Big Island Invasive Species Committee (BIISC)
BIISC Public Outreach
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BIISC published news articles
- Early detection helps control invasive species
Article on BIISC's early detection actions to combat invasive species, in West Hawaii Today, 8 August 2010
- Little Fire Ant in Kona
Article on Wasmannnia auropunctata, in Hawaii Agriculture Bulletin, April 2010
- Don't say 'uncle' to eradicating little fire ants
Article on Wasmannnia auropunctata, in West Hawaii Today, 7 March 2010
- Plume poppy control expands in east Kau
Article on Bocconia frutescens in Kau Calendar, November 2009
- Tropical gardening advice: Kona rubber vine eradication
Article on Cryptostegia grandiflora in West Hawaii Today, 20 September 2009
- Awareness helps control invasive species - Plume poppy
Article on Bocconia frutescens in West Hawaii Today, 6 September 2009
- Invasive species in the Big Island (pdf)
Article on the Big Island Invasive Species Committee in the newsletter of the Kona Outdoor Circle, August 2009
- Australian tree ferns: Plant possible invasive concern
Article on Cyathea cooperi in West Hawaii Today and Tribune-Herald, 6 September 2009
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
- Hawaii's infested wiliwili trees being rescued by African wasp, Honolulu Advertiser, 7 April 2010
- Creating an action plan for dealing with little fire ants, West Hawaii Hawaii, 7 April 2010
- Man fights for mangroves: A Puna resident is suing Malama O Puna and several government agencies, accusing them of illegally poisoning red mangroves on the Big Island coastline, Hawaii Tribune Herald, 3 March 2009 (payment for access to archives required)
- Mangrove muck: A local resident and environmentalists square off in another invasive species controversy, Big Island Weekly, 9 December 2009
- Invasive nettle moth triggers Hawaii research, USDA Agriculture Research Service, 18 November 2009
- Little fire ants up the ante:
Arriving in droves, packing a mean sting, these insects are here and multiplying, Big Island Weekly, 28 October 2010
- Big Island Mangrove Eradication Project, Hawaii Wetland Monitor, October 2009
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Reseachers say varroa mite spread on Big Island is inevitable, Honolulu Advertiser, 21 September 2009
- Purple plague plotting:
Miconia can be eradicated if we all pull together, Big Island Weekly News, 13 May 2009
- Isles fear gap in inspections: Guam project increases risk of invasive species, Honolulu Star Bulletin, 10 March 2008
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