An infestation of the much-dreaded little fire ant (LFA), Wasmannia auropunctata, was discovered on a farm in Waihee, Maui, in…
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News & Updates
Positive spin on invasive species by artists, chefs
One day I was pulling a weed and I realized there was a little grain of hostility there toward this…
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Biocontrol precision is weapon against invaders
Last month I began to present my point of view as a conservation scientist relevant to current “controversy” over biocontrol…
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Strawberry guava sows seeds of infestation
When I came to Maui 28 years ago to work as a research biologist at Haleakala National Park, one of…
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Lāna‘i
Lāna‘i i ke ‘ehu o ke kai. Lāna‘i stands among the sea sprays. About once a year, MISC tries to…
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Mullein came to fight erosion, exists as threat to silversword, other plants
By Joylnn Paman Originally published in the Maui News, September 10, 2006 as part of the Kia‘i Moku Column….
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