Hawaii residents are urged to use the Pest Hotline to promptly report sightings of invasive pests such as snakes, unusually aggressive stinging ants, and illegal or unknown animals. Call 643-PEST (643-7378)
Raising awareness about invasive species in Hawaii is the primary purpose of the public outreach working group. This group is chaired by a member of the Department of Health. We recently updated our focus in the strategic plan to encourage citizens, law makers, and businesses to make responsible and informed decisions to protect Hawaii.
Goal: Educate the public and private sector about invasive species to positively affect perception, action and funding for control and prevention.
Our messages
We are promoting simple, easily remembered, one sentence messages to the public:
Plant native species (promote the value of biodiversity).
Our audience
Our priority audience includes:
Decision makers, with the authority and means to offer support and/or enact regulations
Special interest groups that play an important role in introducing, promoting, or observing invasive species (e.g., transportation agencies and companies, plant and landscape trades)
Students, our next generation of decision makers
The general public, in order to raise awareness of and concern for invasive species issues
HISC eNews
You can subscribe to our bi-monthly invasive species newsletter about the effort to protect Hawaii from harmful invasive species. Archived newsletters are also available.
