Program Booklet - Hawai`i Conservation Alliance

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JULY 16 – JULY 18, 2013
HAWAI‘I CONVENTION CENTER || HONOLULU, HAWAI‘I
21 ST HAWAI‘I CONSERVATION CONFERENCE
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Wildlife Biologist &
Practitioner of the Art of the Possible
By John T. Harrison
“When it comes to a
problem in wildlife
management, don’t go
off the deep end in some
esoteric, idealistic
approach to solving the
problem. Practice the
art of the possible. I
never forgot that…that’s
what kind of guided me
throughout my career.”
Ron Walker was a treasure. In choosing paths forward, we frequently seek guidance from
experience, and the span of Ron’s 53-year career in Hawai‘i wildlife management engendered
lessons that he shared freely, benefiting all those whose lives he touched. The perspective,
wisdom, knowledge, humor, and overarching pragmatism that Ron brought to a conversation
enriched the edifying value of his contributions.
Ron’s accomplishments as a wildlife manager entailed extensive administrative responsibilities, but his passion was most evident in the hands-on field management and research parts
of his job. As the arc of his career rose to higher levels of responsibility, periodic field surveys
including repeated excursions to the Northwest Hawaiian Islands in the 60s, leadership of
the Hawaiian Waterbirds Recovery Team in the 70s, and production of Hawai‘i’s first waterbird
recovery plan were cherished accomplishments. Despite his preference for fieldwork over administration, when a bureaucratic situation arose, Ron was a master of elegant solutions.
When asked what specific skill set was required to be a great wildlife manager, Ron responded
pragmatically. “Wildlife management, to a large extent, is people management. If you can’t get
the ear of the people, and by that I mean those in the field, wildlife biologists, environmentalists, and the general public, then you’re not going to have a successful program. You have to
let them know what you’re doing and be very open and honest about it.”
One had only to enjoy the privilege of working alongside Ron out in the field to really appreciate what an extraordinary man he was. Crowning his abundant written and illustrated archive
are numerous special places, where his sweat equity and his prodigious knowledge are on glorious display in the panoply of natural beauty and restored habitat that supports thriving native
communities. Countless students, interns, and starting wildlife professionals have enjoyed
Ron’s supporting encouragement at the trailheads of lifetime journeys of natural discovery and
conservation efforts, and each of them carries on his legacy.
ABOUT
R O N A L D L . WA L K E R ( 1 9 3 2 – 2 0 1 2 )
ALOHA!
Welcome to the 21st 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 and cultural resource managers,
scientists, ecosystem restoration specialists, and emerging professionals interested in moving conservation forward in Hawai‘i and the Pacific. In addition to thought-provoking keynote
speakers, Dr. Doug McKenzie-Mohr and Neil Hannahs, we hope you enjoy a wealth of special
events such as: “Welcoming the Next Generation” sunset reception at Longhi’s; “Community
Connections” Public Event featuring multi-sensory Hawaiian art, music and film; and a special
performance by George Kahumoku, Jr. during the Awards Luncheon.
A special mahalo to Uncle Pu from Mu‘olea community in East Maui for
providing the inspiration for this year’s theme Live Today, Sustain Tomorrow: Connecting People, Places, and Planet. Walter Pu is an interpretive
ranger in the Kipahulu section of Haleakalaˉ National Park. He is a board
member of Na Mamo O Mu‘olea, a non-profit organization dedicated to
protecting and managing the cultural and natural resources of Mu‘olea
and a founding member of the innovative ‘opihi partnership. Walter is
blessed to have deep generational ties to Mu‘olea and thanks and acknowledges his kupuna and ke akua for this connection and life.
