Koa: A Decade of Growth
Proceedings of the Symposium

Hawaiʻi Forest Industry 1996 Annual Symposium
Editors: Lisa Ferentinos and Dale O. Evans
November 18 and 19, 1996, Honolulu Hawai’i

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Sponsored by:

• Hawaiʻi Forest Industry Association
• State of Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife
• U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry
• University of Hawaiʻi, Renewable Resources Extension, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources
• Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate
• Hawaiʻi Agriculture Research Center
• Society of American Foresters

Table of Contents

• Message from U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye
• Message from U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka
• Opening Remarks, Lloyd Jones

State and National Perspectives on Forestry in Hawai’i

• Forestry: An Economically Viable Program for Hawaiʻi, Senator Daniel Akaka
• Hawaiʻi Forestry: A New Economy with a New Workforce, Lorraine Akiba
• Managing the Largest Tropical Forest in the United State with Urban Decision-Makers, Michael Wilson

Regional Status Reports: Koa Stewardship Statewide

• Koa Stewardship: North and South Kona, Sally Rice
• Koa Stewardship: Hamakua, Hilo and Kaʻu, Mike Robinson
• Koa Stewardship: Maui and Oʻahu, Bart Potter
• Koa Stewardship: Kauaʻi, William Cowern
• Questions to the Panel

Guest Speaker

• Evolution of Ecosystem Management as a Modern Forestry Tool, Robert Bosworth

Highlights of Current Genetic Research

• Genetic Improvement, a Sine Qua Non For the Future of Koa, James Brewbaker
• Isozyme Studies of Genetic Variability, M. Thompson Conkle
• Clonal Propagation of Acacia Koa, Chifumi Nagai and Rusli Ibrahim
• Genetic Variations of Acacia koa Seed, Seedling, and Early Growth Traits, WeiGuo Sun, J.L. Brewbaker and M.T. Austin
• Questions to the Panel

Results of Recent Research into the Ecology and Management of Koa

• Interactions Between Site and Koa Seed Source, C. Eugene Conrad
• Development of Silvicultural Practices to Promote Growth and Quality of Acacia koa, N.S. Dudley
• Koa Stand Development and Grazing Impacts, James H. Fownes
• Acacia koa: A Review of its Diseases and Associated Fungi, Donald Gardner
• Growth Response of Koa to Phosphorus Applications at Planting on Two Tropical Soils, James A. Silva and Paul G. Scowcroft
• Impacts of Hurricane Iniki on Koa Forests, Robin A. Harrington
• Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation by Acacia koa at Keauhou Ranch Reforestation Area, Holly Pearson

Updates on Hawaii’s Forest Incentives Programs

• Forest Stewardship and Forest Legacy Programs, Karl Dalla Rosa
• Tree Farm, Forest Incentive Program and Conservation Resource Program, Nelson Ayers
• Natural Area Partnership Program, Peter Schuyler

County Regulations and Opportunities for Community Input

• Environmental Policy and the Public, Gary Gill
• Soil and Water Conservation Districts of Hawaiʻi, Francis Pacheco
• Natural Areas Working Group, William T. Stormont
• Real Property tax Assessments of Native Forest in Hawaiʻi County, Keiko Bonk

State and Federal Policies and Regulations

• Conservation District Rule Update, Edward Henry
• Historic Sites, Holly McEldowney
• The Endangered Species Act: Private Land Strategies for Working Together, Margo Stahl
• State of Hawaiʻi Endangered Species Protection, Carol J. Terry
• Hawaii’s Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program, Randall Rush
• Questions to the Panel

The Ahupuaʻa System and Native Gathering Rights

• The Ahupuaʻa: An Introduction, Sam Gon III
• The Ahupuaʻa System and Canoe Making, Benton Keali’i Pang
• The Ahupuaʻa and Native Gathering RIghts, Paul Nahoa Lucas
• The Ahupuaʻa System and Education, Eric Enos and Benton Kealiʻi Pang
• Questions to the Panel

Fiscal Realities: Koa Economics and Marketing

• The Value of Forests, Paul H. Brewbaker
• The Economics of Commercial Koa Culture, Thomas A. Loudat
• Marketing Koa, W. Lloyd Jones
• Koa Economics and Resource Values, Ed Winkler
• Questions to the Panel

Summary and Synthesis

• Koa Stewardship, Peter Simmons
• Research Programs, Kathy Ewel
• Policies, Laws, and Community Involvement, Carl Masaki
• Economics, Paul. H. Brewbaker
• The Way Things Could Be, Cynthia Salley