Items
of Interest:
Nearly
$4.5 Million Stimulus Funds Will Fight
Invasive Species in Hawaii (May 14, 2009)
Senator Daniel Akaka.
Senate Appropriations Chairman Daniel K.
Inouye and Senator Daniel K. Akaka announced
today that the State of Hawaii will receive
$4,486,000 to fight invasive plant species
across the islands. The United States Department
of Agriculture is distributing the funding
as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act. Specific projects on both state and
private lands will be selected by the State
government.
2009
Hawai'i Conservation Week -- Jul 26 - Aug
1, 2009
Hawaii Conservation Alliance.
During the last week in July, the State of
Hawai'i observes Conservation Week
in recognition of our collective stewardship
responsibility for Hawai'i's
unique natural environment.
Super
Sucker Cleans Invasive Algae off Reefs
Nature
Conservancy. Hawai'i.
Marine researchers in Hawai'i have
a new weapon in the battle against alien
algae: an underwater vacuum that sucks
invasive algae right off the reef. The
invention, aptly dubbed "Super
Sucker," can remove up to 800 pounds
of alien algae in a single hour.
2009
Hawai'i Invasive Species Program Summary
Report (PDF | 2.6 MB) and
Full
Report (Oct 2008; PDF | 1.8 MB)
Hawai'i Department of Land and Natural
Resources.
The Legislative Report pertaining to Invasive
Species and the Hawai'i Invasive Species
Council.
Island-based Partnerships and Statewide Coordination to Protect Hawaii from Invasive species: Report for the 2007 Calendar Year (2008; PDF | 2.83 MB)
Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species.
Got Dead Bird? Call 211
Gotdeadbird.org.
The Hawaii Department of Health and U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service are asking the public’s
help in the early detection of two diseases – West Nile Virus and bird flu (avian
influenza) - that are not yet present in Hawaii,
but could arrive. West Nile Virus and bird
flu are two diseases that agencies are monitoring
for, but the public’s help is needed
in order to watch for these diseases across
the state.
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