With environmental challenges on the rise, it’s more important than ever
to make stewardship of our natural environment relevant to those who
depend on our island’s precious resources for food, water, recreation,
and livelihood. This year’s conference showcases integration of communities with their ecosystems and demonstrates that islands are like
microcosms for the world’s sustainability challenges. To this end, on the
afternoon of July 17th, we are hosting a cross-sector afternoon
that highlights how Hawai‘i is defining green growth to include
sound management of our natural resources from the mountains
to the sea and advancing innovative green growth initiatives
through multi-sector and international collaborations. Free to
cross-sector collaborators and the general public, interactive fora
and workshops will share Hawai‘i’s bright spots, and go deeper
into the intersection of conservation work with that of water and
food security, as well as tourism and culture.
As we move forward into the next generation of conservation,
let us express the most sincere appreciation to those “change
agents” that have helped get us where we are today. This year’s
conference is dedicated to one of those change agents, Ron Walker
(1932 – 2012), “Wildlife Biologist and Practitioner of the Art of the
Possible.” His memorial on the opposite page gives you a glimpse
into his life’s work; however no words can describe the impact his
53-year career has had on the preservation of native habitat and
the countless people and organizations he has influenced both in
service and as a volunteer. A hui hou, Ron.
Thank you for joining us as we work toward a collective sustainable future and community
of research, management, and education integrating native ecosystems through a variety of
scientific, cultural, and artistic lenses.
Mahalo,
Donate to the Ron Walker Memorial Fund
If you would like to contribute to the Ron Walker Memorial Fund, which has been established
to support activities of the Hawai‘i Audubon Society, please send a check payable to:
Hawai‘i Audubon Society
850 Richards St., Suite 505
Honolulu, HI 96813-4709
Donations of $50 or more receive a 5x7 or 8x10 matted print.
Please visit hawai i audubonsoci et y.org to learn more.
Lihla Noori,
HCA Executive Director
Barry Stieglitz,
2013 HCA Chair
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ABOUT
The Hawai‘i Conservation Alliance is a cooperative collaboration of conservation leaders
representing twenty-five 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 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 Steering Commitee
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum
Allen Allison
Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Ikaika Nakahashi, Blake “Brutus” La Benz
Hawai‘i Association of Watershed
Partnerships
Lisa Ferentinos, Trae Menard
Pacific Islands Climate Change Cooperative
Deanna Spooner, Jeff Burgett
Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture
Russell Kokubun, Neil Reimer
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Pacific Islands Climate Science Center
David Helwig
Hawai‘i Invasive Species Council
Josh Atwood, Teya Penniman
University of Hawai‘i at Hilo
Donald Straney, Jim Beets,
Sharon Ziegler Chong
Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural
Resources, Division of Aquatic Resources
Kate Cullison, Robert Nishimoto
University of Hawai‘i at Maˉnoa, Center for
Conservation Research and Training
Kenneth Kaneshiro, Rob Cowie
Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural
Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife
Roger Imoto, Randall Kennedy
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry
Ric Lopez, Christian Giardina
Kamehameha Schools
Ulalia Woodside, Namaka Whitehead,
Mililani Browning
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Pacific Southwest Region
Jodi Chew, Laurie Tippin
National Park Service
Melia Lane-Kamahele, Cindy Orlando
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural
Resources Conservation Service
Greg Koob, Angel Figueroa
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific
Islands Regional Office
Lisa Croft, Gerry Davis
U.S. Department of Defense Army Garrison,
Hawai‘i Natural Resources Program
Michelle Mansker
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries,
Pacific Islands Region
Allen Tom, ‘Aulani Wilhelm
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Ecological Services
Loyal Mehrhoff, Steve Miller,
Dan Polhemus
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Pacific Services Center
Kristina Kekuewa, Jean Tanimoto
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Wildlife Refuge Complex
Barry Stieglitz
National Tropical Botanical Garden
Chipper Wichman
U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Island
Ecosystems Research Center
Gordon Tribble, Jim Jacobi
The Nature Conservancy, Hawai‘i
Samuel M. ‘Ohukani‘ōhi‘a Gon III,
Manuel Mejia
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.
