Kaua’i Forest Bird Recovery Project
Kaua’i Forest Bird Recovery Project has a mission to promote knowledge, appreciation, and conservation of Kaua’i’s forest birds, the organization has three primary facets: research, management, and outreach.  Check it out…
They also have a Facebook page and, if you’re interested in what they’re doing, you can support them.
If you would like to find out more about the forests and forest industries of Hawai’i, here are a few sites and places to research, visit and discover–a growing list from Hawai’i Forest Tracks.
To get a broad view of the on-going bird extinction crisis–and targeted conservation work on this situation, see ABC’s Endangered Hawai’i, a 30 minute film narrated by Richard Chamberlain, produced by the American Bird Conservancy, and funded by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
Pacific Business News reports “Big Island office on USDA list of closures”
Pacific Business News relayed the news from KHON today that the Big Island Department of Agriculture office is on the list of closures…. read moreÂ
The Rain Follows the Forest–A Plan to Replenish Hawaii’s Source of Water
With its November publication of The Rain Folows the Forest–Hahai no ka ua i ka ululÄ`au, the Department of Land and Natural Resources announced a ten year plan to replenish Hawaii’s source of water while expanding natural resource jobs. For more information, here is the link. We’ll continue to track this for readers.
Hauoli Makahiki Hou
Happy New Year
Research, Visit and Discover
If you would like to find out more about the forests and forest industries of Hawai’i, here are a few sites and places to research, visit and discover.
Government
- Department of Hawaiian Home Lands
- Department of Land and Natural Resources – Division of Forestry and Wildlife
- State of Hawaii Forestry Website
Industry
Alliances and Partnerships
For Students and Further Research
- College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources – Hawai`i Forestry Extension
- State of Hawaii Kids Forest and Wildlife
- Trees of Hawai`i
- Hawaii Agriculture Research Center
- Hawaii Experimental Tropical Forest
- Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center
- Commonly Planted Trees
- Native Trees of Hawai`i
- Hawaiian Native Plant Propagation Database
- Pacific Southwest Research Station USDA Forest Service
- Hawaii Tropical Forest Recovery Action Plan
- Hawaii Tropical Forest Recovery Act
- Puu Waawaa Dry Forest
- Laupahoehoe Wet Forest
Visit and Discover
- Bishop Museum
- Ka`upulehu Dryland Forest
- National Tropical Botanical Garden
- Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden
- Na ‘Āina Kai Botanical Garden
- Pana ‘ewa Zoo Discovery Forest
20th Century Commercial Forest Products Activities Hawai’i Island
Hawai’i Island Early Commercial Industry 1908-1917 and 1950-on
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Image copyright Forestry Management Consultants Hawai’i 1999