Retired state forester Bob Hobdy knows his trees. So, when he was driving through his Haʻikū neighborhood earlier this summer…
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2021
Keep an eye out for invasive parakeet
In July 2021, a Kīhei resident reported a strange-looking bird near their condo to the State-wide online pest reporting system,…
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Coffee Leaf Rust Never Sleeps
You may be holding a cup of it now as you read this. Warm and comforting, coffee is the fuel…
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The Case of the Stinging Hitchhiker
In March of this year, a Lahaina couple reported a stinging but slow-moving, tiny ant- armed with a large stinger…
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Protecting Māmaki From Invasive Species
The Kamehameha butterfly, the state insect of Hawaiʻi, is found nowhere else in the world and neither is the plant…
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