Hawai‘i Conservation Alliance Foundation
Board of Directors
Randall Kennedy, President
Robert Masuda, Vice President
Bryan Harry, Secretary/Treasurer
Christopher Puttock, Board Member
In Memoriam:
Ronald Walker, Vice-President
Hawai‘i Conservation Alliance Staff
Lihla Noori, Executive Director
Shelley Steele, Program Coordinator
Marion Ano, Capacity Building Program Assistant
Jenny Grondin, Program Assistant
Amanda Dillon, Program Administrator
www.hawaiiconservation.org
facebook.com/hawaiiconservation
twitter.com/HCAfriends
#conserveHI
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Mahalo Nui Loa to...
CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT TEAM
Barry Stieglitz, Ulalia Woodside, Manuel Mejia, Lihla Noori, Shelley Steele, Lee-Ann Choy
ABSTRACT SUBCOMMITTEE
Shelley Steele, Jennifer Barrett, Naupaka Zimmerman, Joshua Atwood, Kate Cullison, Norma
Creps, Naˉmaka Whitehead, Noelani Puniwai, Rhonda Loh, Steven Hess, Lillian Coltin, Stephen
Blanton, Irene Kelly, Ingrid Ahlgren, Thea Johanos-Kam, Stephanie Bennett, Robert Hauff,
Siri Hakala, Joy Tamayose, Jean Brokish, Afsheen Siddiqi, Jess Newton, Cynthia King, Alison
Cohan, Teya Penniman, Elliott Parsons, Luisa Cristini, Kevin Brinck, Bryce Masuda, Meredith
Speicher, Lauren Weisenberger, Betsy Gagné, Jim Jacobi, Audrey Newman, Pauline Sato, Paul
Scowcroft, Allen Sylvester, Breanna Rose, Diane Sether, Kanoe Wilson, Ulu Ching,
Hokuokahalelani Pihana
PROTOCOL SUBCOMMITTEE
Sam Gon, Ulalia Woodside, Keoni Kuoha, ‘Aulani Wilhelm, Melia Lane-Kamahele, Nai‘a Lewis,
Kevin Chang, Kai Markell
NEXT GENERATION SUBCOMMITTEE
Marion Ano, Kim Welch, Ulu Ching, Brant Chillingworth, Keahi Makaimoku
WORK EXCHANGE PROGRAM
Marion Ano, Jordan Ching, Pam Ozenberger, Jennifer Barrett, Shelley Steele
SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM
Marion Ano, Maile Meyer, Marissa Abadir, Amanda Corby, Lihla Noori
LOGISTICS COORDINATION
Jessica Hawkins, Lee-Ann Choy, Shelley Steele
STUDENT AWARDS COORDINATORS
Anukriti Sud, Jennifer Barrett
MARKETING
Stephanie Chang Design Ink, Jackson INK, Under My Umbrella, SocialKINE Media, Lihla Noori
SPONSORSHIP
Carolann Biederman, Amanda Dillon, Lihla Noori
SPECIAL MAHALO TO OUR WORK EXCHANGE PROGRAM VOLUNTEERS:
Amanda Camacho, Amy Hodges, Amy Thompson, Ana Cornwell, Andres Autrique,
Angela Wheeler, Annie Koh, Brian Yannutz, Chauncey Asing, Claudia Kamiyama, Darin Padula,
Delphine Berbigier, Denise Duenas, Doug Fetterly, Dorreann Kaehuaea, Elizabeth Anderson,
Grace Chon, Guru Bani “Mele” Khalsa, Hannah Bergemann, Jacqueline Baker, Jamie Tanino,
Javier Mendez, Jennifer Fung, Julia Rowe, Kawehi Sellers, Kamaehu Nihipali, Kelly Williams,
Kristen Saksa, Kristen Feato, Kristen Kelly, Laura Stanley, Leo Bell, Lili Evensen, Lillian Coltin,
Lindsey Nicolas, Lori Sakurai, Lucas Wheeler, Lynette Williams, Matthew Pratt, Matthew Schull,
Meghan Shaw, Michael Walker, Nanea Babila, Nick Dudley, Patrick Chee, Pomai (Albert) Lyman,
Raiatea Lohe, Rebecca Espinoza, Robert Schmidt, Ronald Miyasato, Sarah Courbis, Seana
Walsh, Shaun Campbell, Thomas Galioto, Tiffani VanEe, Tony Singh, Victoria Stout,
