in Hawaii’s waters. Nor do we know how many native species there ...
Read More Brown Bag 28: Invasive Sponges in Hawaii, Jan Vicente, HIMB