Kaua‘i Coffee Apologizes, Accepts Fine For Massive Work in Conservation District In the summer of 2001, Kaua‘i Coffee was faced with a crisis. Portions of the tunnel that carried water from its 810-million-gallon reservoir to its of coffee fields had … Continued
The number of Hawaiian plants listed as threatened or endangered on the list maintained by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service stands at 273. A roughly equivalent number of Hawaiian plants — “between 250 and 275,” says stae botanist Vickie … Continued
By the time John and kathy Ewel retired this spring from the Institute of Pacific Island Forestry, a research unit of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service, they had left a deep, lasting impression. They came to the institute … Continued
When a later generation writes the history of extinctions in Hawai‘i, November 26, 2004, will probably be carved on the tombstone of the po‘ouli. Shortly before midnight on that date, the aged male bird that had been brought into captivity … Continued
Although the po‘ouli known as HR-2 did not live long in captivity, it was able to provide researchers with much valuable in formation and, in the case of the cryogenic tissue library of the San Diego Zoo, with cells that … Continued
In the 1950s, Joseph Rock, the father of Hawaiian botany, still loved to get out into the field. With the construction of jeep roads during World War II, many of the remote places he had visited in the early part … Continued
If the discussions at this year’s meeting of the American Association for the Advance ment of Science are any indication, the only debate about human-induced global warm ing that is meaningful any more is not over whether it will occur, … Continued
Since the 1980s, the County of Hawai‘i has operated a “convenience center” at Miloli‘i, a small, remote fishing village in South Kona. For many years, it was a dump by another name. More recently, residents have been able to toss … Continued
A New Contender: Like any self-respecting thug, Aedes (Finlaya) japonicus japonicus (Theobald) has an alias: Ochlerotatus (Finlaya) japonicus (Theobald). Whichever name you choose, you can just call it dangerous. Linda Burnham Larish, an entomologist with the vector control branch of … Continued
Escargot, Anyone? Add another species to Hawai`i’s list of strange wee beasties. Researchers at the University of Hawai`i have discovered on Maui a native caterpillar that dines exclusively on native snails. Daniel Rubinoff and William P. Haines, both of the … Continued