Committee members at a May 2013 MISC meeting.
The Maui Invasive Species Committee works to control the high-threat invasive species that are feasible to eradicate or contain based on their distribution and resources available. Our Committee helps prioritize target species for control operations and provides expertise on effective survey and control techniques and reporting. The Committee includes scientists and resource managers from state, county, federal, and private organizations.
Funding:
The Maui Invasive Species Committee receives funding from a variety of sources, including: County, State, Federal, local businesses, private foundations, and private individuals. Funding received also supports work by the Molokai/Maui Invasive Species Committee (MoMISC), which has a staff of five.
If you would like to support MISC, click the Donate link at the top of the page. Your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
The employees for the Maui Invasive Species Committee, December 2013.
Staff (February 2020):
MISC has four field crews focused on specific target species, an outreach and education team, and a limited number of management and administrative staff to provide project oversight, secure funding, and track and analyze progress. Some staff are part-time.
Management:
Adam Radford, Manager
Elizabeth Anderson, Program Specialist
Brooke Mahnken, Data Analyst & GIS Specialist
Stephanie Miller, Data and Program Associate
Education & Outreach:
Lissa Strohecker, Outreach and Education Specialist
Field Operations:
Adam Knox, Operations Manager
Shane Santos, Operations Support
Early Detection Specialists:
Forest Starr
Kim Starr
Ant Field Crew:
Monte Tudor-Long, Crew Leader
Joe Brower
Mikiala Puaa-Freitas
Coqui Field Crew:
Abe Vandenberg, Coqui Coordinator
Darrell Aquino, Crew Leader
Scott Winter, Crew Leader
Kalani Brown
Teri Green
Kayani Singh
Syrus Smith
Elizabeth Speith
Plant Field Crew:
Mike Ade, Plant Coordinator
Aja Early, Crew Leader (Miconia)
Imi Nelson, Crew Leader (Miconia)
Keli’i Dias
Ross Kanimoto
Elroy Krause (Miconia)
Jesiah Malaikini (Miconia)
Edmund Oliveira (Miconia)
Billy Pacheco
Aimoku Piimauna-Beck (Miconia)
MISC Committee Members:
Chair: Fern Duvall, Ph.D., DLNR-DLNR-Department of Forestry and Wildlife, Native Ecosystems Protection & Management
Vice-Chair: Marshall Loope, Hawaii Department of Agriculture
Hanna Mounce, Ph.D., Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project
Kerri Fay, The Nature Conservancy
Josh Atwood, Ph.D., DLNR/Hawai‘i Invasive Species Council
John Vetter, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Jeremy Gooding, National Park Service-Pacific Islands Exotic Plant Management Team
Jeffrey Mallinson, Haleakalā National Park
Bob Hobdy, Community Member, Retired DLNR
Dan Eisenberg, East Maui Watershed Partnership