At a meeting of the Hawaii Invasive Species Council on July 29, 2015, the HISC approved an interagency spending plan totaling $4.75M for state fiscal year 2016, supporting 35 projects that will help fill gaps between and expand beyond the state’s existing civil service programs that address invasive species concerns.
The budget was a difficult one to approve, as HISC funding decreased from $5.75M in FY15 to $4.75M in FY16, with an additional restriction of 10% on spending ($475,000) by the Department of Budget and Finance. Of the remaining funds, 5% was provided as overhead to the DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife as the administrative host of the HISC, and $183,294 was used to provide temporary staffing and programmatic support to the HISC. The 35 projects listed below received funding for fiscal year 2016. An additional 25 projects were proposed, but did not receive funding. Requests to the HISC for project funding totaled $10M. Full details of funded projects can be found on our FY16 projects page. Future progress reports and data will be posted on this page as well.
| Dept | Entity | Abbreviated Title | Award |
| DLNR | DAR | Aquatics Outreach | $3,625 |
| DLNR | DAR | Aquatics Expansion | $8,586 |
| DLNR | DAR | Ballast Water & Hull Fouling | $73,645 |
| DLNR | DOFAW | O‘ahu NARS Weed Control | $15,015 |
| DLNR | DOFAW | Moloka‘i Ginger Eradication | $31,802 |
| DLNR | DOFAW | O‘ahu Guava Biocontrol | $46,989 |
| DLNR | KIRC | Kaho‘olawe Biosecurity Plan | $49,066 |
| HDOA | PPC | Support for Rhino Beetle Response | $445,882 |
| HI County | DRD | HI County LFA Control | $90,862 |
| UH | CGAPS | CGAPS Core | $47,000 |
| UH | CTAHR | Naio Thrips Research | $8,920 |
| UH | CTAHR | Miconia Balistic Control | $117,212 |
| UH | HAL | LFA Research | $51,848 |
| UH | HAL | Ant Lab Core Support | $177,181 |
| UH | HBIN | Online Info Services Core | $50,045 |
| UH | HPWRA | Weed Risk Assessment | $78,688 |
| UH | ISC-BIISC | Big Island Outreach | $61,646 |
| UH | ISC-BIISC | BI & Maui Axis Deer Coordination | $86,041 |
| UH | ISC-BIISC | BIISC Early Detection Program | $103,082 |
| UH | ISC-BIISC | Albizia Control | $142,653 |
| UH | ISC-BIISC | BIISC Detection & Control | $361,602 |
| UH | ISC-KISC | Kōke‘e Weed Control | $21,649 |
| UH | ISC-KISC | KISC Mongoose | $24,987 |
| UH | ISC-KISC | Kaua‘i Outreach | $58,152 |
| UH | ISC-KISC | KISC Detection & Control | $282,808 |
| UH | ISC-MISC | Maui Nui Outreach | $73,598 |
| UH | ISC-MISC | MISC Detection & Control | $504,339 |
| UH | ISC-OISC | O‘ahu Tibouchina | $28,431 |
| UH | ISC-OISC | O‘ahu Outreach | $86,050 |
| UH | ISC-OISC | OISC Detection & Control | $528,506 |
| UH | WP-KMWP | Ko‘olau Goat Eradication | $34,414 |
| UH | WP-WMMWP | West Maui Fern Control | $29,931 |
| UH | WP-WMWP | Waianae Outreach | $4,543 |
| USDA | USFS | Melastome Biocontrol | $50,156 |
| USDA | USFS | ‘Ohi‘a Death Research | $99,000 |
Abbreviations
Departments: DLNR=Dept of Land and Natural Resources; UH= University of Hawaii; USDA= US Dept of Agriculture; HDOA= Hawaii Dept of Agriculture
Entities: MISC= Maui Invasive Species Committee; BIISC= Big Island Invasive Species Committee; OISC= O‘ahu Invasive Species Committee; PPC= Plant Pest Control Branch; KIRC= Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve Commission; HPWRA= Hawaii-Pacific Weed Risk Assessment; WMMWP= West Maui Mountains Watershed Partnership; HAL= Hawaii Ant Lab; DOFAW= Division of Forestry and Wildlife; HBIN= Hawaii Biodiversity Information Network; CGAPS= Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species; KISC= Kaua‘i Invasive Species Committee; CTAHR= College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources; KMWP= Ko‘olau Mountains Watershed Partnership; USFS= US Forest Service; DAR= Division of Aquatic Resources; DRD= Dept of Research & Development