Program Booklet - Hawai`i Conservation Alliance

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WHAT DIFFERENCE
DOES 20 YEARS
MAKE?
R E F LECT I ON S O N C H AN G E , INNOVAT ION,
& T H E WOR K TH AT R E MAINS
Hawai‘i
Conservation
Conference
2012
J U LY 3 1 – AU GU S T 2, 201 2 | HAWAI‘I CO NVE NTIO N CE NTE R
I N S P I R AT I O N
e ma-lama ka-kou
Working together to care for Hawai‘i’s natural resources
WELCOME
Aloha!
Welcome to the 20th Annual Hawai’i Conservation Conference (HCC), sponsored
by the Hawai’i Conservation Alliance (HCA) and the Hawai’i Conservation Alliance
Foundation (HCAF). The HCC is the largest gathering of people actively involved in
the protection and management of Hawaiian ecosystems, and attracts hundreds of
natural resource managers, scientists, ecosystem restoration specialists, and
individuals interested in conservation issues relevant to Hawai’i and the Pacific.
The 2012 HCC theme, “What Difference does 20 Years Make? Reflections on Change,
Innovation, and the Work that Remains,” celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the
Conference and twenty years since the Rio Earth Summit. This year’s conference
provides an opportunity to reflect on the past two decades of conservation in Hawai’i
and the wider Pacific Islands. We hope you enjoy a wealth of commemorative
highlights including our 20th anniversary short film telling the story of the Hawai’i
Conservation Alliance (formerly the Secretariat for Conservation Biology), daily
thought-provoking keynote speakers, an interactive timeline to memorialize our
collective genealogy, “Protecting Hawai’i as One” Community Event, Conservation
Film Series, and “Introducing the Next Generation” Opening Reception.
A special mahalo to 'Aulani Wilhelm and Nai'a Lewis for facilitating the creation of our
E Mālama Kākou mural (opposite page). Our Kākou mural project was the inspiration
for this year’s conference and its creation at last year’s HCA retreat proved to our
members that the collective whole is much greater than the sum of its parts.
The artistic inspiration for the 20th anniversary, the E Mālama Kākou mural is an
original collaborative art piece consisting of 24 panels, hand-colored by the representatives
of the Hawai'i Conservation Alliance’s (HCA) member organizations.
HCA is dedicated to promoting “the preservation of native
terrestrial and marine ecosystems, increasing the diversity of
native species, and ensuring that the unique biodiversity of our
islands is maintained into the future.” The imagery of
E Mālama Kākou expresses a Native Hawaiian perspective on
the seamless relationship between nature and culture. At the
center, the focal point is Papaha-naumoku and Wākea. The
former, also known as Papa, earth mother and goddess, whose
union with the beautiful Wākea, father of the sky, produced
many of the Hawaiian Islands, as well as the rich, verdant landscape that envelopes them. Other Hawaiian deities,
including the four major Hawaiian gods—Kāne, Kanaloa, Kū,
and Lono—are represented in the artwork through their kino
lau or multiple body forms. The kalo is one representation
of Kāne, giver of life and ancestor to the Hawaiian people.
Kanaloa is personified through the ocean, as he governs the
sea, sailing, and navigation. Kū, god of war, agriculture, rain,
canoes, and fishing is symbolized through the ‘ōhi‘a lehua near
the forested mountains, which is also his domain. Lono, god of
fertility, medicine, peace, as well as agriculture is manifested in
the clouds and rain.
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Collectively, the panels
produce a multi-faceted
image holding deep
kaona, or hidden
meanings, which are
revealed to each viewer
differently. As well, the
artwork is meant to
inspire and remind us of
our kuleana, responsibility and privilege, to care
for our Papa Honua, our
Mother Earth, and the
myriad of life forms that
live upon and in relationship to her, of which we
are but one.
As we move forward into the next generation of conservation, let us not go without
expressing the most sincere appreciation to those “change agents” that have helped
get to where we are today. The “founders of HCA” are many. A partial list is found
below to honor their contribution to this evolving field, and to their dedicated
nurturing of the HCA partnership.
Thank you for joining us as we look back on twenty years of conservation in Hawai’i
and work toward a collective future and community of research, management, and
education on native ecosystems—both marine and terrestrial—through a variety of
scientific, cultural, and artistic lenses.
With Deepest Mahalo,
Lihla Noori
HCA Executive Director
Michelle Mansker
2012 HCA Chair
We honor the following individuals who collectively founded HCA. We have
come this far because of your vision and aloha...
Allen Allison
Colin Bassett
Michael Buck
Sheila Conant
Jack Ewel
Kathy Ewel
Jeff Fox
Betsy Gagne
Sam Gon
Diane Ragone
Bryan Harry
Don Reeser
Bob Hobdy
Peter Schuyler
Alan Holt
Cliff Smith
Jim Jacobi
Robert Smith
Ken Kaneshiro
Bill Steiner
Nancy Lewis
Kelvin Taketa
Lloyd Loope
Allen Tom
Loyal Mehrhoff
Steve Miller
Dieter Mueller-Dombois
Tim Tunnison
Charlie Van Riper
Ron Walker
Rick Warshauer
In memorium
Nancy Glover
Fred Greenwood
Charlie Lamoureox
Lani Stemmerman
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ABOUT
ABOUT
The Hawai‘i Conservation Alliance is a cooperative collaboration of conservation leaders
representing twenty-one government, education, and non-profit organizations.
Collectively, we are responsible for managing the biodiversity of Hawai‘i’s lands and waters.
We also represent people who work and use the land and water for social, cultural, and
agricultural purposes.
The Hawai‘i Conservation Alliance Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
established to secure private support for the programs and activities of the HCA,
actively promulgate information on Hawai‘i’s conservation values and needs, fund
conservation grants, and promote conservation education and awareness.
The HCA provides unified leadership and advocacy for Hawai‘i’s most critical conservation
issues. We are a collaborative network of organizations representing federal, state, education,
and non-profit sectors working together to promote the preservation of native ecosystems
and ensure that the unique biodiversity of our islands is maintained into the future.
HCA Steer ing Commitee
Hawai ‘i Conser vation A l liance Foundation
Bo ard o f D ir ec t ors
Randall Kennedy, President
Ronald Walker, Vice-President
Bryan Harry, Secretary/Treasurer
Robert Masuda, Board Member
Christopher Puttock, Board Member
Stephen Miller, Special Advisor
Hawai ‘i Conser vation A l liance Sta ff
Lihla Noori, Executive Director
Marion Ano, Capacity Building Program Assistant
Amanda Dillon, Program Administrator
Pam Ozenberger, Outreach Assistant
TBD, Program Coordinator
WWW.HAWAIICONSERVATION.ORG
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum
Allen Allison
Hawai‘i Department Of Agriculture
Neil Reimer
Hawai‘i Department Of Land And Natural
Resources, Division Of Aquatic Resources
Kate Cullison, Robert Nishimoto
Hawai‘i Department Of Land And Natural
Resources, Division Of Forestry And
Wildlife
Paul Conry, Randall Kennedy
Kamehameha Schools
Ulalia Woodside, Nāmaka Whitehead
National Park Service
Melia Lane-Kamahele, Sarah Creachbaum
National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries
Service, Pacific Islands Regional Office
Lisa Croft, Gerry Davis
National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration, Office Of National Marine
Sanctuaries, Pacific Islands Region
Allen Tom, ‘Aulani Wilhelm
National Oceanic And Atmospheric
Administration Pacific Services Center
Kristina Kekuewa
National Tropical Botanical Garden
Chipper Wichman
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The Nature Conservancy, Hawai‘i
Samuel M. ‘Ohukani‘o-hi‘a Gon III, Manuel
Mejia
Office Of Hawaiian Affairs
Pacific Islands Climate Science Center
Loyal Mehrhoff
University Of Hawai‘i At Hilo
Jim Beets, Donald Straney
University Of Hawai‘i At Mānoa, Center
For Conservation Research And Training
Kenneth Kaneshiro, Rob Cowie
U.S. Department Of Agriculture,
Forest Service, Institute Of Pacific Islands
Forestry
Patricia Manley, Christian Giardina
U.S. Department Of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Pacific Southwest Region
Jodi Chew, Laurie Tippin
U.S. Department Of Defense Army Garrison, Hawai‘i Natural Resources Program
Michelle Mansker
U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service, Ecological
Services
Loyal Mehrhoff, Steve Miller, Dan Polhemus
U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service, National
Wildlife Refuge Complex
Barry Stieglitz
U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Island
Ecosystems Research Center
Gordon Tribble, Jim Jacobi
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ABOUT
TA B L E O F
CONTENTS
Con fer ence P lanning Commi tte e
MAHALO NU I LOA
CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT TEAM
Hawai‘i Conservation Alliance: Lihla Noori, Amanda Dillon, Pam Ozenberger
Island Connect Consulting: Jennifer Barrett
Pacific Rim Concepts LLC: Lee-Ann Choy
U.S. Army Garrison, Hawai‘i: Michelle Mansker, HCA Chair
ABSTRACT AND PROGRAM SUBCOMMITTEE
DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife: Betsy Gagné, Norma Creps
Green Economy: Kevin Doyle
Hawai‘i Conservation Alliance: Mariza Silva
Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture: Neil Reimer
Hawai‘i Invasive Species Council: Joshua Atwood, Chuck Chimera, Patti Clifford
Kamehameha Schools: Nāmaka Whitehead, Natalie Kurashima
Lillian Coltin
NOAA Fisheries Service: Kim Maison, Lisa Croft
NOAA Knauss Marine Policy Fellow, Washington, DC: Kristin Carden
NOAA Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument: ‘Aulani Wilhelm
National Park Service: Melia Lane-Kamahele, Paul Hoston, Rhonda Loh, Sarah Creachbaum
O‘ahu Resource Conservation and Development Council: Jean Brokish
Pacific Islands Climate Change Cooperative: Lucas Fortini
Stanford University: Jack Kittinger, Naupaka Zimmerman, Noa Lincoln
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre: Colleen Corrigan
UNESCO Office for the Pacific States, Samoa: Akatsuki Takahashi
USDA Forest Servicea; Christina Liang, Flint Hughes, Jodi Chew, Laurie Tippin
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Servicea; Jolene Lau, Reese Libby
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: Jean Kenyon, Loyal Mehrhoff
U.S. Geological Survey: Jim Jacobi, Paul Banko, Steven Hess
University of Hawai‘i at Hilo: Noelani Puniwai, Sharon Ziegler-Chong
UH Center for Conservation Research and Training: Ken Kaneshiro
University of Otago, New Zealand: Bryce Masuda
EMERGING PROFESSIONALS SUBCOMMITTEE
DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife: Marie Ayabe
First Nations’ Futures Program, Kamehameha Schools: Kamana Beamer
Green Economy: Kevin Doyle
Hau‘oli Mau Loa Foundation: Brant Chillingworth
Hawai‘i Conservation Alliance: Marion Ano
Kapi‘olani Community College: Aurora Kagawa
Kohala Watershed Partnership: Melora Purell
Kupu: Matt Bauer, Noah Coombs, Rebecca Beralas
Limahuli Garden and Preserve: Kawika Winter
Mālama Learning Center: Pauline Sato
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Heidi Hirsh, Keoni Kuoha, Lasha-Lynn Salbosa
National Park Service: Kuhea Paracuelles, Melia Lane-Kamahele
O‘ahu Army Natural Resources Program: Celeste Ventresca, Kimberly Welch
Pacific Islands Climate Change Cooperative: Deanna Spooner
PROTOCOL SUBCOMMITTEE
DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife: Cassie Smith
Hawai‘i Community Stewardship Network: Kevin Chang
Kamehameha Schools: Nāmaka Whitehead, Ulalia Woodside
NOAA Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument: Nai‘a Lewis
National Park Service: Melia Lane-Kamahele
Office of Hawaiian Affairs: Kai Markell, Miranda Smith
The Nature Conservancy: Sam Gon, Jody Kaulukukui
SPECIAL EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT SUPPORT
DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife: Betsy Gagné, Leah Laramee,
Michelle Gorham-Jones, Stephanie Hurder
Hawai‘i Community Stewardship Network: Kevin Chang
Kamehameha Schools: Christina Aiu, Ulalia Woodside
Kawika Kahiapo
Kekoa Kaluhiwa
Lillian Coltin
Ma- lama Hawai‘i: Momi Musick
Native Books: Maile Meyer
USDA Forest Service: Cindy McArthur
POSTER SESSION & ARTWORK LOGISTICS
Hawai‘i Conservation Alliance: Amanda Dillon
O‘ahu Army Natural Resources Program: Jessica Hawkins
STUDENT AWARDS COORDINATOR
UH Mānoa, C-MORE: Jim Foley
MARKETING
Ma- lama Hawai‘i Creative: Momi Musick, Stephanie Chang,
Kristin Jackson, Tara Zirker
Hawai‘i Conservation Alliance: Lihla Noori, Pam Ozenberger
WELCOME & ABOUT 1–5
SCHEDULE OVERVIEW 6–7
PLENARY SESSIONS 8 –9
COMMUNITY EVENT 10 –13
& CLOSING LUNCHEON
SCHEDULES, DETAILED 14–23
SESSION DESCRIPTIONS 24–41
POSTER SESSIONS 43–46
& SCIENCE AWARDS
EXHIBITORS 47
MAPS 48–Inner back cover
SPONSORS Back Cover
SPONSORSHIP
Carolann Biederman
Hawai‘i Conservation Alliance: Lihla Noori, Pam Ozenberger,
Amanda Dillon
USDA Forest Service: Cheyenne Perry
University of Hawai‘i at Hilo: Moana Ulu Ching, Erika Perry, Noelani Puniwai, Pelika Bertellman,
Sharon Ziegler-Chong
WORK EXCHANGE PROGRAM
Hawai‘i Conservation Alliance: Pam Ozenberger
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S C H E D U L E OVERVIEW
2012 Conference Schedule
TU ESD AY, JULY 31, 201 2
7:00 – 8:00 AM
REGISTRATION, Third Floor
8:00 – 9:00 AM
OPENING PROTOCOL Fourth Floor, Ballroom BC
9:00 – 12:00 PM
OPENING PLENARY SESSION: PANEL + KEYNOTE SPEAKERS TUNDI AGARDY AND
12:00 – 1:00 PM
LUNCH Fourth Floor, Ballroom BC
12:30 – 12:50 PM
1:00 – 3:00 PM
2012 HCA Pacific Exchange Emerging Professional (PEEP) Program:
“Reflections on
FORUM: Growing Green Jobs in Hawai’i
SYMPOSIUM: Challenges & Successes of
Conserving Invertebrates
Third Floor, Room 312
3:00 – 3:20 PM
3:20 – 5:20 PM
5:20 PM
5:30 – 8:30 PM
BILL RAYNOR Fourth Floor, Ballroom BC
exchange, innovations in communications, & community outreach work that remains”
Celebrating Success: Achievements over the
Past 20 Years
FORUM: Island HAWPing with the Hawai’i
Association of Watershed Partnerships
Third Floor, Room 313A
Fourth Floor, Ballroom BC
BREAK
SYMPOSIUM: New Developments for
Managing Invasive Species
SYMPOSIUM: Marine Conservation Actions
in the U.S. Pacific Islands
FORUM: Humpback Whale Sanctuary 20 Years Later,
SYMPOSIUM: Land Preservation Workshop:
The Tools of Permanent Land Conservation
WORKSHOP: Changing the Face of
Conservation Leaders in Hawaiì
CLOSING PROTOCOL Fourth Floor, Ballroom A
OPENING RECEPTION: INTRODUCING THE NEXT GENERATION 4th Flr, Ballroom ABC,
sponsored by Hau‘oli Mau Loa Foundation, Hawai‘i Forrest & Trail, Pono Pacific Land Management, The Wildlife Society
W ED NESDAY, AUG UST 1 , 2 0 1 2
7:00 – 8:50 AM
8:50 AM
9:00 – 9:50 AM
9:50 – 10:00 AM
10:00 – 12:00 PM
12:00 – 1:00 PM
12:15 – 12:45 PM
1:00 – 3:00 PM
3:00 – 3:20 PM
3:20 – 5:20 PM
5:30 PM
PLENARY SESSION: KEYNOTE SPEAKER ALAN HOLT Fourth Floor, Ballroom BC
BREAK
FORUM: Hawai’i Green Growth Initiative
Celebrating Success & the Work that
Remains: Marine and Aquatic Ecosystems
SYMPOSIUM: Coastal Wetland Conservation,
Endemic Waterbirds
SYMPOSIUM: Hawaiian Rare Plant Facilities
SYMPOSIUM: Tropical Dry Forest
Third Floor, Room 313B
FILM: “ENDANGERED HAWAI‘I” PRODUCED BY AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY
SYMPOSIUM: Ku’ula: Integrating Western and
Indigenous Sciences in Hawai’i
SYMPOSIUM: 1992 Tropical Forest Recovery Act
FORUM: Innovative Partnerships, Hawai'i Forests
Picking Our Battles:
Aliens and Invasives, Part I
Third Floor, Room 312 {Start at 12:30pm}
FORUM: Clean Energy as an
Economic Development Strategy
Agriculture/Aquaculture
Third Floor, Room 301AB
BREAK
FORUM: Communicating Science
WORKSHOP: Conservationists in the Classroom
SYMPOSIUM: The O’ahu Army
Natural Resource Program
Aliens and Invasives, Part II
SYMPOSIUM: Impacts of Global
Climate Change on Water Resources
FORUM: Energy Conservation
through Efficiency Measures
3:00 – 8:00 PM
COMMUNITY EVENT, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: “PROTECTING OUR HAWAI‘I AS ONE” FEATURING INTERACTIVE ART, MUSIC, FILM Fourth Floor
5:30 – 8:00 PM
HCC POSTER SESSION Fourth Floor, Ballroom BC
THURSDAY, AUG UST 2, 2 0 1 2
7:00 – 8:00 AM
7:50 AM
8:00 – 10:00 AM
Conservation Tools
Conservation through a Cultural Lens:
Hawai’i and Pacific Leadership
10:00 – 10:20 AM
10:00 – 12:20 PM
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12:30 – 2:20 PM
2:30 PM
SYMPOSIUM: Ridge-to-Reef
Management in the West Maui
Watersheds Third Floor, Room 313A
Celebrating Success & the Work
that Remains, Avifauna, Part I
FORUM: Pacific Islands Climate Assessment
FORUM: Climate Change Adaptation
BREAK
The Work that Remains Vegetation & Climate Change
FORUM: Government and Community
Approaches to Marine Enforcement
HCA CLOSING LUNCHEON Fourth Floor, Ballroom BC
CLOSING PROTOCOL Fourth Floor, Ballroom BC
–
SYMPOSIUM: Hawai’i’s Vital ‘Ohi’a Forests
Celebrating Success & the Work that Remains, Avifauna, Part II
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P L E N A R Y SESSIONS
TUES DAY, JULY 31, 9 :00 AM – 12 :0 0 P M
Anniversary Panel
Where It All Began: Celebrating The Genealogy Of Conservation In Hawai‘i
Creating a cohesive conservation community in Hawai‘i was not an accident.