Kristen Maize
2 0 1 3 H A WA I ‘ I C O N S E R VAT I O N C O N F E R E N C E
Schedule Overview
MONDAY, JULY 15, 2013
Community-Based Social Marketing Training, Room 301AB
Hawai‘i Environmental Education Alliance, HEEA 2nd Annual Symposium
TUESDAY, JULY
7:00 – 4:00
8:00 – 8:45
8:45 – 9:15
9:15 – 9:45
9:45 – 10:00
10:00 – 12:00
12:00 – 1:00
1:00 – 3:00
3:00 – 3:30 3:30 – 5:30
6:00 – 8:00
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Exhibits and Concessions, Room 313. Wi-Fi café, Room 312
Opening Protocol, Room 316
Opening Remarks, Room 316
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Doug McKenzie-Mohr, Environmental psychologist and Founder of Community-based Social Marketing
Break
Session #1, See p.24– 26
Lunch
Session #2, See p.27– 29
Break
Session #3, See p.29 –-31
Opening Reception, Longhi’s Ala Moana
Sponsored by:
WEDNESDAY, JULY 17
7:00 – 7:00
Exhibits and Concession, Room 313. Wi-Fi café, Room 312
8:00
Daily Opening Protocol, Room 316
8:15 – 8:45
Keynote Speaker: Neil J. Kaho‘okele Hannahs, Director of Strategic Integration, Land Assets Division, Kamehameha Schools
8:45 – 9:45
Plenary Panel, Room 316. Hawai‘i’s International Role in Building a
Sustainable Future
9:45- 10:00
Break
10:00 – 12:00 Session #4, See p.31 – 33
12:00 – 1:00
Lunch
1:00 – 3:00
Session #5, See p.33 – 35
1:00 – 5:30
Community Connections Event, Afternoon: Bright Spots + Forums
3:00 – 3:30
BREAK
3:30 – 5:30
–kou, 3rd floor
5:30 – 7:00
Community Connections Event, Evening: Kupa ‘Ai Ka
5:30 – 7:30
Poster Reception, Room 312
7:00 – 8:30 Film Screening: Seeds of Hope, Lili‘u Theatre
THURSDAY, JULY 18
7:00 – 12:00
Exhibit and Concession, Room 313. Wi-Fi café, Room 312
8:00
Daily Opening Protocol, Room 316.
8:15 – 10:15
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 12:30 Session #8, See p.39 – 40
12:30 – 2:20
Awards Luncheon: ‘Ohana In Conservation, 4th Floor Ballroom
2:20 – 2:30
Break
2:30 – 4:30
4:30
Closing Protocol
FRIDAY, JULY 19
ESRI ArcGIS Online Training (offsite)
Field Trip: He‘eia Fishpond Tour (offsite)
Field Trip: Kanu Farm Tour (offsite)
For more information, please visit the HCA booth.
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SCHEDULE OVERVIEW
CONFERENCE PLANNING COMMITTEE
PLENARY
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
9:15 – 9:45am
Room 316
Doug McKenzie-Mohr, Ph.D.
Environmental Psychologist and
Founder of Community-Based Social Marketing
For over two decades Dr. McKenzie-Mohr has been
working to incorporate scientific knowledge on
behavior change into the design and delivery of
community programs. He is the founder of
Community-Based Social Marketing and the author
of three books on the topic. One of these books,
Fostering Sustainable Behavior: An Introduction
to Community-Based Social Marketing, has been
recommended by Time Magazine and become
requisite reading for those who deliver programs to
promote sustainable behavior. More than 60,000
program managers have attended workshops on
Community-Based Social Marketing that
Dr. McKenzie-Mohr has delivered internationally.
