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From the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station Zouhar, Kristin; Smith, Jane Kapler; Sutherland, Steve; Brooks, Matthew L. 2008. Wildland fire in ecosystems: fire and nonnative invasive plants . Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-42-vol. 6. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service...

Today's guest blogger is Dr. Harold Keyser, CTAHR's Maui County Administrator. Harold's piece on Sustainable Agriculture was published in the Maui News on August 26, 2008. "Sustainable agriculture" is a concept in vogue lately, and it deserves clarity if we are to continue using...

The 2008 Hawaii Agriculture Conference "Growing with Intention" will be held next week at Hawaii Convention Center. Sponsored by the Agricultural Leadership Foundation of Hawaii , the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation , the University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human...

The USDA National Agriculture Library National Invasive Species Information Center provides links to Invasive Species Management Plans, sorted by geographic location and by species . Information for Hawaii can be found here . The information is somewhat dated, so perhaps a better place to find new information...

The Natural Capital Project is a joint project of the Woods Institute of Stanford University, the Nature Conservancy and the World Wildlife Fund. The vision for this project is: A future in which natural systems are understood and conserved throughout the world for both their intrinsic values and their...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, through its National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) and the Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research , through its Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment has released a new report: The State of the Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United...

Kapi'olani Community College, in cooperation with the Hawaii Council for the Humanites , will host the Hawaii the first showing of " Key Ingredients: America by Food ," a Smithsonian Institute traveling exhibition which shows us how the historical, regional and social traditions merge into...

The Hawaii Conservation Conference will be held on July 29-31, 2008 at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu. Keynote Speaker is Dr. Sylvia Earle and the two plenary speakers are Dr. Elliot Norse and Dr. Peter Vitousek . Registration information is can be downloaded. Information is available about...

Three Mountain Alliance You may have seen the Thursday May 29, 2008 Honolulu Advertiser article about the Three Mountain Alliance, a partnership to protect watersheds and natural resources across Mauna Loa, Kilauea and Hualalai on the Island of Hawaii. You can read more about the Three Mountain Alliance...

The US Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service just released on May 29, 2008, its Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook for 2008 . Lots of interesting “fruits” of information about the national outlook for fruit and nut prices, imports and exports. But there are also strong lessons to be learned –...