Today, it is measured by 20 years of annual conferences, but has been in the
making for more than 30 years. Communities like ours are intentional, designed,
and purposeful – brought together through vision and commitment of
trailblazers, willing to do more than the norm – often bound by necessity due
to the enormity of the challenge. Join us for a gathering of select early leaders
sharing their perspectives of the past and what they see for the future.
Opening Keynotes
Tundi Agardy, PhD
Executive Director, Sound Seas
Tundi Agardy is an internationally renowned expert in
biodiversity conservation, with extensive field and policy
experience in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean,
North America and the Pacific. She currently heads Sound
Seas, an independent policy group based in the Washington,
DC area, specializing in biodiversity conservation, coastal
planning and assessment, marine protected areas, and
fisheries management. She also serves as Director of the
Marine Ecosystem Services (MARES) Program of Forest Trends,
is Science and Policy Director for the World Ocean Observatory,
and is Associate Editor of Marine Ecosystems and Management
(MEAM), published through the University of Washington. Prior
to forming her own organization, she was the Senior Director
for the Global Marine Program at Conservation International
and, before that, Senior Scientist for WWF.
Bill Raynor
Director, Marine Conservation Programs AsiaPacific Region, The Nature Conservancy
Bill is a professionally trained agroforester who has lived and
worked in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, for 25
years. Since joining the Conservancy in 1992, Bill has earned
the reputation as a leader in innovative, community-based
conservation and one of the best practitioners in the field.
He is a recognized expert on Pohnpei’s upland forest and
has an in-depth knowledge of the environmental, political,
cultural, and economic context of the Federated States of
Micronesia and Palau. Bill is fluent in Pohnpeian and the “high
language” reserved for high chiefs. As the former Director of
the Conservancy’s Micronesia Program, Bill focused on
helping to develop national biodiversity conservation
strategies with Micronesian political entities, including the
Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau, the
Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Commonwealth of the
Northern Marianas, and Guam. He now serves as the Director
of Conservation Programs for the entire Asia-Pacific Region.
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W E D N E SD AY, AU G U ST 1 , 9 : 0 0 A M
Distinguished Keynote
Alan Holt,
Margaret A. Cargill Foundation Global Conservation
Alan Holt is the Environment Program director for the
Margaret A. Cargill Foundation, a Minnesota-based
funder engaging in conservation and other
international and domestic issues. Prior to joining
the Foundation, Alan enjoyed a long career with The
Nature Conservancy, helping to establish the
organization’s Hawai‘i program from 1982 to 1998 and
then working in the western U.S., Canada and
internationally for several years. Alan helped launch
what would become the Hawai‘i Conservation Alliance
and its annual conference, and was among those who
organized several of the invasive species and
watershed partnerships that have grown across
the islands today.
TH U R SD AY, AU G U ST 2 , 1 2 : 3 0 P M
Closing Luncheon Keynote
Sheila Conant,
Professor, Department. of Zoology, University of Hawai‘i;
2002 HCA Distinguished Service Awardee
Sheila Conant’s career in ecology and conservation in
Hawai‘i has spanned over 40 years. Her research focus is on
Hawaiian birds and her list of publications on their ecology,
evolution, conservation and management is astounding.
In addition, her tireless community service, public
lectures, assistance in creating GK-12 curriculum and other
educational materials, as well as her dedicated work with
her graduate students, has influenced many aspects of
conservation throughout the state. Sheila has also played a
major hand in landing sizable grants and contracts to
further numerous conservation efforts here. Her list of
awards and accomplishments is impressive and extensive,
as is her list of inspired and successful students.
Sheila served as the Chair of the Ecology, Evolution and
Conservation Biology Graduate Specialization at the
University of Hawai‘i from 1999-2001, and as
Chair of the Department of Zoology
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COMMUNITY
EVENT
Featuring music by Anuhea
& Kawika Kahiapo with
Maori guest artist Maisey Rika
6 : 3 0 – 8: 3 0 P M
4:00 – 6:00 PM
Fourth Floor Stage
Pop-up art exhibition by Maoli Art in Real Time 3 : 0 0 – 8: 0 0 P M
Featuring 40 Native Hawaiian artists’ paintings and sculpture
Available for viewing and purchase
Fourth Floor
Ballroom A
Traditional Native Hawaiian Artisans of “Aupuni Place” 3 : 0 0 – 8: 0 0 P M
Working in natural & native raw materals
Fourth Floor
Ballroom BC
Living art & Collaborative mural with artist Wyland 4 : 0 0 – 8: 0 0 P M
Well-known for his monumental Whaling Wall mural project,
Wyland will use the beauty of art and the wonder of science to
inspire kids about the shared relationship between the health
of each ecosystem and the health of the planet. To learn more,
please visit: www.wylandfoundation.org
Reunion & renewal of the Hawai‘i Ka-kou mural project
+ creative artmaking
4 : 0 0 – 8: 0 0 P M
Join keiki, alaka‘i artists and kumu artists to remember
that the best work is work done together
The health of our islands is a
community effort.
Join us, in the
spirit of kuleana,
to be part of a better Hawai‘i.
Community Event
F REE AN D OP E N TO T HE P UB L IC
August 1, 2012, 3 – 8 PM
Fourth Floor, Hawai‘i Convention Center
Bring family, meet new friends, talk story,
enjoy inspiration, & envision our future.
Sponsored by: Hawaii Energy, ING Direct,
a few & more, First Wind Energy, Hau‘oli Mau Loa
Foundation, Knowledge in Motion, Ma-lama Hawai‘i,
Ma-lama Hawai‘i Creative, Native Books, Patagonia,
Whole Foods, Wyland Foundation
Fourth Floor
Ballroom BC
Conservation in Motion: A Film Festival
4 : 0 0 – 8: 0 0 P M
20 years of Hawai‘i’s conservation stories through film,
presented by Knowledge in Motion
Third Floor
Room 311
Poster Session: Hear the latest in cutting edge
conservation research
5 : 3 0 – 8: 0 0 P M
Reception: Hawaii Energy Conservation Award
& My Hawai‘i Awards
6:00 – 6:30 PM
See pages 43 – 46 for details
Fourth Floor
Ballroom BC
Fourth Floor Stage
In partnership with HCA, Hawaii Energy presents an inaugural
“Hawaii Energy Conservation Award” that recognizes leaders in
exemplary energy conservation. Now in its sixth year, HCA’s
My Hawai‘i program is a creative initiative and award open to 6-8th
grade students statewide to encourage artistic expression,
environmental awarness, and stewardship of
Hawai‘i’s land and ocean resources.
Locally sourced food & drink
Tasty treats from Slow Food Hawaii and open cash bar
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Fourth Floor
Outside Ballrooms
Fourth Floor
Outside Ballrooms
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COMMUNITY
EVENT
CLOSING
Conservation in Motion: A Film Fesitval
LUNCHEON
Closing Luncheon
THIRD F LOO R ROOM 3 1 1
Part of Protecting our Hawai‘i as One Community Event, Wednesday August 1, 2012
20 Years of Hawai‘i’s Conservation Stories presented by Knowledge in Motion
Sponsored by: The Wildlife Society, Whole Foods, Patagonia
TH U R SD AY, AU G U ST 2 , 1 2 : 3 0 - 2 : 4 0 P M
3: 3 0 PM, 4:00 P M, 4:30 P M
A H UPUA’ A, F ISHP ONDS AND LO ’ I
In this series of three half-hour segments, historian and anthropologist Marion Kelly,
whose research into Hawaiian culture has been her life’s work, takes us on a tour of six
islands to see what our modern world can learn from ancient wisdom and from those
who continue to practice traditional ways today. Featuring taro growers, fishermen,
kumu hula (hula masters), and rock wall builders.
Ahupua’a segment: Hannah Springer, Chipper Wichman, Bert Sakata, Oliver Dukelow,
Clarence Medeiros, Mona Kahele, Abel Kahele, Francis Kuailani, Kawena Johnson, Nainoa
Thompson, Collette Machado, Emmett Aluli, Sol Kaho’ohalahala
Fishponds segment: Carol Wyban, Kaniala Akaka, Norman Ah Hee, Francis Kuailani, Billy
Akutagawa, William Kalipi, William Kalipi, Jr., Colin Nakagawa, Jim Sweeney, Mark Brooks,
Kawaikapuokalani Hewett
Lo’i segment: Charles Kupa, Charles Reppun, Oliver Dukelow, Keoki Fukumitsu, John
Kaimikaua, Jim Callahan, Dan Puilihau, Lieff Bush, Michelle Tenkayo, Mr. Chong, LaFrance
Kapaka, Kealohikina, David Sproat, Attwood Alohawaina Makanani
5: 3 0 PM
LI VI NG JEWEL S - T HE RARE P L A N T S OF HAWAI’ I
Rare and endangered plants and their habitats are presented and discussed by
horticulturist Heidi Bornhorst and botanist Charles Lamoureux.
Plants include: ma’o, ‘ihi, ma’ohi’ohi, mamane, pua kala, kulu’i, ‘uhi’uhi, ‘a’ali’i, alula,
‘ilima, akia, ‘ohai, ma’o hauhele, loulu, ‘ihi’ihi lauakea, hapu’u, palapalai, lehua mamo,
- hi’a, ‘ie’ie, ‘iwa, ‘alae, ko’oko’olau, pa’inui, naupaka o Pele, ‘iwa’iwa o Kane, pa’u o
koa, ‘o
Hi’iaka.
6 : 0 0 PM
K A WA I: S OU RCE O F L IF E
Hosted by well-known kupuna Eddie Ka’anana, this video focuses on traditional
Hawaiian values regarding the precious resource, ka wai, fresh water. The usage and
respect for water sources such as streams and springs and the use of stream water
from mauka to makai (mountains to sea) is discussed and contrasted with modern-day
practices. Featuring farmer Keoki Fukumitsu, who depends on the clean, cool stream
water to grow the staple food of Hawai’i, kalo.
6 : 3 0 PM
L A HUI MAO L I: NATIVE SP ECIES
An island-by-island survey of Hawaiian native species of birds, snails, fish and insects, all
identified by their Hawaiian names and described through ‘olelo no’eau (wise sayings) in
Hawaiian and English. Narrated by Ekela Kaniaupio and set to the classical guitar music of
Hank Ka’ahea.
7 : 0 0 PM
HO’ A L A HO U - A LO OK TO THE FUT URE
The Hawaiian term ho’ala hou means to awaken anew. Hosted by artist and philosopher
Sam Ka’ai, this program looks at the re-emergence of a Pacific way of thinking, of seeking self-sufficiency, and of preserving the cultural heritage of the first people of Hawai’i.
Featuring Eric Enos, Haunani-Kay Trask, Angel Pilago, Ramsey Pederson, and Charley
Poouahi.
7 : 3 0 PM
HULI AU HU-LI-AU
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HULIAU is rooted in a distinctly Hawaiian tradition: respecting the ‘a-ina, land, as an extension
of oneself. The documentary takes a visually stimulating journey through painted illustrations,
animation, underwater photography, and unique natural settings. A 10-year-old Hawaiian girl,
recalling an old story told by her grandmother, leads the narration in the Hawaiian language.
The story is interwoven with on-camera interviews from some of Hawai‘i’s leading cultural and
environmental stewards.
Buffet Lunch (included in registration fee)
Live Music by Kūpaoa
Kūpaoa is the musical union of O‘ahu native
Līhau Hannahs Paik and Kauai’s Kellen Paik.
The name Kūpaoa describes a strong, lingering
fragrance, an apt metaphor for
their original melodies.
Conference Mahalo
Students Awards Presentation: HCC Best Student
Oral & Poster Presentation Awards
Keynote Speaker: Sheila Conant
Prize Drawing
Kamehameha Schools:
Kapālama Middle School Papa Oli me Hula
Under the direction of Tatiana Tseu Fox, the
Kamehameha Schools-Kapālama Middle School Papa Oli me Hula is
a student group comprised of young Hawaiians who have chosen
Hawaiian Chant and Dance as their elective course.
Founders Recognition
Closing Protocol: Hawai‘i Aloha
H AWA I‘I ALO HA
Rev. Lorenzo Lyons
E Hawai‘i e ku‘u one hānau e
Ku‘u home kula īwi nei
‘Oli nō au i nā pono lani ou
E Hawai‘i, aloha ē
O Hawai‘i, O sands of my birth
My native home
I rejoice in the blessings of heaven
O Hawai‘i, aloha.
Hui:
E hau oli e nā ōpio o Hawai‘i nei
Oli ē! Oli ē!
Mai nā ahe ahe makani e pā mai nei
Mau ke aloha, no Hawai‘i
Chorus:
Happy youth of Hawai‘i
Rejoice! Rejoice!
Gentle breezes blow
Love always for Hawai‘i.
E hai mai kou mau kini lani e
Kou mau kupa aloha, e Hawai‘i
Nā mea ōlino kamahao no luna mai
E Hawai‘i aloha ē
(hui)
May your divine throngs speak
Your loving people, O Hawai‘i
The holy light from above
O Hawai‘i, aloha.
(chorus)
Nā ke Akua e mālama mai iā ‘oe
Kou mau kualona aloha nei
Kou mau kahawai ō‘linolino mau
Kou mau māla pua nani ē
(hui)
God protects you
Your beloved ridges
Your ever glistening streams
Your beautiful flower gardens.
(chorus)
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7:00 – 8:00 AM
8:00 – 9:00 AM
9:00 – 12:00 PM
OPENING PLENARY SESSION: PANEL + KEYNOTE SPEAKERS TUNDY AGARDY AND
12:00 – 1:00 PM
12:30 – 12:50 PM
1:00 – 3:00 PM
2012 HCA Pacific Exchange Emerging Professional (PEEP) Program: “Reflections on
FORUM: Growing Green Jobs in Hawai’i
Moderator: Kimo Carvalho
SYMPOSIUM: They are the 99%: Challenges
and Successes of Conserving Invertebrates,
Hawai’i’s Smallest Majority
Moderator: William Haines
BILL RAYNOR Fourth Floor, Ballroom BC
exchange, innovations in communications, & community outreach work that remains”
Celebrating Success: Achievements over the
Past 20 Years
Moderator: Bryan Harry
FORUM: Island HAWPing with the Hawai’i
Moderators: Jennifer Higashino & Lisa Ferentinos
1:00 PM
1:20 PM
1:40 PM
Working with the system: lessons from listing
insects under the Endangered Species Act,
Karl Magnacca
How molecular phylogenetics can inform conservation: Three case studies from Hawaiian moths,
Matt Medeiros
2:00 PM
Hawaiian Land Snail Biodiversity: Conservation
status of a vanishing fauna,
Kenneth Hayes
2:20 PM
Stabilization of rare O’ahu snail populations using
predator exclusion structures,
Brenden Holland
2:40 PM
3:00 – 3:20 PM
3:20 – 5:20 PM
3:40 PM
4:00 PM
4:20 PM
4:40 PM
5:00 PM
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5:20 PM
5:30 – 8:30 PM
James Hardway, Project Manager, Division of
Labor and Industrial Relations; Topic: Hawai‘i’s
Green Jobs Initiative
Haleakala’s Native Wildlife: A 20-year Spot Check,
Cathleen Natividad Bailey
Michael Chang, Deputy Program Manager,
Hawai’i Energy; Topic: Energy efficiency as a
key facilitator for Hawai‘i’s green job growth
Markus Staib, President, Milici Valenti Ng Pack
(MVNP); Topic: The role of the private sector to
facilitate green job growth
M.R.C. Greenwood, President, University of
Hawai’i System; Topic: Institutional preparation
for a future economy consisting of green jobs
An update on the development of the State of Hawai’i
Native Invertebrate Database: a new resource for
managers, researchers, planners and the public,
Cynthia King (10-min)
--Conservation genetics and geographic population
structure in eight species of Hawaiian leafroller moths
(Omiodes: Crambidae), William Haines (10-min)
Sharon Ziegler-Chong, PIPES/University of
Hawai’i at Hilo Office of Research; Topic: Best
practices and lessons learned from almost 20
years of conservation internship programs that
can be used to expand STEM and green jobs
initiatives throughout Hawai’i
The last 20 years on Kaho’olawe,
Paul Higashino
Restoring a Hawaiian Nation Through the
Restorationof Kaho’olawe, Michael Nahoopii
A legacy of enhancement: the benefits accrued from
15 years of monk seal recovery efforts, Tracy Wurth
Celebrating 40 Years of Clean Water Success!