SPECIAL PLENARY SESSION
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
8:15 – 9:45am
Room 316
I Hawai‘i no naāHawai‘i i ka ‘aina:
We Are Who We Are Because of Where
We Are
Neil J. Kaho‘okele Hannahs
Director of Strategic Integration
Land Assets Division, Kamehameha Schools
Neil Hannahs directs the Land Assets Division of
Kamehameha Schools which is responsible for a portfolio
of 358,000 acres of agriculture and conservation lands in
Hawai‘i. These lands are deployed to promote a thriving land for a vibrant people by
implementing strategies to steward natural resources, promote sustainability, develop rural
economies and engage Hawaiian social enterprises in these opportunities.
Mr. Hannahs is a graduate of Kamehameha Schools and received BA and MA degrees from
Stanford University. He is active in community affairs, serving on the governance boards of
Queen’s Health System, Queen’s Medical Center, Moloka‘i General Hospital, Bishop Museum,
Polynesian Voyaging Society, Wai‘anae Community Re-Development Corporation, Hawai‘i BioEnergy
and Hawaiian Islands Land Trust.
He is also founder and co-director of the First Nations Futures Program in partnership with
Stanford University, and serves on advisory boards for the U.S. Army Garrison Command, as well
as the Richardson School of Law, Hawai‘inuiakea School of Hawaiian Knowledge and Sea Grant
College of the University of Hawai‘i.
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PA N E L : H A WA I ‘ I ’ S I N T E R N AT I O N A L R O L E I N
B U I L D I N G A S U S TA I N A B L E F U T U R E
8:45 – 9:45am
Room 316
Hawai‘i is uniquely positioned to highlight and address the many challenges facing islands
around the world. Our isolation and vulnerability are catalyzing innovative action to manage our
lands, waters, energy and food resources more sustainably. A panel of Hawai‘i leaders will
highlight Hawai‘i’s international leadership and lessons in their fields and explore the consertion
of the community’s role in advancing sustainability.
Hawai‘i Clean Energy: Mina Morita, Public Utilities Commission
Hawai‘i Food Self Sufficiency: Kamuela Enos, Ma’o Organic Farms
Nature + Aloha: Chipper Wichman, National Tropical Botanic Garden
Invasive Species Management: Christy Martin, Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species
Big Ocean: Nai‘a Lewis, Papahaˉnaumokuaˉkea Marine National Monument
World-wide Voyage: Mawae Morton, Polynesian Voyaging Society
Hawai‘i Green Growth: Audrey Newman, Hawai‘i Green Growth (facilitator)
TA L K S T O R Y : A L L I N T H E ‘ O H A N A
CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
OPENING KEYNOTE
PLENARY
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Awards Luncheon 12:30 – 2:20pm
Fourth Floor Ballroom
Kapua Kawelo, Joby Rohrer and Hi‘ilei Kawelo
Moderated by Ulalia Woodside, Regional Assets
Manager for Natural & Cultural Resources,
Kamehameha Schools, Land Assets Division
Kapua Kawelo, her husband Joby Rohrer and sister
Hi‘ilei Kawelo have a passion for caring for Hawai‘i’s
natural communities from mauka to makai. They carry
on the passion and commitment to “maˉlama i ka
‘aˉina” instilled in them by their parents and ‘ohana.
We will talk story with them about what it means to
be a part of a family that still lives close to the land,
still carries on traditional fishing practices, in addition
to being leaders in today’s conservation management. Kapua is the Federal Biologist for the O‘ahu
Army Natural Resources Program and Joby also works
for the O‘ahu Army Natural Resources Program as
its Senior Natural Resources Management Coordinator. Hi‘ilei Kawelo is the Executive Director of Paepae
O He‘eia, a not for profit organization that manages
He‘eia fishpond on O‘ahu’s windward coast.
The session will be moderated by Ulalia Woodside,
Regional Manager for Natural and Cultural Resources
at Kamehameha Schools Land Assets Division.
