We kicked off #HISAM2020 last week, a month-long virtual event aimed at raising awareness of invasive species issues across the islands. This year, you can learn more by exploring the wao akua (upper forest regions), wao kanaka (lower valleys & urban areas), and the kahakai zone(wetlands, ocean). There are informative webinars, panel discussions, activities, and giveaways planned throughout February, so stay tuned! Be sure to follow us on Instagram and Facebook to stay up-to-date on what’s happening this month.
For a complete list of webinars and events, visit the DLNR website.
Upcoming Events:
Tuesday, Feb 8th 1-2 PM
This presentation will focus on the grass-fire cycle at the landscape scale to describe the scale of the challenge at hand, the contributions of historical and social change, and examples of how people are working together to deal with it.
Presented by Clay Trauernicht, Wildland Fire Specialist (University of Hawaiʻi Cooperative Extension) Click here to sign up for / join this webinar.
Wednesday, Feb 9th 6-7 PM
In this webinar, Plant Pono specialist Molly Murphy will lead you through the characteristics botanists use to describe plants and show you how to use the free tools available to help ID them. Finally, put a name to that mystery plant that showed up in your backyard!
Wednesday, Feb 16th 6-7 PM
In this webinar, the teams working on TLSB will provide an update of what we’ve learned about TLSB in Hawaiʻi so far, what approaches are being taken to mitigate the impacts of TLSB, and plans for the future to help our island ranchers weather the storm of this devastating insect invasion.
Tuesday, Feb 22nd 6-7 PM
Conservationists working to save Hawaiʻi’s dwindling native species and animal welfare advocates have long been at odds about how to deal with cats on the landscape, but all can agree that this is a human-caused problem – so what are the human behavior solutions? Join us to learn more about how NOAA scientists, conservation specialists, and animal welfare advocates came together to work a campaign to address the source causes of pet overpopulation and promote a common message about responsible cat ownership.