Robin Knox
Panel Members
Jeff Schlueter, Kaua‘i Watershed Alliance
Yumi Miyata, Wai‘anae and Ko‘olau Mountains
Watershed Partnerships
Ed Misaki, East Moloka‘i Watershed Partnership
Chris Brosius, West Maui Mountains Watershed
Partnership
Randy Bartlett, East Maui Watershed Partnership
Andrea Buckman, Leeward Haleakala- Watershed
Restoration Partnership
Jay Penniman, La-na‘i Forest and
Watershed Partnership
Lisa Hadway, Three Mountain Alliance + DOFAW
Melora Purell, Kohala Watershed Partnership
Cheyenne Perry, Mauna Kea Watershed Alliance
Lisa Ferentinos, Dept. of Land and Natural
Resources
Jennifer Higashino, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Koa Forest Recovery over 33 Years on Mauna Loa,
J.B. Friday
BREAK
Managing Invasive Species: What IPM has to
Offer Conservation in Hawai’i
Moderators: Robert Hauff & Cynthia King
3:20 PM
Panel Members
Looking at the big picture: Conserving arthropod communities, Paul Krushelnycky (10-min)
--Using diverse research programs focused on the wēkiu
bug (Nysius wekiuicola) to improve conservation
management strategies in the high alpine ecosystem of
Mauna Kea, Jesse Eiben (10-min)
Trends in research and conservation in the past
20 years of the Hawai’i Conservation Conference,
Daniela Dutra Elliott *
Application of IPM Philosophy and Procedures
in Conservation Management, Mark Wright
Biological Control Supporting Conservation
Programs in Hawai‘i: The Erythrina Gall Wasp
Project, Leyla Kaufman
Integrating Biocontrol into Management of
Strawberry Guava, M. Tracy Johnson
Biological Control and the Native Hawaiian
Conservation Ethos, Darcy Oishi
Two Decades of Ginger Abatement-Holding the
Line, Pat Bily
Identifying an Operational Niche for an Experimental Platform: A Case Study of Herbicide
Ballistic Technology, James Leary
The Gorse Project: Forestry Options for the
Sustainable Management of Woody Leguminous
Weeds, Nick Dudley
A Holistic Approach to Ecologically Based Invasive Rodent Management, Katie Swift
(15-min each)
SYMPOSIUM: Marine Conservation Actions in the U.S.
Pacific Islands Under the Endangered Species Act and
Marine Mammal Protection Act
Moderator: Lance Smith
--FORUM: The Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale
National Marine Sanctuary - 20 Years Later
Moderators: Malia Chow & Elia Herman
Third Floor, Room: 312
Introduction (10-min)
Listing species under the ESA: U.S. Pacific Islands
conservation actions, Krista Graham (10-min)
Critical Habitat Under the ESA: Pacific Islands Conservation Actions, Jean Higgins (10-min)
Take Reduction Under the MMPA: U.S. Pacific Islands
Conservation Actions, Jayne LeFors (10-min)
Conservation Benefits of the Dolphin SMART Program in Hawai‘i, Laura McCue (10-min)
Discussion (10-minutes)
Panel Members
Allen Tom, Regional Director for NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries Pacific Island Region; Adam
Pack, Sanctuary Advisory Council (SAC) Chairperson;
Walter Ritte, SAC and Native Hawaiian subcommittee
member; Kehau Watson, SAC member and Native Hawaiian subcommittee Chair; William Aila, DLNR Chair
OPENING RECEPTION: INTRODUCING THE NEXT GENERATION Fourth Floor,
SYMPOSIUM: Land Preservation Workshop:
The Tools of Permanent Land Conservation
Moderator: Jodi Kaulukukui
WORKSHOP: Changing the Face of Conservation
Leaders in Hawai‘i and the Pacific:
Nahululeihiwakuipapa Workshop
Moderators: Sharon Ziegler-Chong and Marian Ano
Local, State and Federal Regulatory Structures,
Jonathan Scheuer
Legal Aspects of Conservation Easements,
Gregory Hendrickson
SEE PAGE 28 FOR MORE INFORMATION
Acquisition Strategies: Fee Interests Versus
Conservation Easements,
Scott Fisher
Direct Acquisitions Versus Brokering Lands To Be
Held By Other Conservation Entities,
Lea Hong
State-Related Funding Sources For
Acquisition Of Conservation Lands,
Sheri Mann and Molly Schmidt
Assuring the Perpetual Management of
Conservation Values,
Trae Menard
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Ballroom ABC, sponsored by Hau‘oli Mau Loa Foundation, Hawai‘i Forrest & Trail, Pono Pacific Land Management, The Wildlife Society
W E D NES D AY, AU GU S T 1 , 2 0 1 2
7:00 – 8:50 AM
8:50 AM
9:00 – 9:50 AM
9:50 – 10:00 AM
10:00 – 12:00 PM
PLENARY SESSION: KEYNOTE SPEAKER ALAN HOLT Fourth Floor, Ballroom BC
BREAK
FORUM: Hawai’i Green Growth Initiative:
Opportunities for Local, National & International Learning and Leadership
Moderator: Audrey Newman
Celebrating Successes & the Work that
Remains: Marine and Aquatic Ecosystems
Moderator: Gerry Davis
10:00 AM
Panel Members:
10:20 AM
Audrey Newman, Senior Advisor, Global Island
Partnership & Hawaiì Green Growth Initiative
Bill Raynor, Marine Program Director, The
Nature Conservancy, Asia Pacific Region
10:40 AM
Chipper Wichman, Director & Chief Executive Officer, National Tropical Botanic Garden
(NTBG)
Laurie Carlson, President, Slow Food Oàhu
and Editor, Honolulu Weekly
11:00 AM
11:20 AM
Robbie Alm, Executive Vice President, Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) and Executive
Officer, Collaborative Leaders Network (CLN)
12:15 – 12:45 PM
1:00 – 3:00 PM
Moderator: Misaki Takabayashi
Introduction, Pelika Bertelmann and Misaki
Takabayashi with video documentary
He Hua nō i ka Noi Noelo: The Application of
Hawaiian Place Names in Scientific Inquiry, Hōkū
Pihana, Pua’ala Pascual, and Melanie Dudley *
Ka Wai Mo’o Mau: A Comparison of Midway and
Hawai’i Island’s Water Cycle, Jessica Cleghorn,
Aleysia-Rea Kaha, and William Lundin *
1:40 PM
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The Hawai‘i Wetland Joint Venture: Statewide
Partnership for Wetland Conservation and
Waterbird Recovery, J. Rubey
Reading Between the Lines: Interpreting Public Support
for Hawaiian Monk Seal Recovery, Rachel Sprague
Importance of Federally Protected Coastal
Wetlands to Hawai‘i’s Endangered Endemic
Waterbirds, Jared Underwood
Investigating Diet and Foraging Behavior to Explain
Divergent Population Trends in The Hawaiian Monk
Seal, Maire Cahoon (10-min)
--Examining the Role of Macroalgae in Promoting Sea
Turtle Tumors, Migiwa Kawachi (10-min) *
Recovering Hawai‘i’s Endangered Waterbirds:
the Role of the Kaua‘i National Wildlife Refuge
Complex, Mike Mitchell
Innovation in Hawaiian Odontocete Research, Changes
in Management, and Work that Remains: Pantropical
Spotted Dolphins as a Case Study, Sarah Courbis
The Hawai‘I Fish Habitat Partnership: Cooperative
Aquatic Resource Conservation in Hawai‘i’s Inland and
Coastal Marine Waters, Gordon Smith
SYMPOSIUM: Hawaiian Rare Plant Facilities: Growing
the State’s Rare Plants
Moderator: Margaret Clark
--SYMPOSIUM: The Ecology and Conservation of
Tropical Dry Forest in Hawai’i
Moderator: Elliott Parsons
The Rare Plant Facilities: A Synopsis of the Current
Situation, Adam Williams
Collaboration Leads to More Successful Restoration
Projects, Patrice Moriyasu
Hawaiian Rare Plant Facilities: Growing the State’s Rare
Plants: Collaborating to Protect Rare Plants in the Natural
Area Reserves on Hawai’i Island,
Lisa Hadway and Nick Agorastos
Contributions of ex situ Seed Banks to Conservation of
Rare or Endangered Plants, Christina Walters
(15-minutes each)
Wetlands of Maui-Nui - Complexities of
Management on View of Stasis and Change,
Fern Duvall
Connections: Makai, Mauka, and Mo‘okuauhau,
Hannah Springer; Status and Trends of Dry Forest
Avifauna, Richard Camp; Response of Bird Community to Prolonged Drought and Habitat Degradation,
Management of Kaua‘i Coastal Wetland Plant Commu- Paul Banko; First Evidence for Annual Rings in a Native
nities with Prescribed Grazing to Enhance Habitat for
Hawaiian Tree: Māmane on Maunakea, Kainana S.
Endangered Hawaiian Waterbirds, Lex Riggle
Francisco; Native Tree Seedling Survival on Hawai‘i
Island, Faith Inman-Narahari; Estimating population
and Blackburn’s Sphinx Moth, Edith Adkins; Ecological
Fascilitating Partnerships: Hawai‘i Wetland
Restoration in Hawaiian Dryland Ecosystems, Susan
Joint Venture and the Conservation
Cordell; The Mauna Kea Forest Restoration Project,
Registry, Peregrine Edison-Lahm
Robert Stephens; Tropical Dry Forest Conservation and
Restoration Challenges and Successes, Elliott Parsons
(5-min each)
FILM: “ENDANGERED HAWAI‘I” PRODUCED BY AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY Third Floor, Room 311
Kamaāina i nā kino lau, Hōike ia nā Akua: Understanding Kinolau of Hawaiian Akua in Resource
Management, Kaleo Pilago, Kailin Kim, and
Lauren Bauers *
1:20 PM
SYMPOSIUM: Coastal Wetland Conservation:
Its Benefits and Challenges for Recovering
Endemic Waterbirds
Moderator: J. Rubey
Third Floor, Room:313A
1:00 PM
Examination of feeding ecology of corallivorous fishes
to assess impact of health in coral reef ecosystems,
Trisha Soares (10-min) *
-A Multidisciplinary Approach to Restoration and
Sustainability of Midway Atoll’s Shallow Reef Habitats,
Kristin McCully (10-min)
Long-term Monitoring of Native Fish in Waikolu
Stream, Kalaupapa National Historical Park, Moloka‘i,
Hawai‘i, Anne Farahi (10-min)
--Pearl Oysters (Pinctada) of Midway Atoll (Northwestern
Hawaiian Archipelago), Kristin McCully (10-min) *
11:40 AM
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Ho‘omeheu Nā Hulu: Following Our Ancestral
Path, Kanoe DeRego, Mahina Chang, and Hoku
Tobin *
(12-minutes each)
[start at 12:30 pm]
SYMPOSIUM: The 1992 Tropical Forest Recovery Act A Review of Achievements & Work Still to be Done
Moderator: Paul Conry
--FORUM: 20 Years of Innovative Government and
Private Partnerships: Protecting Hawai’i’s Forests
Moderator: Leah Laramee
Introduction of Senator Daniel Akaka, Bob Masuda
Greeting, Senator Daniel Akaka (by video)
Conservation focused community progress in the past
20 years, Hannah Springer
Conservation focused Cultural progress,
Ozwald Stender
Achievements of the Tropical Forest Recovery Act,
Peter Simmons
The Statewide Assessment and Resource Strategy &
the Forest Plan, Katie Friday
Where do we go from here?, Panel: Ulalia Woodside,
Mike Robinson, William Aila
Aliens and Invasives, Part I
Moderator: Kate Cullison
Continuing Challenges & the Way
Forward: Agriculture / Aquaculture, Making Science Matter
Moderator: Ulalia Woodside
Toxoplasma Gondii Detection in
Soils from Urban O‘ahu,
Bivalve Shellfish Culture in Hawai‘i
Alisa Davis (10-min) *
and The Pacific Islands: Unrealized
-Potential for Food Security,
Impact of Feral Pig (Sus scrofa)
Conservation and Ecological
Removal on Soil Carbon Fluxes in
Services,
Hawaiian Tropical Montane Wet
Maria Haws
Forest, Michael Long
10-min) *
Using Highly Trained Dogs and
Implementing Best Management
Systematic Approaches to Remove Practices to Improve Water Quality
Ungulates from LargeConservation
in Agricultural Watersheds,
Areas, Francis Quitazol
Jean Brokish
Moderator: Bill Weeshoff
Panel Members:
Mark Glick, Energy Administrator,
Department of Business, Economic
Development, and
Tourism; Topic: Clean Energy as an
Economic Development Strategy for
Hawai‘i.
Ray Starling, Program Manager,
Hawai‘i Energy; Topic: Energy
Efficiency as a Clean Energy &
Economic Development Strategy.
Robbie Cabral, Senior Advisor &
Director, Innovations Development
Group; Topic: Native-to-Native: A True
Practice Makes Perfect: How the
The Kīpuka Project: A Study of the Human Element Affected Nitrogen
Hawaiian Public/Private Partnership
Interactive Effects of Rat Predation
Business Advancing Clean Energy.
Cycling in Traditional Dryland
and Forest Size on Food Webs,
Farming, Noa Lincoln (10-min) *
Devin Leopold
Richard E. Rocheleau, PhD, Hawai‘i
--Natural Energy Institute, Maui Smart
The Benefits of Restoring Natural
Grid; Topic: Maui Smart Grid & the
Function to Hawaiian Streams,
Economic Benefits To Hawai‘i’s
Stephen Blanton (10-min)
Economy.