Ulalia’s work in conservation started early. Her father
took her along with him regularly as a child for the
Audubon Christmas count, and in high school she
spent summers with him mowing grass and building
bird islands at James Campbell Wildlife Refuge.
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COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS EVENT
EVENING: 5:30 – 8:30PM
Sponsored by:
Hawai‘i Convention Center Map, Third Floor
Free and Open to the Public at the Hawai‘i Convention Center
Partnership and Connection Opportunities for a Better Hawai‘i
AFTERNOON: 1:00 – 5:30PM
Sponsored by:
Bright Spots in:
Ahupua‘a Management, Led by Emma Yuen, Hawai‘i Department of Land & Natural Resources
Blue Green Jobs & Workforce Development, Led by Pauline Sato, Mālama Learning Center
Clean Energy, Led by Sharon Moriwaki and Mike Hamnett, Hawai‘i Energy Policy Forum
Climate Change, Led by Deanna Spooner, Pacific Islands Climate Change Cooperative
Environmental Education, Led by Michelle Jones, Hawai‘i Department of Land & Natural Resources &
Hawai‘i Environmental Education Alliance
Food Security, Led by Ken Kakesako, Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture
Green Funding, Led by Mark Fox, The Nature Conservancy and
Robbie Dingeman, Brandon Lee, and Amy Hennessey, Ulupono Initiative
Tourism, Led by June Matsumoto, Hawai‘i Convention Center
Voyaging & Hawaiian Culture, Led by Kim Ku‘ulei Birnie, Polynesian Voyaging Society & Papa Ola Lokahi
–kua Hawai‘i Foundation and
Waste, Led by Carol Fienga, Ko
Nicole Chatterson, Kupu Hawai‘i
HAWAI‘I CONSERVATION CONFERENCE FORUMS AND SYMPOSIA, open to the public:
1:00 – 3:00pm
FORUM: Tourism and the Environment
Room 315, For more information, see page 34
SYMPOSIUM: Seafood Security and Sustainability in the Hawaiian Islands:
Emerging Insights from Experts + Talk Story
Theatre, For more information, see pages 34– 35
3:30 – 5:30pm
FORUM: Na Hokua Kano — Having Strong Shoulders Accepting, Carrying and
Sustaining the Kuleana of Restoration
FORUM: Cross-sector Dialogue Regarding Hawai‘i’s Legal and Policy Options to
Respond to Climate Change: Coping with Decreased Water Supplies
FORUM: Cultivating Sustainability: A Virtual Farm Tour Featuring Sustainable
Agriculture Practices
Theatre, For more information, see page 36
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CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE:
BRIGHT SPOTS IN HAWAI‘I LEADERSHIP
MODERATOR: Audrey Newman
1:00 – 5:30pm
Room 316
Interactive round-table discussions (“knowledge cafe” format) will highlight inspiring
examples of cross-sector partnerships and programs that are helping lead sustainable
growth in Hawai‘i. Participants will engage in facilitated discussions and make new
connections on several topics of their choice.
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KUPA ‘AI KAKOU:
“NATIVE-BORN LONG ATTACHED TO A PLACE”
A vibrant, interactive collection of Hawaiian arts and
customary practices that engages all five senses:
sight, touch, hearing, smell, and taste. Let us gather
to build experiences with Hawaiians (and our Islands’
root culture) which by their very nature, conserve and
protect the natural and cultural resources of Hawai‘i.
TRAIL OF HAWAIIAN MUSIC
5:30 – 5:45pm only
Through concourse to courtyard
1. Pu–. Large triton conch or helmet shell
(Charonia tritonis) 2. Ipu Ho–kiokio. Gourd Whistle
3. ‘ili ‘Ili. A pair of river pebbles used as a
percussion instrument – ‘eke‘eke. Bamboo pipes, varying in length
4. Ka
from 0.3 to about 1 m width
5. ‘Ohe. All kinds of bamboo
6. ‘Ukulele
–niu. Small knee drum made of a coconut
7. Pu
shell with fish skin cover
8. ‘Uli ‘Uli. Gourds filled with small shells, seeds,
or pebbles. HAWAIIAN ARTISANS OF AUPUNI PLACE
4:30 – 8:00pm
Room 306
11. Lauhala Making –naka maoli
12. Aupuni Place: A variety of ka
practitioners and their haumana, demonstrating
and sharing customary practices. Kapa; Lauhala
–‘au Lapa‘au;
Weaving; ‘ie ‘ie Weaving; Lei Hulu; La
Lomi; Lua; Mea Kaua; Traditional Lashing;
Woodworking.
