If smart phones, tablets, and global positioning systems (GPS) are on your wish list, you are not alone. These gadgets…
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MISC Target Species
Fast-growing ivy gourd threatens rare dryland ecosystem on Maui
On Maui, we are lucky to have so many open spaces. Our island is relatively undeveloped, though you may beg…
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The Big Drip: Possible Water and Soil Impacts of the Miconia Invasion in Hawai‘i
By Thomas Giambelluca Anecdotal evidence suggests that, besides impacting biodiversity, the invasive tree Miconia calvescens is causing landslides and other…
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Creative solutions for controlling the little fire ant
Check out the video below to see Dr. Cas Vanderwoude and the “Spackler of Death,” a creative solution to solve…
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Poisonous Rubber Vine Needs to be Controlled
When the crew from the Maui Invasive Species Committee (MISC) arrived on Moloka‘i in February of 2005, they soon realized…
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Pampas Grass: All Species on Maui are Invasive
In the early 1870s an enterprising nurseryman in Southern California imported a tall, clumping grass with distinctive feathery plumes to…
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