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1:00 – 3:00 PM
(continued)
[start at 12:30 pm]
SYMPOSIUM: The 1992 Tropical Forest Recovery Act A Review of Achievements & Work Still to be Done
--FORUM: 20 Years of Innovative Government and
Private Partnerships: Protecting Hawai’i’s Forests
2:00 PM
Welcome and Overview of the Establishment of the
Programs - Leah Laramee (10-min)
SEE PREVIOUS PAGE
Natural Area Partnership Program - Randall Kennedy
(10-min)
2:20 PM
Forest Stewardship Program - Sheri Mann (10-min)
Closing Panel for discussion and recommendations for the future of government and private entity
programs Speakers & Melissa Irene Sprecher (30-min)
Continuing Challenges & the Way
Aliens and Invasives, Part I Forward: Agriculture / Aquaculture
Making Science Matter
The Effects of Yellow Crazy Ant
Invasion and Control in the
Hawaiian Archipelago,
Sheldon Plentovich (10-min)
-Working Towards the Eradication
of Yellow Crazy Ants at Johnston
Atoll,
Stefan Kropidlowski (10-min)*
Who Wants Feral Cats
in the Hawaiian Islands
and Why? Cheryl Lohr *
Community-Based Science
Research: The Laulima A ‘Ike Pono
Internship at He’eia Fishpond,
Judith Lemus
SEE PREVIOUS PAGE
A Critical Evaluation of Coral Reef
Health from Reef Check Hawai‘i
Volunteers, Rachel Knapstein
(10-min) *
2:40 PM
3:00 – 3:20 PM
3:20 – 5:20 PM
BREAK
FORUM: Communicating Science with a Hawaiian
Sense of Place: The Critical Role of Teachers in
Curriculum Development and Impementation in
Schools and Communities
Moderator: Pauline Chinn
--WORKSHOP: Get ‘em Young: Why Conservationists
Should Be in the Classroom
Moderators: Shannon Wianecki, Abe Vandeberg &
Allison Wiest
3:20 PM
3:40 PM
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Get ‘em Young: How We Use Hō‘ike to Create New
Conservationists, Slideshows by Maui Invasive Species
Committee and East Maui Watershed Partnership
4:40 PM
More Bang for Your Buck: How to Host Teacher Workshops, Question & Answer
5:20 PM
Sometimes It Takes an Army: The O‘ahu Army
Natural Resource Program, Seventeen Years of
Native Habitat and Endangered Species Adaptive
Conservation, Kapua Kawelo (10-min)
--Drawing Battle Lines: Evolving Defensive Strategies in the Continuing War on Feral Ungulates,
Matthew Burt (10-min)
Taking Aim at Invasive Weed Targets: Highlights from Ten Years of O‘ahu Army Natural
Resources Program Control Efforts,
Jane Beachy
The O‘ahu Army Natural Resources Adaptive
Rat Control Program- Fighting the NeverEnding Battle, Katie Franklin
4:20 PM
Sample Hō‘ike Lessons:
--Wiliwili Gall Wasp Invasion. Students use real-life
data and Google Earth technology to respond to the
2005 wiliwili gall wasp invasion on Maui
--Frogs on Floor Four! Acting as hotel managers, students must balance the budget and create strategies to
deal with a coqui frog infestation at their resort
Picking Our Battles: Aliens
and Invasives, Part II
Moderator: Josh Atwood
Panel Members
Pauline Chinn, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Jennifer Kuwahara, Mililani Middle School
Matt Kanemoto, Kahuku High School
A. Napua Barrows, Lihikai Elementary School
Manuel Jadulang, Honoka‘a High School
Sabra Kauka, Island School/Kaua‘i District
4:00 PM
5:00 PM
SYMPOSIUM: Sometimes it Takes an Army: The
O’ahu Army Natural Resource Program, 17 Years of
Native Habitat and Endangered Species Adaptive
Conservation
Moderator: Michelle Mansker
Endangered Plant Conservation Efforts on
O’ahu, Hawai’i: Stability in the Pacific Rim,
Matthew Keir
O‘ahu Army Natural Resource Program Kāhuli
Conservation: Tactical Innovations, Morale Shaking
Setbacks and Uncertain Victory, Daniel Sailer
Battles Won in the War to Save an Endangered
Hawaiian Flycatcher, Philip Taylor
3:00 – 8:00 PM
COMMUNITY EVENT, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: “PROTECTING OUR HAWAI‘I AS ONE”
5:30 – 8:00 PM
HCC POSTER SESSION Fourth Floor, Ballroom BC
SYMPOSIUM: Impacts of Global
Climate Change on Pacific Island
Water Resources
Moderators: Christian Giardina &
Richard MacKenzie
FORUM: Energy Conservation
through Efficiency Measures
Moderator: Brian Fitzgerald
Hawaiian Mesoherbivores,
Past and Future,
David Burney
Upper Limahuli Preserve
Animal Management: An
Evolving Endeavor,
Chiemi S. Nagle
Long-Term Impacts of Exotic
Grasses on Ecosystem Processes and Species Composition,
Stephanie Yelenik (10-min)
-Fantasy Football for Ecology
and Conservation: Building
Hybrid Ecosystems in Hawaiian
Lowland Wet Forests, Laura
Warman (10-min)
Fire and the Invasive GrassFire Cycle: Management Approaches, Andrew Pierce
Wildlife Stakeholder Acceptance
Capacity for Game Species
in Hawai’i, Cheryl Lohr *
Predicting the Effects of Sea
Level Rise and Introduced
Fishes on Hawaiian Anchialine
Pool Ecosystems, Lisa Marrack
(10-min) *
--Aligning Paradigm Needs of
Conservation and Culturally
Vibrant Communities, Katie
Kamelamela (10-min) *
An Integrated Modeling and
Decision Support Framework for
Sustaining Tropical Water
Resources, Richard MacKenzie
Using the Distributed HydrologySoil-Vegetation Model to Examine
the Impacts of Climate Change
and Invasive Species Cover on
Stream Flow in Tropical Watersheds, Ayron Strauch
Impacts of an Exotic Coastal
Phreatophyte (Kiawe, Prosopis Pallida) on Groundwater Availability
in Leeward Coastal Hawai‘I - How
Much Water Do They Use?
Bruce Dudley
The Impact of Altered Stream
Flow on the Health And Dynamics of an Endemic Amphidromous
Shrimp, Ralph Tingley (10-min)
--Decision Support Tools for Prioritizing and Quantifying Management Impacts on Watershed
Health,
Christian Giardina (20-min)
--Linking Watershed Function,
Traditional Knowledge, and
Nearshore Environments: How
Do Flow Reductions Affect Marine
Fishes and Coral Assemblages,
James Akau (10-min)
Panel Members
Hermina Morita, Chair, Public Utilities Commission; Topic: Energy
Efficiency as an Integral Component
to Conserving Hawai‘i’s Natural
Environment
Derrick Sonoda, Outreach &
Marketing Manager, Hawai‘i Energy;
Topic: How to Develop an EnergyEfficient Lifestyle and Reduce Your
Electricity and Oil Use.
Carolyn Sawai, Internal Conservation Program Coordinator, Hawai‘i
Board of Water Supply; Topic:
Energy/Water Nexus: How Conserving Water at Home Can Affect Your
Energy Consumption and
Energy Bills.
Thanh Lam, Founder & CEO, Ba-Le
Restaurant; Topic: The Business
Case for Energy Efficiency and
Conservation
FEATURING INTERACTIVE ART, MUSIC, FILM Fourth Floor (see pages
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T HURSDAY, AUGUST 2 , 2 0 1 2
7:00 – 8:00 AM
7:50 – 8:00 AM
OPENING, PROTOCOL Fourth Floor, Ballroom BC
Conservation Tools
Moderator: Trae Menard
8:00 – 10:00 AM
8:00 AM
8:20 AM
8:40 AM
9:00 AM
9:20 AM
Game Cameras in Natural Resource Management: Overview, Comparison of Features, and Applications for Today’s Users,
Alison Cohan
Evaluating Options for Participating in
Carbon Credit Markets on State of Hawai‘i
Forest Lands, Elizabeth Boxler
Map Concepts for Conservation Biologists,
David Benitez (10-min)
-EPSCoR Hawai’i Geospatial Data Repository
and Image Services, Lisa Canale (10-min)
Long-term Monitoring Meets Mapping:
Integrating Data Tools to Manage Coastal
Strand Vegetation at Kaloko-Honokōhau
National Historical Park, Alison Ainsworth
Implementing a Conservation Data Sharing
Network for the Island of Maui, Hawai’i,
Samuel Aruch
10:20 – 12:20 PM
10:20 AM
10:40 AM
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11:00 AM
Building Community Stewardship to Manage Their Resources from Ridge to Reefs,
Fatima Sauafea-Le’au
Establishing Resilient, Sustainably Financed,
Protected Areas Network (PAN) in Palau,
Umiich Sengebau
‘Āina Kaumaha: A Hawaiian Perspective on
Resource Management,
Nāmaka Whitehead
Understanding Mo: Traditional and ReEmerging Conservation Practices in the
Marshall Islands,
Ingrid Ahlgren *
Monitoring Culturally Sensitive Resources A Case Study for Lake Waiau,
Donna Delparte (10 mins)
--Imu o nui mai mauka i kai: Contemporary Native Hawaiian Gathering Practices in Culturally
Vibrant Communities, Katie Kamelamela *
Belau Watershed Alliance: A Genuine Partnership Between Communities and Resource
Agencies that has Advanced Conservation Efforts In Palau Towards One Goal - Ecosystem
Based Management, Joyce Beouch (10-min)
9:40 AM
10:00 – 10:20 AM
Conservation through a Cultural Lens:
Hawai’i and Pacific Leadership
Moderator: Manuel Mejia
SYMPOSIUM: Ridge-to-Reef
Management in the West Maui
Watersheds Moderator:
Katherine Chaston
West Maui Ridge 2 Reef Initiative: The Umbrella Plan,
Cindy Barger and
Athline Clark
Ka’anapali-Kahekili Watershed
Management Plan,
Tova Callender
Kahekili Conservation
Action Plan,
Lunalilo Kekoa
West Maui Coastal Use
Mapping Project,
Kalisi Mausio and Arielle Levine
Ka’anapali-Kahekili Makai Watch,
Liz Foote
Discussion
Celebrating Successes & the Work that
Remains: Avifauna, Part I
Moderator: Jim Jacobi
Nest Site Limitation and Predation in the
Puaiohi or Small Kaua’i Thrush (Myadestes
Palmeri): Using Nest Boxes to Expand and
Protect the Range of an Endangered Species, Barbara Heindl (10-min)
--Contemporary Genetic Diversity for the
Kiwikiu (Maui Parrotbill; Pseudonestor xanthophrys), Hanna Mounce (10-min) *
Do Hawaiian Lobeliads Really Need Bird
Pollinators to Reproduce? A Test Using
Restoration Plantings Where Nectarivorous
Honeycreepers are Present and Absent,
Richard Pender *
Characterizing Space Use and Estimating
Home Range Sizes of ‘Akikiki, an Elusive
Endangered Kaua’i Honeycreeper,
Lucas Behnke *
Native And Non-Native Frugivore Movement Patterns and Implications for Seed
Dispersal, Joanna Wu (10-min) *
--Spatial and Seasonal Aspects of Food Resources for Hawaiian Forest Birds,
Anya Tagawa (10-min) *
The Nesting Habitat and Spatial Distribution of Lāna’i’s Endangered Hawaiian Petrel
(Pterodroma sandwichensis),
Marie VanZandt *
FORUM: Pacific Islands Regional Climate
Assessment, Moderator: Deanna Spooner
--FORUM: Climate Change Adaptation:
Science Based Tools for Pacific Island
Communities
Moderator: Deanna Spooner
Panel Members:
Jeff Burgett PhD, Science Manager,
Pacific Islands Climate Change
Melissa Finucane, PhD, Senior Fellow, EastWest Center; Lead PI, Pacific RISA
Victoria Keener, PhD, Fellow, East-West
Center; Program Manager, Pacific RISA
John Marra, PhD, NOAA Climate Services
Director for the Pacific Region
Deanna Spooner, Pacific Islands Climate
Change Cooperative
Panel Members:
Deanna Spooner, Pacific Islands Climate
Change Cooperative
Berna Gorong, Nimpal Conservation Area
Lucas Fortini, Pacific Islands Climate
Change Cooperative
A Story of Predation, Eradication, and Recovery from within Hawai‘i’s First Predator
Proof Fence at Ka‘ena Point Natural Area
Reserve, Lindsay Young (10-min)
BREAK
The Work that Remains Vegetation & Climate Change
Moderator: Gordon Tribble
Thinning Acacia Koa to Improve Multiple Stand Attributes, Thomas Baribault (10-Min)
Annual Patterns of Demography in Hawaiian
Forests: The First Two Years of Recensus in the Hawai’i
Permanent Plot Network (Hippnet), Joshua VanDeMark
Advantage Conferred on Koa Crop Trees by
Targeted Silviculture Persists Despite Overall
Slowing Growth Rates, Paul Scowcroft
Impacts of the Tsunami of March 11, 2011 on Vegetation
at Kanahā Pond Wildlife Sanctuary, Fern Duvall (10-min)
Examining the Use of Nurse Plants for Restoring
Hawai‘i’s Degraded Submontane Woodlands,
Carla D’Antonio
FORUM: Government and Community Approaches
to Marine Enforcement for Pacific Marine
Managed Areas, Moderator: Mike Lameier
Panel Members
- lama Maunalua
Alika Winter, Ma
Chad Wiggins, The Nature Conservancy Hawai‘i
Randy Awo, Div. of Conservation and Resource
Enforcement, Hawai‘i
Berna Gorong, Nimpal Conservation Area, Yap
Wayne Andrew, Hatohobei Organization for
People and the Environment, Palau
Selaina H. Vaitautolu Tuimavave, Div. of Marine
and Wildlife Resources, American Samoa
Albon Ishoda, Marshall Islands Conservation
Society
Sgt. Mark Aguon, Div. of Aquatic and Wildlife
Resources Conservation Enforcement, Guam
SYMPOSIUM: Hawai’i’s Vital ‘Ohi’a (Metrosideros
polymorpha) Forests: How They are Doing, and
Why We Should Care,*
Moderator: Flint Hughes, Third Floor, Room 313A
Celebrating Successes & the Work that Remains:
Avifauna, Part II
Moderator: Sarah Creachbaum
Modeling the Demise and Rebirth of West
Maui’s Newell’s Shearwater and Hawaiian
Petrel Colonies, David Ainley
SEE NEXT PAGE
Occupancy Surveys for a Critically Endangered, Highly Cryptic, Single Island
Endemic, the Puaiohi, Lisa “Cali” Crampton
Assessing arthropod resources for the endangered kiwikiu (Maui parrotbill) at Nakula
Natural Area Reserve, a Potential Site for
Reintroduction, Robert Peck
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10:20 – 12:20 PM
(continued)
11:20 AM
The Work that Remains Vegetation & Cimate Change
Modeling Remnant Rare Plant Locations on
the Island Of Kaua’i : Using What We Know
to Guide Where to Go, Matthew P. Lucas
11:40 AM
Moisture and El Niño Drive Cloud Forest
Species Assemblage and Upper Limit on
Haleakalā, Shelley Crausbay
12:00 PM
Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment
of the Low Lying Northwestern Hawaiian
Islands, Michelle Reynolds
12:30 – 2:20 PM
2:30 PM
FORUM: Government and Community Approaches
to Marine Enforcement for Pacific Marine
Managed Areas, Moderator: Mike Lameier
SEE PREVIOUS PAGE
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SYMPOSIUM: Hawai’i’s Vital ‘Ohi’a (Metrosideros
polymorpha) Forests: How They are Doing, and
Why We Should Care,* Moderator: Flint Hughes
Introduction, Flint Hughes (5-min)
E Kū i ka ōhia ihi -- O Kū of the sacred ‘Ōhi‘a: Cultural
Significance of our Dominant Watershed Tree,
Samuel Gon (15-min)
‘Ōhi‘a Dieback on the Island of Hawai‘i - A 40 Year
Perspective, Jim Jacobi (15-min)
‘Ōhi‘a Dieback as a Natural Process in Succession,
Dieter Mueller-Dombois (15-min)
The Fate of ‘Ōhia Forests; Evidence From Seed
Dynamics, Invaded Systems, and
Successional Pathways, Susan Cordell (15-min)
‘Ōhi‘a Recovery Following the 1985 Clear-Cut in Wao
Kele O Puna: Rebirth and Hope for Hawai‘i’s Most
Esteemed Tree, Flint Hughes (15-min)
The Many Forms of ‘Ōhi‘a Lehua: Do They Matter?,
Elizabeth Stacey (15-min)
There is More to ‘Ōhi‘a than Meets the Eye,
Naupaka Zimmerman (15-min)
Examining ‘Ōhi‘a Lehua Through the Lens of Hula,
Kehau Nelson-Kaula (10-min)
Celebrating Successes & the Work that Remains:
Avifauna, Part II
Detecting the Elusive: Documenting Hawaiian Hoary
Bat Activity on O‘ahu, Ling Ong (10-min)
--Stretching the Boundaries: Long-Distance Translocation of Millerbirds Provides Hope for Endangered
Species and Ecosystem Recovery,
Sheldon Plentovich (10-min)
Reproduction and Movement Patterns of
Translocated Millerbirds on Laysan,
Chris Farmer
Movement Ecology of the Endangered
Nēnē, Steven Hess
HCA CLOSING LUNCHEON Fourth Floor, Ballroom BC
CONFERENCE CLOSING PROTOCOL Fourth Floor, Ballroom BC
We are Greening the Conference
To minimize the environmental impact of this year’s conference, HCA has chosen to:
• Reduce the volume of printed materials
• Offer digital-only distribution of the abstract book
• Increase the use of local vendors
• Partner with Kealopiko for organic cotton conference t-shirts
• Offer earth-friendly reusable giveaways including glass drinkware
• Participate in the HCAF Carbon Reduction And Offset Fund: $5.00 from each
registration will be applied to the fund, to offset the HCC’s carbon footprint.
The Hawai’i Convention Center is currently seeking LEED certification for existing
buildings, energy and water saving systems are integrated throughout the Center.
Recycling programs are in place, ecologically friendly products are used, and “think green”
messages appear throughout the building to remind delegates of their part.
You will see the following earth-friendly items in use at the Hawai’i Convention Center:
• Ecotainer cups for hot drinks and soup are made in the USA from fully renewable resources, sustainable wood fiber and plants. More than two-thirds of the energy used in
this manufacturing process comes from renewable resources. The raw materials for the
Biopolymer in the Ecotainer lids are annually renewable and grown in the U.S.
• Greenstripe cold cups and clear clamshell containers are made from 100% renewable
resources.
• World-Centric utensils made from wheat straw, which break down for composting in
3–6 months, making nutrient rich soil.
• Terra-Pac To-go containers made from renewable, natural crops. They are compostable
in homes and industrial composts.
MAHALO to everyone for doing your part to Protect our Hawai’i as ONE!
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S E S S I O N DESCRIPTIONS
T U E SDAY, J U LY 3 1 , 2 01 2
1: 0 0 – 3: 0 0 P M
SYMPOSIUM: They are the 99%: Challenges and Successes of Conserving
Invertebrates, Hawai‘i’s Smallest Majority
Moderator: William Haines
Although 99% may be a slight exaggeration, invertebrates such as arthropods and land snails comprise
by far the majority of species in Hawaiian terrestrial
ecosystems. Despite their huge numbers, the majority
of invertebrates are ignored when formulating management plans or making conservation decisions. This is
largely because conservation of invertebrates presents
many challenges compared to other wildlife. Their
small size, cryptic biology, and overwhelming numbers
of species complicate species-specific conservation
strategies. However, despite these challenges, there
are many ways in which invertebrates can inform
conservation decisions, using data ranging from the
population level to community ecology. This symposium will cover a broad taxonomic range of terrestrial
invertebrates, including flies, bees, true bugs, moths,
and snails, giving examples of challenges and successes
in invertebrate conservation. The merits and pitfalls of
species-specific and community-level protection will
be discussed, as well as various legal and administrative
approaches, including the Endangered Species Act and
agency-specific management plans. One of the biggest
challenges for invertebrate conservation is assessing
population status and viability, and various approaches
are outlined, including measuring genetic diversity,
evaluating phylogenetic relationships among species,
and tracking trends using historical collection records.
