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Big Island Invasive Species Committee (BIISC)


BIISC Public Outreach

Some of the following documents are in PDF format and can be read with Adobe Reader.

BIISC published news articles

BIISC Early Detection Team articles

  • New plant records from the Big Island for 2008 by James Parson and Bobby Parker, BIISC (2010). IN: Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2008. Edited by Neal L. Evenhuis and Lucius G. Eldredge. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers, 107:41-43.

BIISC information booth presentations

  • Astroday, Prince Kuhio Plaza, Hilo, 1 May 2010
  • Puna Sustainability Fair, Kamehameha School, Keaau, 1 May 2010
  • Waimea Outdoor Circle Plant Sale, 24 April 2010
  • Kona Earth and Ocean Day, 24 April 2010
  • University of Hilo Earth Day, 16 April 2010
  • Palace Sustainability Forum, 20 March 2010
  • Laupahoehoe Music Festival, 20 February 2010
  • Bob Marley Day and Ag Fair, Hilo, Feb 7 7 February 2010
  • Mauna Kea Observatories Block Party, University of Hawaii Hilo campus, 24 October 2009

BIISC presentations

  • Hilo High School, 29 March 2010
  • Palace Sustainability Forum, by Jan Schipper, 20 March 2010
  • Kona Town Hall meeting 9 March 2010
  • Mangrove Eradication Project, Community Forum, KPUA Radio 670 AM, 13 January 2010
  • Biocontrol successes in Hawaii, oral presentation by Page Else at the 2009 Hawaii Conservation Conference
  • West Hawaii Fisheries Council meeting, 18 June 2009
  • Imiloa summer lecture series
    • Biocontrol, 25 July 2009
    • Space technology and invasive species, 1 July 2009
  • Island Issues radio interview, 1 February 2009

Other invasive species articles of interest to the Big Island

BIISC brochures

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Comments? Questions? Contact christy.j.finlayson@hawaii.gov.
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