CTAHR eXchange

Join CTAHR and NREM faculty JB Friday and Travis Idol as they illustrate the threats to Koa forest at Kokee on Kauai. See the video on YouTube - here:

The Global Invasive Species Information Network has just published a listing of over 250 links to web accessible invasive species links. Originally published in 2004, it was recently updated (August 14, 2008). The site " contains a list of Internet-accessible databases and information systems providing...

The USDA National Invasive Species Information Center has several new items: The Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk (HEAR) has updated it's website. In particular, the Global Compendium of Weeds as updated recently (10/04/07). USDA Economic Research Service released its report on the Program of Research...

From USDA National Invasive Species Information Center: Harper-Lore, Bonnie /L, Maggie Johnson, and Mark W. Skinner, eds. Roadside Weed Management . U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 2007. The Federal Highway Administration in partnership with the Environmental Protection...

From the University of California-Riverside press release and published in EurekAlert! October 1, 2007 . Book on weeds and invasive plants discusses how to manage them using ecological approaches Invasive species are a prime reason for loss of biodiversity, says UC Riverside's Jodie Holt, a co-author...

From Nature Newsblog : After years of fighting the threats posed by foreign species on the Hawaiian islands, conservationists have discovered that invasive birds may now be the only hope left for the survival of some native plants. Hawaii is one of the most invaded places in the world, in terms of foreign...

Hawaii Ecosystems at Risk (HEAR) ( www.hear.org ) has posted presentations from the 2nd International Weed Risk Assessment Workshop . The workshop held in Perth, Australia on September 14, 15, 2007 was part of the 9th International Conference on the Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions . Presentations...

Posted on the UH News on September 18, 2007: The Harold L. Lyon Arboretum is the first botanical garden in Hawai‘i to adopt the “Codes of Conduct,” a list of voluntary actions to help protect Hawai‘i from invasive ornamental plants. New actions Lyon Arboretum plans include: • Examine its vision, mission...

Mahalo, Rich, for attending, for your input and commentary. This is an important issue. I hope we'll generate some conversation on this. Doug Vincent

As reported in the Baltimore Sun, invasive species might be a good thing for an ecosystem . A U.S. Geological Survey scientist, Nancy Rybicki has published research that aquatic plants in the Potomac River might actually be a good thing. A 2007 study published in Limnology and Oceanography, by Rybicki...