We will hear about promising captive breeding programs for rare invertebrates, and reintroductions into
restored habitat. The Department of Land and Natural
Resources will also unveil an exciting new database,
which will compile historical and contemporary records
of native and invasive invertebrates, greatly facilitating
conservation research and management.
SPEAKERS
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• Introduction and overview of the challenges of invertebrate conservation, William Haines
• Working with the system: lessons from listing insects
under the Endangered Species Act, Karl Magnacca
Looking at the big picture: Conserving arthropod communitiesm, Paul Krushelnycky
• Using diverse research programs focused on the
wēkiu bug (Nysius wekiuicola) to improve conservation
management strategies in the high alpine ecosystem of
Mauna Kea, Jesse Eiben
• How molecular phylogenetics can inform conservation: Three case studies from Hawaiian moths,
Matthew J. Medeiros, William Haines, and Daniel
Rubinoff
• Hawaiian Land Snail Biodiversity: Conservation status
of a vanishing fauna, Kenneth Hayes and Norine
Yeung
Stabilization of rare O‘ahu snail populations using
predator exclusion structures, Brenden Holland, Vince
Costello, and Stephanie Joe
• An update on the development of the State of Hawai‘i
Native Invertebrate Database: a new resource for managers, researchers, planners and the public, Cynthia
King and James Parham
• Conservation genetics and geographic population
structure in eight species of Hawaiian leafroller moths
(Omiodes: Crambidae), William Haines and Daniel
Rubinoff
SPONSORED BY
Hau‘oli Mau Loa Foundation
FORUM: Growing Green Jobs in Hawai‘i
Moderator: Kimo Carvalho
Clean Energy is not just a matter of energy security and
a means for protecting the environment; it is good for
business and careers. The Hawai‘i Green Jobs Initiative
and the Hawai‘i Clean Energy Initiative both provided
a critical boost to Hawai‘i’s economy by attracting
investments from companies around the world while
benefiting local workers, companies and entrepreneurs
statewide. In just one year, 2011, clean energy investments doubled to about 1.2 billion and it is looking
as though 2012 will be another growth year. This is
extremely good news for those in the green jobs sector
because it means employment opportunities will continue to increase. Currently, Hawai‘i ranks third in the
nation in clean energy job growth. And the Department
of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) Hawai‘i Green
Jobs Initiative anticipates another 11,145 positions
related to the energy sector being created this year,
which is a 26% increase from 2011. This forum will help
conservationists learn from Hawai‘i’s recent successes
and future creation of the green job community.
SPEAKERS
• James Hardway, Project Manager, Division of Labor
and Industrial Relations; Topic: Hawai‘i’s Green Jobs
Initiative
• Michael Chang, Deputy Program Manager, Hawai’i
Energy; Topic: Energy efficiency as a key facilitator for
Hawai‘i’s green job growth
• Markus Staib, President, Milici Valenti Ng Pack
(MVNP); Topic: The role of the private sector to facilitate
green job growth
• M.R.C. Greenwood, President, University of Hawai’i
System; Topic: Institutional preparation for a future
economy consisting of green jobs
• Sharon Ziegler-Chong, PIPES/University of Hawai’i
at Hilo Office of Research; Topic: Best practices and
lessons learned from almost 20 years of conservation
internship programs that can be used to expand STEM
and green jobs initiatives throughout Hawai’i
SESSION: Celebrating Success:
Achievements over the Past 20 Years
Moderator: Bryan Harry
FORUM: Island HAWPing with the Hawai‘i
Moderators: Jennifer Higashino & Lisa
Ferentinos
SPEAKERS
• Trends in research and conservation in the past 20
years of the Hawai’i Conservation Conference,
Daniela Dutra Elliott
• Haleakala-’s Native Wildlife: a 20-year Spot Check,
Cathleen Natividad Bailey
• The last 20 years on Kaho‘olawe, Paul Higashino
• Restoring a Hawaiian Nation Through the Restoration
of Kaho‘olawe, Michael Nahoopii
• A legacy of enhancement: the benefits accrued from
15 years of monk seal recovery efforts, Tracy Wurth
• Celebrating 40 Years of Clean Water Success!
Robin Knox
• Koa Forest Recovery over 33 Years on Mauna Loa,
J.B. Friday
The Hawai‘i Association of Watershed Partnerships
works to enhance the impacts of eleven partnerships
on six islands. Over 70 private and public landowners
on the tops of every mountain in the state have worked
together toward the protection and management over
two million acres of priority native watershed forests.
The recent watershed initiative, “The Rain Follows the
Forest”, seeks to substantially increase funding for these
efforts over the next decade. This forum, moderated
by Jennifer Higashino (HAWP Executive Committe/ US
FWS ) and Lisa Ferentinos (DLNR Watershed Partnerships Program), will provide partnerships and the audience an opportunity to engage in moving forward with
this initiative. After a brief overview of the history of
HAWP and its members, each of partnership coordinators will give a 7 minute presentation focusing on
accomplishments over the past 20 years and their proposed plans to increase protected areas over the next
10 years (79 minutes). For the second part of the forum,
the room will be arranged in 9 groupings of tables, one
for each partnership with combined tables for Molokai/
Lanai and one for the Koolau and Waianae Mountains.
Participants will be invited to join discussions at their
choice of 2 of the tables (20 minutes per session, with 2
minutes of “musical chairs” inbetween). Facilitators, assisted by note keepers and watershed coordinators will
seek input from participants about how their programs
or agencies could work with the partnershps over the
next 10 years to accomplish their goals or make suggestions from the perspective of their agency/program
about modifying or alterring current watershed priorities and goals to achieve landscape level protection. A
document summarizing these discussions will be made
available to HCS and placed on the HAWP website following the conference.
SPEAKERS
• Jeff Schlueter, Kaua‘i Watershed Alliance
• Yumi Miyata, Wai‘anae and Ko‘olau Mountains
Watershed Partnerships
• Ed Misaki, East Moloka‘i Watershed Partnership
• Chris Brosius, West Maui Mountains Watershed
Partnership
• Randy Bartlett, East Maui Watershed Partnership
• Andrea Buckman, Leeward Haleakala- Watershed
Restoration Partnership
• Jay Penniman, La-na‘i Forest and Watershed
Partnership
• Lisa Hadaway, Three Mountain Alliance & DOFAW
• Melora Purell, Kohala Watershed Partnership
• Cheyenne Perry, Mauna Kea Watershed Alliance
• Lisa Ferentinos, Dept. of Land and Natural Resources
• Jennifer Higashino, US Fish and Wildlife Service
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T U E SDAY, J U LY 3 1 , 2 01 2
3 : 2 0 – 5: 20 PM
Managing Invasive Species: What IPM
has to Offer Conservation in Hawai’i
Moderators: Robert Hauff & Cynthia King
Integrated pest management (IPM) is the process of
reducing long term pest damage to agricultural and
natural systems by using a combination of cultural,
mechanical, chemical and biological control measures
while minimizing risk to people and the environment.
Hawai‘i has abundant invasive species problems that
require long term management in order to preserve native resources for future generations. This symposium
will provide a forum for scientists and professionals to
highlight current work on IPM topics including classical
biological control, pesticide application technologies,
relevant agricultural examples, as well as communicating IPM concepts to the public. Rather than focusing
on a specific control techniques in isolation, presenters
will explain how their work fits into a broad management regime for sustainable, long term control.
SPEAKERS
• Application of IPM Philosophy and Procedures in
Conservation Management, Mark Wright
• Biological Control Supporting Conservation Programs
in Hawai‘i: The Erythrina Gall Wasp Project,
Leyla Kaufman
• Integrating Biocontrol into Management of Strawberry
Guava, M. Tracy Johnson
• Biological Control and the Native Hawaiian Conservation Ethos, Darcy Oishi
• Two Decades of Ginger Abatement-Holding the Line,
Pat Bily
• Identifying an Operational Niche for an Experimental
Platform: A Case Study of Herbicide Ballistic Technology, James Leary
• The Gorse Project: Forestry Options for the Sustainable Management of Woody Leguminous Weeds,
Nick Dudley
• A Holistic Approach to Ecologically Based Invasive
Rodent Management, Katie Swift
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SYMPOSIUM: Marine Conservation
Actions in the U.S. Pacific Islands Under
the Endangered Species Act and Marine
Mammal Protection Act
Moderator: Lance Smith
The federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Marine
Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) can provide protection
for marine species and their habitat in several ways,
including: (1) the listing of species as endangered or
threatened under the ESA; (2) the designation of critical
habitat under the ESA; and (3) regulations to reduce
incidental take of marine mammals under the MMPA. In
addition to these regulations, voluntary programs can
also be effective tools to help minimize disturbances
to the behavior of marine mammals. Under the ESA,
NOAA Fisheries has recently been petitioned to list
several marine species in the U.S. Pacific Islands, and is
in the process of responding to these petitions. Critical
habitat designation or redesignation is currently under
consideration for two species of marine mammals in
Hawai‘i. Under the MMPA, the agency is considering
regulations designed to minimize incidental take of
two marine mammal species. NOAA Fisheries is also
currently implementing a voluntary program in Hawai‘i,
called Dolphin SMART, which minimizes behavioral
disturbance of wild dolphins caused by dolphin-focused
tourism.
This symposium provides a brief introduction by NOAA
Fisheries to the conservation benefits of ESA listing,
ESA critical habitat designation, MMPA take reduction,
and MMPA voluntary programs, and provides details
on specific conservation actions NOAA Fisheries is
considering or implementing in the U.S. Pacific Islands
(10-minute introduction, 4 10-minute presentations,
10-minutes Q&A).
SPEAKERS
• Listing species under the ESA: U.S. Pacific Islands
conservation actions, Krista Graham
• Critical Habitat Under the ESA: Pacific Islands Conservation Actions, Jean Higgins
• Take reduction under the MMPA: U.S. Pacific Islands
conservation actions, Jayne LeFors
• Conservation Benefits of the Dolphin SMART Program
in Hawai‘i, Laura McCue
FORUM: The Hawaiian Islands Humpback
Whale National Marine Sanctuary - 20
Years Later
Moderators: Malia Chow & Elia Herman
SYMPOSIUM: Land Preservation Workshop: The Tools of Permanent Land
Conservation
Moderator: Jodi Kaulukukui
The Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary celebrates its 20th Anniversary in 2012.
The Sanctuary was created by Congress in 1992 to
protect humpback whales and their habitat in Hawai‘i.
In 1998, a Compact Agreement was signed by the State
of Hawai‘i and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) to create a partnership in which
NOAA and the State co-manage the Sanctuary, an
unprecedented relationship between a Sanctuary and a
state. This panel discussion will include panelists from
the Sanctuary and its partners who will discuss and
answer questions about the Sanctuary’s work over the
last 20 years, as well as its vision for the future. Partners
span many constituencies, including but not limited to,
other agencies, ocean users, and scientists. The evolution of the Sanctuary to where it is in 2012 is a model
of management, outreach, and collaboration that has
witnessed a documented increase in the population of
the animals it was created to help protect. As we move
into our 20th year, we are mindful of the Hawaiian
saying “i ka wāma mua, i ka wā ma hope,” which means
“in the past is the future.” As we move forward to new
work on behalf of humpback whales and beyond, we
will look to the Sanctuary’s history as well as the rich
cultural traditions of Hawaiian ecosystem management
to guide our ideas and actions.
This symposium will review the various methods
of assuring the permanent protection of lands with
significant conservation values in Hawai‘i. Issues to be
discussed include zoning and other regulatory statutes,
acquisition and potential funding sources for underlying
fee interests or restrictive conservation easements/covenants, and examination of the challenges of permanent management of the lands to assure protection of
the specified conservation values. The discussion will
examine the relative merits of direct ownership versus
transferring title to other appropriate organizations or
agencies, as well as various management options that
can be utilized. The Tools of Land Conservation track
will consist of 15 minute presentations, with approximately 5 minutes for discussion and/or Q&A following
each presentation.
Topics for discussion will include: the political and
ecological circumstances surrounding the creation of
the Sanctuary; what it means to have a Sanctuary in
Hawai‘i; the Sanctuary’s successes and challenges; the
role of the Sanctuary Advisory Council (SAC) and some
of its recommendations; the Sanctuary in the context
of historical native Hawaiian traditions and genealogy;
how traditional and cultural perspectives of islands and
communities have been woven into the Sanctuary’s
vision; and co-management of the Sanctuary between
NOAA and the State of Hawai‘i.
SPEAKERS
• Local, State and Federal regulatory structures,
Jonathan Scheuer
• Legal Aspects of Conservation Easements,
Gregory Hendrickson
• Acquisition Strategies: Fee Interests versus Conservation Easements, Scott Fisher
• Direct acquisitions versus brokering lands to be held
by other conservation entities, Lea Hong
• State-related funding sources for acquisition of conservation lands, Sheri Mann and Molly Schmidt
• Assuring the Perpetual Management of Conservation
Values, Trae Menard
SPEAKERS
• Allen Tom, Regional Director for NOAA’s Office of
National Marine Sanctuaries Pacific Island Region
• Adam Pack, Sanctuary Advisory Council (SAC) Chairperson
• Walter Ritte, SAC and Native Hawaiian subcommittee
member
• Kehau Watson, SAC member and Native Hawaiian
subcommittee Chair
• William Aila, DLNR Chair
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T U E SDAY, J U LY 3 1 , 2 01 2
W E DNE SDAY, AUG 1 , 2 0 1 2
3 : 2 0 – 5: 20 PM
1 0 :0 0 AM – 1 2 :0 0 P M
SPONSORED BY
SPONSORED BY
Hau‘oli Mau Loa Foundation
The City and County of Honolulu, Office of
Economic Development
WORKSHOP: Changing the Face of
Conservation Leaders in Hawai‘i and the
Pacific: Nahululeihiwakuipapa
(Emerging Proffesionals)
Moderators: Sharon Ziegler-Chong,
Marion Ano
Nahululeihiwakuipapa means “The feathers in a sacred
lei made by placement one upon another.” Once
students, now young budding professionals, you approach a time of great significance. Now more than
ever, organizations across Hawai‘i, including the Hawai‘i
Conservation Alliance (HCA), recognize the need to
invest time, effort and mentoring into building the next
generation of conservation professionals and leaders.
This effort requires collaboration between conservation organizations and educational institutions, as
well as partners from the business and social sectors.
The goal of the emerging leaders workshop is to bring
emerging professionals in conservation together with
veteran professionals in the field to discuss how we can
synergize efforts, opportunities and programs that will
build the next generation of leaders. The workshop
will be primarily participatory in nature and workshop
attendees will be involved in providing guidance to
the development of an action plan for building the
next generation of conservation leaders in the coming
decade.
FORUM: Hawai‘i Green Growth Initiative:
Opportunities for Local, National & International Learning and Leadership
Moderator: Audrey Newman
The Hawai‘i Green Growth Initiative (HGG) brings
Hawai‘i leaders from energy, food and the environment together to achieve Hawai‘i’s sustainability goals
and be a model for integrated green growth. The
Hawai‘i Conservation Alliance (HCA) and other Hawai‘i
conservation leaders are active members of the HGG
Working Group. Achieving sustainability depends on
our ability to work across sectors and meet the needs
of diverse stakeholders. Hawai‘i will be most successful by working and learning with others in the region
and the world. In this session, panelists will provide: an
overview of the Hawaiì Green Growth Initiative, inspiring examples of island leadership in conservation, and
sustainability opportunities to collaborate to achieve
Hawai‘i’s sustainability goals The panelists will invite
your questions, concerns and ideas. Your input will
help strengthen HGG’s collaboration with HCA.
