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In 2025, HISAM, May was  Hawaiʻi Invasive Species Awareness Month.  The theme was "Whatʻs At Risk- from mauka to makai". Dr. J.B. Friday gives a webinar about the the latest findings about ROD. 

Click here to watch Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death- Whatʻs At Risk and What We Can Do to Save It

To watch the other webinars from HISAM , check out the playlist on youtube

Dr. J.B. Friday discusses the current state of Rapid ʻŌhiʻa death (ROD) on Hawaiʻi Island and best practices  for biosanition when visiting the forest. This is "Year of the Community Forest" and J.B. encourages people to use native plants, to get out in the forests, and be mindful about not spreading ROD.

Watch the Interview here

Congrats and Mahalo to Naiʻa for all your important work!

You can watch the video here!

Naiʻa Odachiʻs Thesis Defense: High-resolution satellite imagery: 

    As an alternative method for the detection and monitoring of Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death in Hawaiʻi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR68m3472i8

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Published in April, 2023, Audubon reporter, Jenny McKee, explores the  devastating effects that Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death (ROD) is having on Hawaiiʻs native, endangered birds. 

 Pam Sullivan details what is currently being done at Pōhakuloa Training Area on Hawaiʻi island to help monitor and protect the forests at PTA from the disease, rapid ōhiʻa death.

by Amy Androff, Pacific Southwest Research Station

and Cheryl Laughlin, Pacific Southwest Regional Office

“What we learned during this process, and what we were able to share, was that a healthy forest means a healthy reef,” Tamba owner Saa Ginlack said in a press release. 

The Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Working Group is proud to share that the production team Club Sullivan, won three Emmy Awards for the documentary Saving ʻŌhiʻa, Hawaiʻi's Sacred Tree in June 2019!