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HAWAIʻI FORESTRY EXTENSION

The rare plant nursery

The rare plant nursery

at the Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge.

'Ohi'a lehua

'Ohi'a lehua

is the first tree to colonize new lava flows and ash deposits. Kīlauea Iki crater, Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park.

NREM students

NREM students

measuring a 18-year-old tallowwood
(Eucalyptus microcorys).

Koa Plantation

Koa Plantation

Test plantation of selected superior koa (Acacia koa) trees on Mauna Kea.

Koa Timber

Koa Timber

Koa (Acacia koa) is Hawaii’s most important native timber.

Hawai'i Dry Forest

Hawai'i Dry Forest

Native wili-wili trees in a Hawaiian dry forest. Waikoloa, Hawaiʻi Island, Hawaiʻi.

Coastal Agroforest

Coastal Agroforest

Yap, Federated States of Micronesia.

ʻŌhiʻa lehua

ʻŌhiʻa lehua

Hawaii’s most abundant native tree,
growing above Waimea Canyon, Kauaʻi.

 

CONTACT

Dr. J. B. Friday
CTAHR | University of Hawaiʻi
Cooperative Extension Service
875 Komohana Street
Hilo, HI 96720
Telephone: (808) 969-8254
Fax: (808) 981-5211
Email: jbfriday@hawaii.edu

 

 

WHAT'S NEW at the Forestry Extension Website?

 

 

Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death Webinar Series

Wednesdays April-May 2020 @ 12pm and 6pm on:

  • APRIL 22 ROD Distribution and Abundance on Hawaiʻi Island
    (William Stormont, DLNR/DOFAW Hawaiʻi Island, and William Buckley, Big Island Invasive Species Committee)
  • APRIL 29 Impact of ROD on Forest Stands
    (Ryan Perroy, Timo Sullivan, and  Eszter Collier, SDAV lab, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo)
  • MAY 13 Importance of Beetles in Spreading ROD
    (Kylle Roy, USGS Pacific Ecosystems Research Center, and Robert Peck, Hawaiʻi Cooperative Studies Unit)
  • MAY 20 Tree and Wood Treatments
    (Marc Hughes, USDA Forest Service Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry)
  • MAY 27 Community Member Actions to Manage ROD
    (J.B. Friday, University of Hawaiʻi Cooperative Extension Service)

 

*To receive the event links, please sign up on the ROD e-mailing list at rapidohiadeath.org or email ohialove@hawaii.edu to request the links directly.

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

This website and the Hawaiʻi Forestry Extension program partially funded by the
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) through the Renewable Resources Extension Act.

If you require information in an alternative format, please contact us at: jbfriday@hawaii.edu