SPEAKERS
• Audrey Newman, Senior Advisor, Global Island Partnership & Hawai'i Green Growth Initiative
• Bill Raynor, Marine Program Director, The Nature
Conservancy, Asia Pacific Region
• Chipper Wichman, Director & Chief Executive Officer,
National Tropical Botanic Garden (NTBG)
• Laurie Carlson, President, Slow Food O‘ahu and Editor, Honolulu Weekly
• Robbie Alm, Executive Vice President, Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) and Executive Officer, Collaborative Leaders Network (CLN)
SESSION: Celebrating Successes & the
Work that Remains: Marine and Aquatic
Ecosystems
Moderator: Gerry Davis
SYMPOSIUM: Coastal Wetland
Conservation: Its Benefits and
Challenges for Recovering Endemic
Waterbirds
Moderator: J. Rubey
SPEAKERS
• Examination of feeding ecology of corallivorous fishes
to assess impact of health in coral reef ecosystems,
Trisha Soares
• A Multidisciplinary Approach to Restoration and
Sustainability of Midway Atoll’s Shallow Reef Habitats,
Kristin McCully
• Reading Between the Lines: Interpreting Public Support for Hawaiian Monk Seal Recovery, Rachel Sprague
• Investigating diet and foraging behavior to explain
divergent population trends in the Hawaiian monk seal,
Maire Cahoon
• Examining the Role of Macroalgae in Promoting Sea
Turtle Tumors, Migiwa Kawachi
• Innovation in Hawaiian Odontocete Research, Changes in Management, and Work that Remains: Pantropical
Spotted Dolphins as a Case Study, Sarah Courbis
• The Hawai‘i Fish Habitat Partnership: cooperative
aquatic resource conservation in Hawai‘i’s inland and
coastal marine waters, Gordon Smith
• Long-term Monitoring of Native Fish in Waikolu
Stream, Kalaupapa National Historical Park, Moloka‘i,
Hawai‘i, Anne Farahi
• Pearl Oysters (Pinctada) of Midway Atoll (Northwestern Hawaiian Archipelago), Kristin McCully
The intention of this session is to highlight the dedicated work, extreme challenges, and heartfelt rewards
that the Hawai‘i Wetland Joint Venture partners engage
in for the sake of wetland ecosystem and waterbird
recovery. Coastal wetland restoration and endangered
endemic waterbird recovery are complex issues in
Hawai‘i due to the finite island landscape and problematic introduction of non-native species. Aggressive
invasive plants severely impact the habitat capacity of
wetlands while predatory invasive animals directly kill
endemic waterbirds. In addition, recent hybridization
of feral mallard ducks with native Koloa maoli is leading
to genetic extinction of this particular species. Add to
this mix the looming issue of climate change and it’s
subsequent impacts of sea level rise, increased storm
events, and unknown precipitation and temperature
changes that will affect habitats and species. Challenges are great to viably recovery any of Hawai‘i’s
endangered endemic waterbirds. It is in this context
that partnership actions between federal, state, and local players have become increasingly import to making
headway toward recovery.
The session will start with a presentation by the Hawai‘i
Wetland Joint Venture (HWJV) Coordinator who will
also serve as moderator for the session. It will cover
the history and role of the National Habitat Joint Ventures, established in the 80’s under the North American
Waterfowl Management Act, and expand to the more
recent establishment of the HWJV. The HWJV, state
arm of the Pacific Coast Joint Venture, is a partnership
focused on habitat conservation of coastal wetland systems for recovery of endangered waterbirds. The work
of various Federal, State, local government, non-profit
and community partners contributes to all aspects of
recovery including: planning; research; site protection,
restoration, & management; training & networking; and
educational outreach.
HWJV partner presentations will follow demonstrating
their contributions to wetland conservation and waterbird recovery. The mix of speakers represent a spread
of agency partners across several Hawaiian Islands.
SPEAKERS
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• The Hawai‘i Wetland Joint Venture: Statewide Partnership for Wetland Conservation and Waterbird Recovery,
J. Rubey
• Importance of Federally Protected Coastal Wetlands
to Hawai‘i’s Endangered Endemic Waterbirds, Jared
Underwood
• Recovering Hawai‘i’s Endangered Waterbirds: the Role
of the Kaua‘i National Wildlife Refuge Complex,
Mike Mitchell
• Wetlands of Maui-Nui - Complexities of Management
in View of Stasis and Change, Fern Duvall
• Management of Kaua‘i Coastal Wetland Plant Communities with Prescribed Grazing to Enhance Habitat
for Endangered Hawaiian Waterbirds, Lex Riggle
• Fascilitating Partnerships: Hawai’i Wetland Joint Venture and the Conservation Registry,
Peregrine Edison-Lahm
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W E DN E SDAY, AU G 1 , 201 2
WEDNESDAY, AUG 1, 2012
10 : 00 A M – 12:00 P M
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
SYMPOSIUM: Hawaiian Rare Plant Facilities: Growing the State’s Rare Plants
Moderator: Margaret Clark
SYMPOSIUM: The Ecology and Conservation of Tropical Dry Forest in Hawai’i
Moderator: Elliott Parsons
SYMPOSIUM: Ku‘ula: Integrating Western
and Indigenous Sciences in Hawai‘i
Recovering Hawai‘i’s rare plant species from the brink of
extinction is a process with many steps and many players, requiring a high level of coordination and cooperation. Since the late 1980’s, the Hawai‘i Rare Plant Restoration Group (HRPRG) has worked to develop effective
methods to recover rare plant species, recognizing the
need for ex situ (off-site) plant propagation facilities,
and subsequently developing rare plant nurseries on
all the main islands. Currently, rare plant propagation facilities include botanical gardens, mid-elevation
nurseries, and seed storage and micropropagation laboratories, managed by HRPRG member organizations.
This symposium will focus on greenhouse propagation,
ex-situ seed and germplasm storage and micropropagation, and reintroduction of rare species into the wild.
Each panelist will describe a step in the process of rare
plant recovery
Hawai‘i’s tropical dry forests once supported a great
abundance and diversity of native plant species, but
the size of these ecosystems has declined significantly;
tropical dry forest cover has been reduced by 95% in
the last two centuries. This decline has been attributed
to a variety of causes including invasions by non-native
species, wildfire, logging, and other human land use
activities. Despite this substantial loss, mature native
canopy trees remain at some sites. On Hawai‘i Island
for example, the ahupua‘a of Pu‘u Wa‘awa‘a still contains
many pockets of ‘o- hi‘a (Metrosideros polymorpha) and
lama (Diospyros sandwicensis). These areas, however,
are often heavily impacted by non-native grasses and
shrubs and native understory is often sparse or missing. In order to make significant progress in dryland
forest conservation and restoration, information on the
ecology and natural history of the species of dry forests
and their interactions is critically needed. In addition,
information sharing between citizens, scientists and
managers will contribute greatly to successful restoration projects.
The critical need for research and resource management approaches incorporating epistomologies and
scientific practices of indigenous cultures has been
increasingly recognized worldwide. In Hawai‘i, many
resource management agencies are looking to traditional Hawaiian knowledge and management practices,
which places key value on the interconnectedness
and interdependence between organisms and physical environment that has evolved in a specific place.
However, determining the appropriate ways to integrate
knowledge systems and how to do so is very challenging. Over the last few years, student researchers of the
Kū‘ula class at UH-Hilo have conducted a number of
environmental research projects on Hawai‘i Island and
Pihemanu (Midway Atoll) by drawing from both Native
Hawaiian and Western sciences with assistance from
cultural practitioners, academics, and agency partners.
Research outcomes of the four latest projects will be
presented along with an introduction of the process of
inquiry in Kū‘ula research and an opportunity to share
perspectives from agencies and community members
striving to broaden knowledge bases in their management work in Hawai‘i.
SPEAKERS
• The Rare Plant Facilities: a synopsis of the current
situation, Adam Williams
• Collaboration Leads to More Successful Restoration
Projects, Patrice Moriyasu
• Hawaiian Rare Plant Facilities: Growing the State’s
Rare Plants: Collaborating to protect rare plants in the
Natural Area Reserves on Hawai’i Island, Lisa Hadway
and Nick Agorastos
• Contributions of ex situ Seed Banks to Conservation
of Rare or Endangered Plants, Christina Walters
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SPEAKERS
• Connections: Makai, Mauka, and Mo‘okuauhau,
Hannah Springer
• Status and Trends of Dry Forest Avifauna,
Richard Camp
• Response of a Hawaiian Subalpine, Dry Forest Bird
Community to Prolonged Drought and Habitat Degradation by Feral Ungulates, Paul Banko
• First Evidence for Annual Rings in a Native Hawaiian Tree: Investigating Growth Dynamics of Māmane
(Sophora chrysophylla) on Maunakea,
Kainana S. Francisco
• The Effects of Conspecific Density on Native Tree
Seedling Survival in Native-Dominated Wet and Dry
Forests on Hawai‘i Island, Faith Inman-Narahari
• Estimating population Densities and Potential Take of
Blackburn’s Sphinx Moth (Manduca blackburni) at Pu‘u
Wa‘awa‘a and Pu‘u Anahulu, Edith Adkins
• Increasing the Impact and Success of Ecological Restoration in Hawaiian Dryland Ecosystems,
Susan Cordell
• The Mauna Kea Forest Restoration Project: Accomplishments through 2012, Robert Stephens
• Tropical Dry Forest Conservation and Restoration
Challenges and Successes at Three Sites on Hawai‘i
Island, Elliott Parsons
SPEAKERS
• Introduction, Pelika Bertelmann and Misaki Takabayashi with video documentary
• Kamaāina i nā kino lau, Hōike ia nā Akua: Understanding Kinolau of Hawaiian Akua in Resource Management,
Kaleo Pilago, Kailin Kim, and Lauren Bauers
• He Hua nō i ka Noi‘i Noelo: The Application of Hawaiian Place Names in Scientific Inquiry, Hōkū Pihana,
Pua‘ala Pascual, and Melanie Dudley
• Ka Wai Mo‘o Mau: A Comparison of Midway and
Hawai‘i Island’s Water Cycle, Jessica Cleghorn,
Aleysia-Rea Kaha, and William Lundin
• Ho‘omeheu Nā Hulu: Following Our Ancestral Path,
Kanoe DeRego, Mahina Chang, Hoku Tobin
SYMPOSIUM: The 1992 Tropical Forest
Recovery Act - A Review of Achievements
& Work Still to be Done
Since passage of the Tropical Forest Recovery Act in
1992, and release of the TFRA Task Force Report in 1994,
The conservation and forest management community
in Hawai‘i has made significant strides in achieving the
various objectives lined out in the 1994 Action Plan,
with benefits to Hawai‘i’s natural and cultural legacies. This has been achieved through large scale and
effective conservation management, education and research, economic development, and most importantly
developing critical ridge to reef partnerships. While our
islands, near shore environments, and oceans are not
yet safe from the numerous threats posed by invasive
species, land-use, and climate change, there has not
been a significant recent accounting of the diverse successes achieved through the TFRA and the diverse unfulfilled or simply not anticipated needs ahead. In 2000,
130+ assembled themselves to assess the successes
and failures of the TFRA. In the 12 years since this first
assessment, and on the 20th anniversary of the Act,
this symposium seeks to review the accomplishments
of the TFRA Act and the Action Plan in the 9 Guiding
Concept areas outlined in the 1994 Plan: 1) Working
Relationships; 2) Traditional and Community Uses; 3)
Stewardship; 4) Incentives; 5) Training and Education;
6); Research and Demonstration; 7) Planning, Inventory
and Monitoring; 8) Economic Development; 9) Innovative Funding. This symposium will include an overview
of the 1994 Action Plan, review successes within the
above nine Guiding Concept areas, and explore where a
revised Action Plan might lead Hawai‘i and how future
Farm Bill mandated processes may serve as a catalyst to
advancing state wide planning.
SPEAKERS
• Introduction of Senator Daniel Akaka, Bob Masuda
• Greeting, Senator Daniel Akaka (by video)
• Conservation focused community progress in the past
20 years, Hannah Springer
• Conservation focused Cultural progress,
Ozwald Stender
• Achievements of the Tropical Forest Recovery Act,
Peter Simmons
• The Statewide Assessment and Resource Strategy &
the Forest Plan, Katie Friday
• Where do we go from here?, Panel: Ulalia Woodside,
Mike Robinson, William Aila
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1: 0 0 PM – 3: 00 P M
FORUM: 20 Years of Innovative
Government and Private Partnerships:
Protecting Hawai‘i’s Forests
SESSION: Picking Our Battles: Aliens
and Invasives, Part I
In 1992, two unique and innovative programs were
launched to help build better relationships between
government entities and private land owners. The goal
was to manage natural resources on both public and
private lands more effectively. These State programs,
the Forest Stewardship Program (FSP) and the Natural
Area Partnership Program (NAPP) were codified into law
to assist with the recovery of Hawai‘i’s diminishing forests and watersheds. The Division of Forestry and Wildlife will hold a one hour forum to review the first twenty
years and begin the collaboration with other agencies
to discuss what the next twenty years will require.
• Toxoplasma gondii detection in soils from urban
O‘ahu, Alisa Davis
• Impact of Feral Pig (Sus scrofa) Removal on Soil Carbon Fluxes in Hawaiian Tropical Montane Wet Forest,
Michael Long
• Successes and Challenges Using Highly Trained Dogs
and Systematic Approaches to Remove Ungulates from
Large Conservation Areas, Francis Quitazol
• The Kīpuka Project: A study of the interactive effects
of rat predation and forest size on food webs,
Devin Leopold
• The effects of yellow crazy ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes)
invasion and subsequent control on burrow-nesting
seabirds in the Hawaiian Archipelago,
Sheldon Plentovich
• Working towards the eradication of Yellow Crazy
Ants (Anoplolepis gracilipes) at Johnston Atoll National
Wildlife Refuge, Stefan Kropidlowski
• Who wants feral cats in the Hawaiian Islands and
why? Cheryl Lohr
SPEAKERS
• Welcome and Overview of the Establishment of the
Programs , Leah Laramee
• Natural Area Partnership Program, Randall Kennedy
• Forest Stewardship Program, Sheri Mann
• Closing Panel for discussion and recommendations
for the future of government and private entity programs, speakers and Melissa Irene Sprecher
SPEAKERS
SESSION: Continuing Challenges & the
Way Forward: Agriculture / Aquaculture Making Science Matter
SPEAKERS
• Bivalve shellfish culture in Hawai‘i and the Pacific
Islands: unrealized potential for food security, conservation and ecological services, Maria Haws
• Implementing Best Management Practices to Improve
Water Quality in Agricultural Watersheds, Jean Brokish
• Practice Makes Perfect: How the human element affected nitrogen cycling in traditional dryland farming,
Noa Lincoln
• The Benefits of Restoring Natural Function to Hawaiian Streams, Stephen Blanton
• Community-based Science Research: The Laulima A
‘Ike Pono Internship at He‘eia Fishpond, Judith Lemus
• Linking Recreation and Research: A Critical Evaluation
of Coral Reef Health Monitoring Data Derived from Reef
Check Hawai‘i Volunteers, Rachel Knapstein
FORUM: Clean Energy as an Economic
Development Strategy for Hawai‘i
The 1992 Rio Earth Summit sought to help governments rethink economic development and find ways to
halt the destruction of irreplaceable natural resources
worldwide. One of the resulting goals to address this
problem was the promotion and investment in alternative energy sources sought to replace the use of fossil
fuels, which are linked to global warming. The question
now becomes, what is the State of Hawai‘i doing to
rethink energy as an economic development strategy?
Hawai‘i is the most petroleum-dependent state in the
U.S. and as a result, we have America’s highest energy
prices. Energy costs are 10% of our gross state product.
Roughly 96% of the $4 billion we spend on petroleum
leaves the state annually, making us more reliant on
outside economies, thus weakening Hawai‘i’s economy
by approximately $2.75 for every dollar leaving the
state. This affects Hawai‘i residents, local businesses,
and non-profits as cash is taken out of circulation in
the economy as we pay for imported oil (vs. locally
produced clean energy). To protect Hawai‘i’s natural
environment and establish a new economy for future
generations, it’s obvious we must reduce our dependence on imported oil quickly. Oil price volatility makes
it crucial. Limited oil reserves around the world make
it critical. Climate change makes it urgent. And most
important – Hawai‘i’s abundant renewable energy
resources and energy efficient technologies make it
possible within a relatively short period of time.
SPEAKERS
• Mark Glick, Energy Administrator, Department of
Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Topic:
Clean energy as an economic development strategy for
Hawai‘i
• Ray Starling, Program Manager, Hawai‘i Energy;
Topic: Energy efficiency as a clean energy & economic
development strategy
• Robbie Cabral, Senior Advisor & Director, Innovations
Development Group; Topic: Native-to-Native: A true
Hawaiian public/private partnership business advancing
clean energy
• Richard E. Rocheleau, PhD., Hawai‘i Natural Energy
Institute, Maui Smart Grid; Topic: Maui Smart Grid & the
economic benefits to Hawai‘i’s economy
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3 : 2 0 PM – 5: 2 0 P M
FORUM: Communicating Science with
a Hawaiian Sense of Place: The Critical
Role of Teachers in Curriculum Development and Impementation in Schools and
Communities
Moderator: Pauline Chinn
Our work as school and community-based science
educators is informed by our place, Hawai‘i, where
responding to changing conditions with an ethic of
care, mālama, and responsibility, kuleana, historically
supported resilience and sustainability. But science with
a Hawaiian sense of place, described by Maly (2001) as
“the intimate relationship...that people of a particular
culture feel for the sites, features, phenomena, and
natural resources etc. that surround them” goes against
the grain of educational views that led to the removal
of the Hawai‘i State science content standard, “Mālama
I Ka ‘Āina, Sustainability.” Countering this move,
teacher-led science programs addressing the 4 Rs of
rigor (science content), relevance (place-based issues),
relationships (connecting school and community) and
responsibility (mālama, kuleana) have developed under
Native Hawaiian Education Act awards. Kulia I Ka Nu’u
teachers’ programs reflect research findings that “cultural practices encourage and sustain certain kinds of
cognitive processes, which then perpetuate the cultural
practices” (Nisbett & Norenzayan, 2002). Project director
and 7 Site Teachers from 5 islands describe place-based
science programs that connect learning to culture and
community-based knowledge, practices, and issues.
They establish school-community partnerships to support their work (growing native plants, removing alien
species, monitoring and restoring coastal and terrestrial
ecosystems), provide professional expertise, introduce students to future careers, and multiply limited
resources. Their programs support problem solving,
systems thinking, civic engagement, and “place-based
understanding of the interactions between environment and society” (National Research Council, 1999).
