Acacia koa in Hawaiʻi: Facing the Future

2016 Koa Symposium Proceedings
Editors: Rebekah Dickens Ohara and J.B. Friday
October 5, 2016, Hilo Hawaiʻi

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HOSTED BY:

• Tropical Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center

SPONSORED BY:

• Akaka Foundation for Tropical Forests
• County of Hawai‘i, Department of Research & Development
• Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife
• Hawai‘i Forest Industry Association
• U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service
• U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
• University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources

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• Cover
• Host, Sponsors and Partners
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• List of Presenters

Commercial Forestry

• Conservation Easements and the Selling of Koa Logs, Greg Hendrickson, Esq., The Law Offices of Gregory D. Hendrickson, Hokukano and Kealakekua Ranch
• Harvesting of Planted Koa: A Case Study from Haleakala Ranch, Steve McMinn, Pacific Rim Tonewoods
• Trends in Securing and Milling Koa, Jay Warner, Awapuhi Farms and Mill
• Value of Young Growth Koa and Consumer Preferences for Koa Color and Figure, J. B. Friday, P.hD., University of Hawaiʻi‘i at Mānoa, CTAHR-NREM

Silviculture

• Applying the Target Plant Concept to Regeneration and Restoration of Koa, Douglass Jacobs, Ph.D, Purdue University
• Nursery Hardening to Promote Koa Field Establishment, Bradley Kaufmann, University of Hawaiʻi‘i at Mānoa, CTAHR-NREM
• Chemical Site Prep and Interactions with Koa Nursery Stocktypes and Edaphic Conditions, James Leary, Ph.D, University of Hawaiʻi‘i at Mānoa, CTAHR-NREM
• Stand Management of Koa: Thinning and Fertilization, Travis Idol, Ph.D., University of Hawaiʻi‘i at Mānoa, CTAHR-NREM
• An Integrated Program for Koa Plantation and Establishment (Mechanical, Chemical, Fertilization, Pruning, Thinning), Nicholas Koch, Forest Solutions

Tree Improvement

• Breeding Wilt Resistance in Koa, Richard Sniezko, Ph.D, USDA Forest Service, Dorena Genetic Resource Center
• Development of Preliminary Seed Zones for Koa, Christina Liang, Ph.D., USDA Forest Service, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry
• Designing a Long-Term Tree Improvement Program for Koa, Carrie Pike, Ph.D, USDA Forest Service, State and Private Forestry

Ecology and Ecophysiology

• Adaptive Significance of Changes from True Leaves to Phyllodes in Koa, Kyle Earnshaw, Purdue University
• State and Transition Simulation Model (ST_SIM) Current / Potential Landscape Distribution of Koa and Associated Carbon Dynamics, Benjamin Sleeter Ph. D. and Paul Selmants, Ph.D, US Geological Survey
• Influence of Restored Koa in Supporting Bird Communities, Richard Camp, Hawaiʻi Cooperative Studies Unit, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo