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  • Waianae
    Mahina Lāʻau Hawaiʻi: Mele and Mea Kanu
    May 6, 2026
  • Makana Oahi
    Mahina Lāʻau Hawaiʻi: Mele and Mea Kanu
    April 29, 2026
  • Forest Talk: Loulu - Biocultural Conservation of Hawaii's Native Palms
    April 28, 2026
  • group from Dukeʻs Kaua'i restaurant helping remove invasive grass from iliau trail
    Pulling Together with Dukeʻs Kauaʻi
    April 28, 2026
  • Graphic promoting ʻŌhiʻa Lehua Day on April 25, 2026
    ʻŌhiʻa Lehua Day 2026
    April 21, 2026
  • Mahina Lāʻau Hawaiʻi: Mele and Mea Kanu
    April 16, 2026
  • forest talk graphic with these words underneath it: Under the 'Ōhi'a Tree.
    Forest Talk: "Under the ʻŌhiʻa Tree"
    April 10, 2026
  • Mahina Lāʻau Hawaiʻi: Mele and Mea Kanu
    April 8, 2026
  • Logo graphic that says: Forest Talk Episode 10 Haylin Chock Mountains to Sea
    Forest Talk: From the Mountains to the Sea: The Importance of Limu in Connection to Watershed Health.
    March 6, 2026
  • photo of someone making a limu lei
    Invasive Informant: ʻŌhiʻa Forests and Limu.
    March 1, 2026
  • Watercolor image of iliau plant with words "Pulling Together" above and "Aʻohe hana nui ka aluʻia" below.
    Pulling Together
    January 9, 2026
  • photo of biodiverse ʻōhiʻa forest with a stream surrounded by ferns by Graham Talaber
    Invasive Informant: ʻŌhiʻa Forests and Water.
    January 8, 2026
  • volunteers from keokiʻs paradise restaurant at iliau trailhead
    Pulling Together with Keoki's Paradise
    November 20, 2025
  • flyer promoting ʻōhiʻa love fest on Saturday, November 8 from 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with a native plant sale, educational talks, educational booths, food, crafts, music, prize wheel and more.
    ʻŌhiʻa Love Fest 2025
    October 24, 2025
  • photo of "Kaua'i spooky face spider" by Graham Talaber.
    Forest Talk: Letʻs talk Spiders!
    October 21, 2025
  • photo of sierra club volunteers holding ʻōhiʻa love banner at iliau trailhead
    Pulling Together with Sierra Club
    October 20, 2025
  • Mongoose Captured In Nāwiliwili
    September 8, 2025
  • Semislug photo
    Pests and Parasites Lurking in the Garden
    September 8, 2025
  • Photo of two Loulu at McBryde Garden, Poipu, Kaua'i, Hawaii.
    Forest Journaling with Loulu at NTBG
    August 28, 2025
  • Brendan Stogner tends loulu
    Forest Talk: Loulu Love
    August 20, 2025
  • ʻŌhiʻa Lehua Day Celebration
    April 24, 2025
  • color drawing of a snail with body parts identified
    Forest Journaling Workshop in Kokeʻe
    March 5, 2025
  • Introducing: Forest Talks
    February 19, 2025
  • Growing ʻŌhiʻa
    October 31, 2024
  • ʻŌhiʻa Love Fest 2024
    October 28, 2024
  • photo of biodiverse ʻōhiʻa forest with a stream surrounded by ferns by Graham Talaber
    Invasive Informant: ʻŌhiʻa Forests and Water.
    August 6, 2024
  • Wildfire presentation and invasive grasses
    July 15, 2024
  • Hawaii Invasive Species Awareness Month recognition by Hawaii Governor Josh Green
    HISAM Recognizes Kauaʻi for Excellence in Safeguarding Island from Invasive Species
    June 4, 2024
  • photo of lehua mamo (yellow blossom) at Limahuli Garden and Preserve.
    Invasive Informant: ʻŌhiʻa Lehua Phenology
    June 3, 2024
  • graphical illustration of ʻōhiʻa tree with words ʻŌhiʻa Give Away Sunday April 20 at 9:00 a.m.
    Invasive Informant: ʻŌhiʻa Lehua Day
    April 4, 2024
  • graphic illustration of ʻōhiʻa lehua blossom and the words, "forest journaling."
    Invasive Informant: Forest Journaling Workshop
    February 2, 2024
  • Invasive Informant: ʻŌhiʻa Love Fest
    November 6, 2023
  • ʻIʻiwi slurping nectar from ʻōhiʻa lehua. Photo by Jim Denny.
    Invasive Informant: Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death
    August 7, 2023
  • Roi image https://www.hawaii.edu/malamalama/2009/06/peacock-grouper-not-for-consumption-in-hawaii/
    Aquatic invasives
    August 3, 2023
  • Mature CRB Photo courtesy of CRB response team
    Welcome to the Invasive Informant
    July 26, 2023
  • Christmas Tree Alternatives
    December 15, 2022
  • Forest Fridays: Artists of the Forest
    December 20, 2021
  • CBB in a coffee berry
    Coffee Berry Borer Found on Kauai
    September 11, 2020
  • Orange Eye Butterfly Bush
    Know your Buddlejas
    August 7, 2020
  • miconia biocontrol HDOA
    Miconia Biocontrol a Possibility
    May 5, 2020
  • australian tree fern planted beside house and aerial view invading forest
    Australian Tree Fern
    May 5, 2020
  • Wood rose
    Wood rose
    February 2, 2019
  • Mongoose captured
    Live Mongoose Captured on Kauai!
    October 11, 2016
  • Miconia in the Wailua Game Management Area
    Managing Miconia
    July 25, 2016
  • Busy with Botany
    May 6, 2016
  • Rain Gardens in the Rainiest Place on Earth
    January 28, 2016
  • The Cost of Invasive Species
    November 24, 2015
  • Invasive Impacts on Erosion
    September 23, 2015
  • fireweed
    Using Insects for IPM
    August 6, 2015
  • Managing Pests with Paintballs
    July 21, 2015
  • KISC crew working on LTK
    Muscles and Machines
    July 14, 2015
  • Conservation efforts
    Walking the Line
    July 2, 2015
  • Patiently waiting…
    March 1, 2013
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