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WORKSHOP: Get ‘em Young: Why
Conservationists Should Be in the
Classroom
Moderators: Shannon Wianecki, Abe
Vandeberg & Allison Wiest
Twenty years ago, Hawai‘i high school teachers had
few, if any, island-based science materials to draw from.
Standard curricula employed mainland examples that
failed to engage local students in the natural marvels
of their home. Maui scientists and schoolteachers
responded to this void by creating Hō‘ike o Haleakalā,
a high school science curriculum based on the native
ecosystems of Hawai‘i. Since adopting Hō‘ike as an
outreach tool in 2004, the Maui Invasive Species Committee (MISC) has engaged hundreds of teachers and
thousands of students in a combination of classroom
visits, teacher workshops, and volunteer field trips. One
Hoike lesson, “Finding the Little Fire Ant,” evolved into
an island-wide student survey, ultimately resulting in
the first and only report of that destructive species on
Maui and its subsequent eradication. The East Maui
Watershed Partnership also effectively incorporates
Hō‘ike materials in classroom visits and interpretive
hikes. We’ve discovered that educating teachers delivers
exponential returns. Many are new to Hawai‘i and lack
solid backgrounds in native biology. Hō‘ike o Haleakalā
equips them with accurate information; fully vetted
lessons include breaking discoveries--making them
among the most accurate resources available on their
subject. They can be adapted for all islands and any age
group. Students can be powerful allies for conservation.
Hō‘ike o Haleakalā is designed to activate and inspire
this untapped force.
Our workshop will demonstrate how classroom education can: maximize outreach, establish a base understanding of natural science concepts, inform future
decision-makers, build public support, and enlarge the
potential employee pool.
SPEAKERS
AGENDA
• Pauline Chinn, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
• Jennifer Kuwahara, Mililani Middle School
• Matt Kanemoto, Kahuku High School
• Napua Barrows, Lihikai Elementary School
• Manuel Jadulang, Honoka‘a High School
• Sabra Kauka, Island School/Kaua‘i District
• Get ‘em Young: How We Use Hō‘ike to Create New
Conservationists, Slideshows by Maui Invasive Species
Committee and East Maui Watershed Partnership
• More Bang for Your Buck: How to Host Teacher
Workshops, Question & Answer
• Sample Hō‘ike Lessons:
− Wiliwili Gall Wasp Invasion. Students use real-life data
and Google Earth technology to respond to the 2005
wiliwili gall wasp invasion on Maui
− Frogs on Floor Four! Acting as hotel managers, students must balance the budget and create strategies to
deal with a coqui frog infestation at their resort
SYMPOSIUM: Sometimes it Takes an
Army: The O‘ahu Army Natural Resource
Program, 17 Years of Native Habitat and
Endangered Species Adaptive
Conservation
Moderator: Michelle Mansker
The U.S. Army Garrison Hawai‘i’s O‘ahu Natural Resource Program (OANRP) is responsible for managing
more than 100 endangered species from the Wai‘anae
and Ko‘olau Mountains and has been conserving native
habitats and endangered species since 1995. OANRP
has grown from a staff of four to its current staffing of
50 personnel and an annual budget of $6 million. The
Army worked with numerous conservation professionals and agencies in Hawai‘i to develop intensive
management plans, the Mākua and O‘ahu Implementation Plans (MIP and OIP), that guide this work. Presentations will include reviews of adaptive management
and innovations in the OANRP ungulate, invasive plant
and rodent control programs. In addition, endangered
species stabilization efforts for over 50 Hawaiian plant
taxa, 6 endangered kāhuli tree snails and the O‘ahu
‘Elepaio will be reviewed. These program area presentations will reflect back on their starting point, current
status and future challenges. In addition, presenters
will reflect on MIP and OIP habitat management and
species stabilization goals and the progress made to
date. The OANRP has been recognized nationally by
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as setting the standard
for restoration efforts across DOD. Lessons learned over
the evolution of the Army’s program will be tied to the
broader context of endangered species recovery and
the challenges of managing Hawaiian ecosystems at
widely varying levels of intactness.
SESSION: Picking Our Battles: Aliens and
Invasives, Part II
Moderator: Josh Atwood
SPEAKERS
• Hawaiian Mesoherbivores, Past and Future, David
Burney
• Upper Limahuli Preserve Animal Management: An
Evolving Endeavor, Chiemi S. Nagle
• Long-term impacts of exotic grasses on ecosystem
processes and species composition, Stephanie Yelenik
• Fantasy football for ecology and conservation: Building hybrid ecosystems in Hawaiian lowland wet forests,
Laura Warman
• Fire and the Invasive Grass-Fire Cycle: Management
Approaches, Andrew Pierce
• Wildlife Stakeholder Acceptance Capacity for Game
Species in Hawai‘i, Cheryl Lohr
• Predicting the Effects of Sea Level Rise and Introduced
Fishes on Hawaiian Anchialine Pool Ecosystems,
Lisa Marrack
• Expanding the Viewshed of Nomenclature: Aligning
Paradigm Needs of Conservation and Culturally Vibrant
Communities, Katie Kamelamela
SPEAKERS
• Sometimes It Takes an Army: The O‘ahu Army Natural
Resource Program, Seventeen years of native habitat
and and endangered species adaptive conservation,
Kapua Kawelo
• Drawing Battle Lines: Evolving Defensive Strategies in
the Continuing War on Feral Ungulates, Matthew Burt
• Taking aim at invasive weed targets: highlights from
ten years of O‘ahu Army Natural Resources Program
control efforts, Jane Beachy
• The O‘ahu Army Natural Resources Adaptive Rat
Control Program- Fighting the Never-Ending Battle,
Katie Franklin
• Endangered plant conservation efforts on O‘ahu,
Hawai‘i: Stability in the Pacific Rim, Matthew Keir
• O‘ahu Army Natural Resource Program Kāhuli Conservation: Tactical innovations, morale shaking setbacks
and uncertain victory, Daniel Sailer
• Battles Won in the War to Save an Endangered Hawaiian Flycatcher, Philip Taylor
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THURSDAY, AUG 2, 2012
3 : 2 0 PM – 5: 2 0 P M
8: 0 0 A M – 1 0 : 0 0 A M
SYMPOSIUM: Impacts of Global Climate
Change on Pacific Island Water
Resources
Moderators: Christian Giardina and
Richard MacKenzie
Ensuring the continued capacity of tropical landscapes
to provide clean, fresh water to sustain life and native
ecosystems is among the greatest natural resource
challenges facing Pacific Islands. Unfortunately, these
ecosystems are threatened by climate change, invasive
species, and land-use. This symposium will present
several papers that focus on: (i) impact assessments of
independent and interactive effects of climate change,
invasive species, and land use on ecological and hydrological processes in Pacific Island landscapes; (ii) efforts
to assess tropical ecosystem vulnerability to climate
change; (iii) integrated ridge-to-reef information on
how social, hydrological, and ecological variables collectively control the water system; and (iv) potential
modeling and decision support tools that can increase
our capacity to forecast global change impacts with
confidence.
SPEAKERS
• An integrated modeling and decision support framework for sustaining tropical water resources in the face
of global change, Richard MacKenzie
• Using the distributed hydrology-soil-vegetation model
to examine the impacts of climate change and invasive
species cover on stream flow in tropical watersheds,
Ayron Strauch
• Impacts of an exotic coastal phreatophyte (Kiawe,
Prosopis pallida) on groundwater availability in leeward
coastal Hawai‘i - how much water do they use?
Bruce Dudley
• The impact of altered stream flow on the health and
dynamics of an endemic amphidromous shrimp,
Ralph Tingley
• Decision support tools for prioritizing and quantifying
management impacts on watershed health,
Christian Giardina
• Linking watershed function, traditional knowledge,
and nearshore environments: how do flow reductions
affect marine fishes and coral assemblages,
James Akau
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FORUM: Energy Conservation through
Efficiency Measures
Moderator: Brian Fitzgerald
SESSION: Conservation Tools
Moderator: Trae Menard
It was said at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit that nothing
less than a transformation in our attitudes and behaviors would bring about the necessary changes needed
to achieve sustainable development and address our
environmental and socio-economic concerns worldwide. The 2008 Hawai‘i Clean Energy Initiative (HCEI)
was an unprecedented step toward creating this reality
within Hawai‘i. The HCEI goals are aggressive and aim
to transform Hawai‘i’s energy sector by achieving 40%
of our energy from locally produced renewable energy
sources, reducing consumption by 30% via energy
efficiency measures, and reducing petroleum use in
ground transportation by 70%. Achieving these goals,
however, will require something more than a government initiative - it will require major social change
rooted in our local values and dedication to environmental advocacy.
• Game cameras in natural resource management:
overview, comparison of features, and applications for
today’s users, Alison Cohan
• Evaluating Options for Participating in Carbon Credit
Markets on State of Hawai‘i Forest Lands, Elizabeth
Boxler
• Map Concepts for Conservation Biologists, David
Benitez
• EPSCoR Hawai‘i Geospatial Data Repository and
Image Services, Lisa Canale
• Long-term monitoring meets mapping: Integrating data tools to manage coastal strand vegetation at
Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park, Alison
Ainsworth
• Implementing a Conservation Data Sharing Network
for the Island of Maui, Hawai‘i, Samuel Aruch
This forum will demonstrate how energy conservation can be the easiest, cheapest, and most impactful
opportunity Hawai‘i state residents and businesses can
take to reduce electricity and water bills, reduce the
State of Hawai‘i’s oil use, and help protect Hawai‘i’s
natural environment and resources.
SPEAKERS
SESSION: Conservation through a
Cultural Lens: Hawai‘i and Pacific
Leadership
Moderator: Manuel Mejia
SPEAKERS
•Building Community Stewardship to Manage Their
Resources from Ridge to Reefs, Fatima Sauafea-Le‘au
• Establishing resilient, sustainably financed, Protected
Areas Network (PAN) in Palau, Umiich Sengebau
• ‘Āina Kaumaha: A Hawaiian Perspective on Resource
Management, Nāmaka Whitehead
• Understanding Mo: Traditional and Re-Emerging
Conservation Practices in the Marshall Islands,
Ingrid Ahlgren
• Monitoring Culturally Sensitive Resources - A Case
Study for Lake Waiau, Donna Delparte
• Imu o nui mai mauka i kai: Contemporary Native
Hawaiian Gathering Practices in Culturally Vibrant
Communities, Katie Kamelamela
• Belau Watershed Alliance: A genuine partnership
between communities and resource agencies that has
advanced conservation efforts in Palau towards one
goal - ecosystem based management, Joyce Beouch
SPEAKERS
• Hermina Morita, Chair, Public Utilities Commission;
Topic: Energy efficiency as an integral component to
conserving Hawai‘i’s natural environment
• Derrick Sonoda, Outreach & Marketing Manager,
Hawai‘i Energy; Topic: How to develop an energy-efficient lifestyle and reduce your electricity and oil use
• Carolyn Sawai, Internal Conservation Program Coordinator, Hawai‘i Board of Water Supply; Topic: Energy/
Water Nexus: How conserving water at home can affect
your energy consumption and energy bills
• Thanh Lam, Founder & CEO, Ba-Le Restaurant; Topic:
The business case for energy efficiency and conservation
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T H U R SDAY, AU G U S T 2, 2 01 2
8 : 0 0 A M –10 : 00 AM
SYMPOSIUM: Ridge-to-Reef Management
in the West Maui Watersheds
Moderator: Katherine Chaston
There are multiple threats of land-based sources of
pollution (LBSP) to coral reef ecosystems cross multiple
jurisdictional boundaries. As a result, the authority and
responsibility to address LBSP relies on a multitude of
government levels. To facilitate and enhance coordination of agency and community resources and increase
implementation opportunities, the United States Coral
Reef Task Force (USCRTF) initiated a Watershed Partnership Initiative in 2009. Distinct components of the
USCRTF Watershed Partnership Initiative include:
−Individual federal and state/territory agency contributions through direct application of resources, technical
assistance, and/or program expertise;
−A competitive funding program administered for the
USCRTF through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) that awards federal funds to local organizations and individuals to implement small to mid-scale
projects.
The USCRTF is implementing this partnership approach
in two watersheds: Guánica Bay/Rio Loco in southwest
Puerto Rico (2009) and Ka‘anapali in west Maui, Hawai‘i
(2010). The West Maui partnership will be discussed in
this presentation. Collaboration through this partnership is intended to increase federal capacity for coral
conservation by concentrating upland conservation
practices, habitat restoration, and protection efforts to
reduce impacts of LBSP on near-shore coral reefs.
SPEAKERS
• West Maui Ridge 2 Reef Initiative: The Umbrella Plan,
Cindy Barger and Athline Clark
• Ka‘anapali-Kahekili Watershed Management Plan,
Tova Callender
• Kahekili Conservation Action Plan, Lunalilo Kekoa
• West Maui Coastal Use Mapping Project, Kalisi Mausio
and Arielle Levine
• Ka‘anapali-Kahekili Makai Watch, Liz Foote
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SPONSORED BY
Hawaiian Electric Company
Work that Remains: Avifauna, Part I
Moderator: Jim Jacobi
SPEAKERS
•Nest site limitation and Predation in the Puaiohi or
Small Kaua‘i Thrush (Myadestes palmeri): using nest
boxes to expand and protect the range of an endangered species, Barbara Heindl
• Contemporary Genetic Diversity for the Kiwikiu (Maui
Parrotbill; Pseudonestor xanthophrys), Hanna Mounce
• Do Hawaiian lobeliads really need bird pollinators to
reproduce? A test using restoration plantings where
nectarivorous honeycreepers are present and absent,
Richard Pender
• Characterizing space use and estimating home range
sizes of ‘akikiki, an elusive Endangered Kaua‘i honeycreeper, Lucas Behnke
• Native and non-native frugivore movement patterns
and implications for seed dispersal, Joanna Wu
• Spatial and Seasonal Aspects of Food Resources for
Hawaiian Forest Birds, Anya Tagawa
• The Nesting Habitat and Spatial Distribution of Lāna‘i’s
Endangered Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis), Marie VanZandt
FORUM: Pacific Islands Regional
Climate Assessment
This forum is designed to introduce conference
participants to the science-consensus findings of the
Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment (PIRCA),
a collaborative effort aimed at assessing the state of
climate knowledge, impacts, and adaptive capacity in
Hawai‘i and the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands. The PIRCA
engages federal, state, and local government agencies,
non-government organizations, businesses, and community groups to inform and prioritize their activities
in the face of a changing climate. The PIRCA represents
a ‘network of networks’ that relies on the regional
culture of communication and collaboration to support
a sustained climate assessment process and produce
a preliminary written assessment in the Spring of
2012. The PIRCA focuses on three sub-regions: (1) the
Western North Pacific, (2) the Central North Pacific, and
(3) the Central South Pacific. The preliminary report is
based on a series of science-consensus workshops held
in 2011-2012 and describes observed climate variability
and trends as well as available future projections (i.e.,
model runs) affecting three focal areas: marine, freshwater, and terrestrial ecosystems; freshwater resources
and drought; and coastal inundation / sea-level rise.
Experts involved with the PIRCA will present on findings
and recommendations followed by a moderated discussion with panelists and forum participants on research
and management implications. Feedback will be gathered to inform the next iteration of the assessment.
SPEAKERS
• Jeff Burgett, PhD, Science Manager, Pacific Islands
Climate Change
• Melissa Finucane, PhD, Senior Fellow, East-West
Center; Lead PI, Pacific RISA
• Victoria Keener, PhD, Fellow, East-West Center; Program Manager, Pacific RISA
• John Marra, PhD, NOAA Climate Services Director for
the Pacific Region
• Deanna Spooner, Coordinator, Pacific Islands Climate
Change Cooperative
FORUM: Climate Change Adaptation:
Science Based Tools for Pacific Island
Communities
Climate change adaptation is implemented at the local
level, which underscores the importance of informing
and empowering Pacific Island communities to make
sound decisions about improving the resilience and
adaptive capacity of the ecosystems on which they
depend. This forum highlights efforts by the Pacific Climate Change Cooperative (PICCC) and the Micronesia
Conservation Trust (MCT) to facilitate opportunities for
community members, managers, and researchers to
partner on climate change adaptation through the development of two science-based tools. The forum will
begin with a presentation on an increasingly popular
adaptation tool, the vulnerability assessment, which
examines the potential impacts of climate change on
natural or cultural resource. However, past assessment methodologies were not designed to address the
unique biocultural context of Pacific Island communities carrying out adaptation activities where multiple
climatic and non-climatic threats to biodiversity exist.
PICCC is working across a broad partnership to refine
this tool and explicitly connect it to Pacific Island
knowledge systems and adaptation planning. Next will
be a presentation on the Micronesia Climate Change
Adaptation Toolkit developed by the MCT and its
partners to address key challenges faced by communities carrying out adaptation activities. It communicates
climate changes concepts and science in an accessible
manner, ensuring that community leaders are equipped
to lead adaption planning. This toolkit has received
international recognition for filling a gap between scientific knowledge and local understanding. The forum
will close with a facilitated, interactive discussion on
how to support the development and implementation
of climate change adaptation strategies.
SPEAKERS
• Deanna Spooner, Pacific Islands Climate Change
Cooperative
• Berna Gorong, Nimpal Conservation Area
• Lucas Fortini, Pacific Islands Climate Change
Cooperative
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T H U R SDAY, AU G U S T 2, 2 01 2
10 : 2 0 A M – 12:20 AM
SESSION: The Work that Remains Vegetation & Climate Change
SPEAKERS
• Thinning Acacia koa to improve multiple stand attributes, Thomas Baribault
• Annual patterns of demography in Hawaiian forests:
The first two years of recensus in the Hawai’i Permanent Plot Network (HIPPNET), Joshua VanDeMark
• Advantage Conferred on Koa Crop Trees by Targeted
Silviculture Persists Despite Overall Slowing Growth
Rates, Paul Scowcroft
• Impacts of the Tsunami of March 11, 2011 on Vegetation at Kanahā Pond Wildlife Sanctuary, Fern Duvall
• Modeling remnant rare plant locations on the island
of Kaua‘i : Using what we know to guide where to go,
Matthew P. Lucas
• Moisture and El Niño Drive Cloud Forest Species Assemblage and Upper Limit on Haleakalā,
Shelley Crausbay
• Climate change vulnerability assessment of the low
lying Northwestern Hawaiian Islands,
Michelle Reynolds
FORUM: Government and Community
Approaches to Marine Enforcement for
Pacific Marine Managed Areas
Moderator: Mike Lameier
SYMPOSIUM: Hawai‘i’s Vital ‘Ōhi‘a (Metrosideros polymorpha) Forests: How They
are Doing, and Why We Should Care
Moderator: Flint Hughes
Many different components enable the successful
management of coral reef ecosystems. One of the most
critical of these components is the ability and capacity
to enforce rules, regulations, and best practices. Yet,
despite its importance, marine managed area enforcement, at both the government and community level,
continues to be a major challenge in the Pacific Islands.
To overcome these challenges, strong partnerships are
being developed between government agencies and
communities in some areas. In other areas, communities are independently conducting marine surveillance, outreach, and enforcement activities to increase
compliance and deter illegal fishing. Hawai‘i has
improved enforcement through its community based
marine management partnership program, called Makai
Watch. This program is currently serving as a model for
Guam, which is developing a similar program. American
Samoa’s Community based fisheries management and
MPA programs have deputized officers who conduct activities in their communities’ marine areas. Community
based conservation officers throughout Micronesia use
a variety of technology, ranging from floating bamboo
surveillance rafts in Yap to radar in Palau, to deter illegal
fishing in MPAs. Additionally, PIMPAC and several partners have conducted a series of enforcement capacity
building trainings for enforcement personnel throughout its Pacific network. This forum will serve as an
opportunity for government agencies and communities
to come together and share their experiences related
to enforcement of marine management area including lesson’s learned, challenges faced, and networking
opportunities.
‘Ōhi‘a (Metrosideros polymorpha) is Hawai‘i’s most
common and most widespread native tree. Its habitat
extends from the ocean to our high mountain ridges
and from our deserts to our wettest bogs. Not surprisingly, ‘ōhi‘a is an integral component of indigenous
Hawaiian cultural frameworks, and its traditional
significance complements ecological justifications for
its protection, managment, and restoration. Much has
been learned about the form and function of ‘o-hi‘a forests from the past 30 years of research, and increased
understanding of ‘ōhi‘a stand dynamics continues
to improve conservation and managment efforts.
Although significant portions of these forests have been
eliminated or degraded by human action, relatively
intact ‘ōhi‘a-dominated ecosystems persist, predominantly in submotane and montane zones. ‘Ōhi‘a has
evolved into a remarkably successful generalist since
its colonization of Hawai‘i 4 million years ago, having
adapted through substantial past climate changes and
extremely variable annual weather cycles. As such,
‘ōhi‘a likely possesses an inherent capacity to persist
in the face of climate change. In addition, many ‘ōhi‘adominated forests comprise crucial watersheds for
human populations, and research is confirming ‘ōhi‘a’s
ability to provide this important ecosystem service.
Simultaneously, ‘ōhi‘a forests provide critical habitat
for a broad range of Hawai‘i’s terrestrial biodiversity.
Invasions of flowering plants are among the greatest
threats to healthy ‘ōhi‘a populations over the long term.
Invasive fungal pathogens and insects pose additional
threats. Only tightened, enforced quarantine regulations, supported by the national and international
phytosanitary system and the local nursery industry,
will prevent the eventual wholesale spread of devastating pests of this wide-ranging and critically important
native Hawaiian tree species.
SPEAKERS
• Alika Winter, Mālama Maunalua
• Chad Wiggins, The Nature Conservancy Hawai‘i
• Randy Awo, Div. of Conservation and Resource
Enforcement, Hawai‘i
• Berna Gorong, Nimpal Conservation Area, Yap
• Wayne Andrew, Hatohobei Organization for People
and the Environment, Palau
• Selaina H. Vaitautolu Tuimavave, Div. of Marine and
Wildlife Resources, American Samoa
• Albon Ishoda, Marshall Islands Conservation Society
• Sgt. Mark Aguon, Div. of Aquatic and Wildlife
Resources Conservation Enforcement, Guam
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SPONSORED BY
Work that Remains: Avifauna, Part II
• Modeling the Demise and Rebirth of West Maui’s
Newell’s Shearwater and Hawaiian Petrel Colonies,
David Ainley
• Occupancy Surveys for a Critically Endangered, Highly
Cryptic, Single Island Endemic, the Puaiohi,
Lisa “Cali” Crampton
• Assessing arthropod resources for the endangered
kiwikiu (Maui parrotbill) at Nakula Natural Area Reserve,
a potential site for reintroduction, Robert Peck
• Detecting the Elusive: Documenting Hawaiian Hoary
Bat Activity on O‘ahu, Ling Ong
• Stretching the boundaries: long-distance translocation
of Millerbirds provides hope for endangered species and
ecosystem recovery, Sheldon Plentovich
• Reproduction and movement patterns of translocated
Millerbirds on Laysan, Chris Farmer
• Movement Ecology of the Endangered Nēnē,
Steven Hess
SPEAKERS
• E Kū i ka ōhi‘a ihi — O Kū of the sacred ōhi‘a: Cultural
Significance of Our Dominant Watershed Tree,
Samuel Gon
• ‘Ōhi‘a Dieback on the Island of Hawai‘i - A 40 Year
Perspective, Jim Jacobi
• ‘Ōhi‘a Dieback as a Natural Process in Succession,
Dieter Mueller-Dombois
• The Fate of ‘Ōhi‘a forests; Evidence from Seed Dynamics, Invaded Systems, and Successional Pathways,
Susan Cordell
• ‘Ōhi‘a Recovery Following the 1985 Clear-Cut in Wao
Kele O Puna: Rebirth and Hope for Hawai‘i’s Most
Esteemed Tree, Flint Hughes
• The Many Forms of Ōhi‘a Lehua: Do They Matter?
Elizabeth Stacey
• There is More to Ōhi‘a than Meets the Eye, Naupaka
Zimmerman
• Examining ‘Ōhi‘a Lehua Through the Lens of Hula,
Kehau Nelson-Kaula
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Poster Session
SH OW I N G TH R O U G H O U T 3 -D AY CO N F E R E N C E
Poster presenters are available for talk story and discussion of research during
Communtiy Event, 5:30 – 8pm, Wednesday August 1, 2012
P oster List by P r esenting A u thor
*Indicates eligibility for Best Student Poster Award
Ainsworth, Alison
Amidon, Fred
Ansari, Shahin
Berthold, Laura
Boxler, Elizabeth
Breeden, James
Brooks, Samuel
Bruch, James
Chaney, Nancy
Comcowich, John
Courtot, Karen
Cusick, John
Dupuis, Cindy Jaya
Ellsworth, Lisa M.
Falco, Matthew
Foulk, Patra
Frauendorf, Therese
Gorresen, Marcos
Hart, Georgia
Idol, Travis
Judge, Seth
Kahakalau, Polanimakamae
Kaholoa‘a, Raina
Kapono, Mark K.
Kim, Anthony
King, Cheryl
Kroessig, Timothy
Lawson, Jen
Marshall, Anne
Mayeda, Ryan
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P-56
P-31
P-12
P-24 *
P-21
P-43
P-5
P-9
P-36
P-22
P-33
P-28
P-4 *
P-1
P-26 *
P-25
P-19
P-50 *
P-58
P-13
P-60
P-54
P-18
P-7 *
P-47
P-53 *
P-29
P-16
P-59
McFarland, Brooke
Miyagi, Kohei
Motyka, Peter
Mounce, Hanna
Nishioka, Chris
Okamoto, Douglas
Pender, Richard
Perry, Ho’oululahui Erika
Pickett, Elizabeth
Preble, Jason
Ragone, Diane
Randall, Jennifer
Rolfes, Tony
Rowe, Julia
Rueda Krauss, Oriana
Sale, Billy
Schlappa, Karin
Solodky, Lauren
Solomon, Lauren
Sugii, Nellie
Tavares, Melissa
Turner, Nicolas
Turner, Jason
Tyne, Julian
Uowolo, Amanda
Walsh, Patrick Myles
Walsh, Seana
Wiener, Carlie
Williams, Adam M.
Zanre, Erin
P-20
P-41
P-17
P-11 *
P-44
P-32
P-37 *
P-35
P-56
P-46 *
P-2
P-6
P-45
P-15 *
P-57 *
P-42
P-39
P-27
P-14
P-38
P-10 *
P-3
P-48
P-49 *
P-30
P-23 *
P-52 *
P-34
P-51
P-40 *
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P O S T E R SESSION
P oste r List b y Category
*Indicates eligibility for Best Student Poster Award
AG RI CULTURE
P-1
An Overview of the Hawai‘i Agriculture Research Center Water Conservation Plan in
Protection of the Honouliuli Watershed Preserve
P-2
P-3
Breadfruit: A Global Perspective on Conservation and Use of a Traditional Oceanic Crop
Baseline Study for Food Self-Sufficiency in Hawai‘i County – Mapping Agricultural Land Use
A L I EN & I NVA SIVE SP ECIES
P-4 *
P-5
P-6
Changes In Land Cover and Fire Risk Associated with Nonnative Grass Invasion in Hawai‘I
Monitoring and Control of Feral Cats on Kaho‘olawe: One Step Towards Eradication
Vegetation Structure Change: Post-Treatment of Pennisetum setaceum in Lowland Dry Communities of
Manukā Natural Area Reserve
P-7 *
P-8
P-9
P-10 *
Ungulate Management Plan for Keauhou- Ka‘u Unit
Tracking Invasive Plants in the Subalpine Shrubland of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park
First Establishment of a Biocontrol Agent for Strawberry Guava in Hawai‘I
Restoration and Management of a Montane Dry Forest on Hawai‘i Island
AV IFAUNA
P-11 *
P-12
Maui’s Protected Areas Shelter Long-lived Hawaiian Honeycreepers
Experiments with Developing and Using Supplemental Feeders for Kiwikiu (Maui Parrotbill; Psuedonestor
xanthophrys): Potentials for Translocation Efforts and Population Productivity Levels
P-13
P-14
P-15 *
Forest Bird Status and Patterns in the National Park of American Samoa
Territory selection by Puaiohi: Influence of food abundance, nest sites, and forest composition and structure
Seabirds as Ecosystem Service Providers: Allochthonous nutrients effects on plant communities and soil in
Hawai‘i
P-16
P-17
50 Years of Collaborative Nene Management: Successes, Challenges and Lessons
Comparing mtDNA diversity in the Kiwikiu (Pseudonestor xanthophrys) and the Maui Alauahio (Paroreomyza
montana)
P-18
P-19
Nectar-mimic Feeding Rates and Assimilation in a Captive Hawaiian Forest Bird
Accurate estimation of the abundance and population sizes of the critically endangered Nihoa Millerbird and
E D U C ATI O N & O U TR E AC H
P-33
O‘ahu
P-34
P-35
Conservation of seabirds on Kaua‘i: Collaboration and partnerships for the future.
Shorebird Protection Strategies to Minimize Non-target Mortality during a Rat Eradiation at Palmyra Atoll
P-36
P-37 *
P-22
Broadening The Spectrum: Methods to Engage Community in Hawai‘i’s Environmental Conservation Efforts
Dirt Bike Erosion Sampling: Using a Condition Class Method to Estimate Erosion on Trail Systems
Extant Nectarivorous Honeycreepers Do Not Function as Adequate Pollinators of Clermontia Kohalae at its Up
Per Elevational Limit: Implications For Conservation
P-38
A Brief Report on the In-Vitro Germination of Ochrosia compta K. Schum. (Hōlei)
M A N AG E M E N T TO O LS
P-39
P-40 *
Data Management in Support of Conservation Efforts
Modeling Socio-Ecological System Dynamics Using Stakeholder Perceptions: Implications for Collaborative
Watershed Management Planning
P-41
P-42
P-43
EPSCoR Hawai'i Scientific Data Management Portal – Managing and Sharing Legacy Datasets
Phenological Examination of Acacia koa and the Effectiveness of Systemic Insecticides
Habitat Suitability Modeling for the Restoration of Threatened, Endangered, and At-Risk Plant Species in DryLand Ecosystems of Hawai‘i and Southern California
P-44
P-45
Kalaupapa National Historic Park Conservation Baseline Repository (1900-2000)
Web Soil Survey: A tool to support land management decisions
M A R I N E SY STE M S
P-46 *
P-47
Analysis of Habitat Utilization by the Fish-hunting Cone Snail, Conus catus
P-48
Predictive Dietary Analysis using Stable Isotopes
Twenty Years of Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) Nesting Activity on the Island of Maui, Hawai‘i
(1991-2010)
of a Blainville’s Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon
densirostris) held for Rehabilitation
P-49 *
Estimating population parameters of Hawaiian
spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) in four
National Wildlife Refuge
CL IMATE CHANGE
COSEE (Centers for Ocean Science Education Excellence) Island Earth: Enhancing Ocean Literacy for Hawai‘i
F O R E ST H E A LTH & M A N AG E M E N T
Nihoa Finch.
P-20
P-21
An Environmental Education Management Strategy for Effective Rainforest Conservation of Manoa Falls Trail,
resting bays on Hawai‘i Island
P-50 *
Contemporary levels of harvest and perceptions
of change in abundance of culturally signficant
macroaglae (limu) on O‘ahu Island
Seabird Vulnerability to Climate Change in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: A Focus on Two Species at
Midway Atoll
P-23 *
P-24 *
P-25
Water, Water, Everywhere: The Effects of Predicted Sea Level Rise in Hawai‘i
R A R E P L A N T CO N SE R VATI O N
A Comparison of Different Carbon Credit Systems in the Voluntary Market for Potential Use in Hawai‘i
P-51
Insect Emergence Across A Precipitation Gradient in Hawaiian Streams: Potential Effects of Climate Change
on Terrestrial Food Resources
P-26 *
Hawaiian Rare Plant Facilities: Growing the
State’s Rarest Plants
P-52 *
Stream flow and grazing impact biofilm growth in Hawaiian streams
The Floral Biology of Brighamia insignis (‘ōlulu),
an Endangered Hawaiian Lobeliad (Campanulaceae)
ECOLOGI CA L RESTO RAT ION
P-27
P-28
P-29
P-30
P-31
Three Mountain Alliance Watershed Partnership:Forest Restoration at Keauhou Ranch
Restoration Model for Lowland Wet Forests of Hawai‘i
Restoration at Waikoloa Dry Forest
The Potential for Restoration to Break the Grass / Fire Cycle in Dryland Ecosystems in Hawai‘i
Effect of Batis maritima (Pickleweed) Removal Method, Weeding and Watering on the Survival and Growth of
Native Plant Species at a Coastal Wetland in Hawai‘i
P-32
A Hot Water Root Dip as a Pre-Plant Procedure to Help Assure Land Managers that Plant Recovery Efforts on
P-53 *
Lyon Arboretum Seed Conservation Laboratory:
Storage Trends of Native Hawaiian Seeds
P-54
P-55
Information Needs for Insect Conservation
Summary of 5 years of post-delisting monitoring
of the Tinian Monarch
P-56
Pacific Fire Science Consortium - The Hottest
Partnership in the Pacific
P-57 *
Establishment of an Acacia Koa Improvement
Program in Hawai‘i for Restoration of Abandoned
Their Lands are Safe and Clean for Reintroduction
Pastureland
P-58
Responses of a Young Acacia koa Stand to Thinning and Other Silvicultural Treatments on
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Mauna Kea and Comparison with Studies in
Older Stands
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SCI ENCE FA IR AWARD S
Each year, the Hawai‘i Conservation Alliance grants monetary awards to several students
participating in the annual Hawai‘i State Science and Engineering Fair, a project of the Hawai‘i
Academy of Science. The two winners of the Senior Research Award are invited to attend the
conference and present their research projects.
2012 Senior Research Award Winners
P-59
Ryan Mayeda, Mililani High School, Grade 12.
Analysis of the Allelochemicals of the Invasive Strawberry Guava (Psidium cattleianum). Teacher/Mentor
Award: Dr. Namthip Sitachitta, Mililani High School.
P-60
Polanimakamae K. Kahakalau, Kanu o Ka ‘Aina Charter School, Grade 11.
Effect of Water Quality and Stream Habitat on ‘O‘opu in Waipi‘o Valley.
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