FILM
7:00 – 8:30pm
Lili‘u Theatre
13. Seeds of Hope Film Screening
POP-UP ART
1:00 – 8:00pm
Room 312
14. MAiRT: Maoli Arts in Real Time Gallery
featuring Native Hawaiian contemporary
painting, art and sculpture
POSTER SESSION
5:30 – 8:00pm
Room 312
15. Poster Session
EXHIBITORS
1:00 – 7:00pm
Room 313
PAU HANA TASTINGS + MUSIC
5:45 – 7:00pm
Featuring locally sourced food & drink
by O‘ahu’s favorite chefs
a. – j: Chefs Daniel Anthony, Raul Bernal,
Kealoha Domingo, Peter Foster, Kama Hoe,
Ed Kenney, Gary M. Matsumoto,
John Memering, Mark Noguchi,
Chris Okuhara
k. Naked Cow Dairy and Hawai‘i Food
Policy Council
l. Barefoot Wine & Bubbly
m. Kona Brewing Company
9. Jug Band
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10. Na– Mele ‘Aina
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AWA R D S L U N C H E O N
Thursday, July 18, 2013
12:30 – 2:30pm
OPENING ENTERTAINMENT: George Kahumoku Jr.
MASTER OF CEREMONIES: Barry Stieglitz,
2013 Hawai‘i Conservation Alliance Chair
Refuge Supervisor, Hawaiian & Pacific Islands National
Wildlife Refuge Complex
MY HAWAI‘I AWARDS: Takiora Ingram,
Pacific Writers’ Connection
2013 HCC STUDENT AWARDS & SCIENCE FAIR
AWARDS : Rachel Sprague, The Wildlife Society
Sponsored by:
TALK STORY: ALL IN THE ‘OHANA LUNCHEON
Kapua Kawelo, Joby Rohrer and Hi‘ilei Kawelo
Moderated by Ulalia Woodside, Regional Assets
Manager For Natural & Cultural Resources,
Kamehameha Schools Land Assets Division
PRIZE DRAWING
“Find the shortest, simplest way
between the earth, the hands,
2013 HCC AWARDS
and the mouth.”
The Distinguished Service Award shall be given to a person who has excelled by reason of exceptional
service, personal effort, and unselfish interest, thereby making distinguished contributions beyond the
immediate responsibilities of their position.
Lanza Del Vasto
The Outstanding Leadership Award shall be given to a person who has demonstrated exceptional
leadership in advancing environmental conservation in Hawai‘i over the short to medium term (several
years to a decade).
The Conservation Innovation Award shall be given to the instigators or champions of a procedure that
leads to significant advances to the structure or nature of environmental conservation in Hawai‘i.
H AWA I ‘ I A L O H A
Rev. Lorenzo Lyons
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E Hawai‘i e ku‘u one haˉnau e
Ku‘u home kulaˉwi nei
‘Oli nōau i naˉ 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 naˉ ‘ōpio o Hawai‘i nei
‘Oli ē! ‘Oli ē!
Mai naˉ ahe ahe makani e paˉ 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
Naˉ 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)
Naˉ ke Akua e maˉlama mai iaˉ ‘oe
Kou mau kualona aloha nei
Kou mau kahawai ō‘linolino mau
Kou mau maˉla pua nani ē
(hui)
God protects you
Your beloved ridges
Your ever glistening streams
Your beautiful flower gardens.
(chorus)
#conser veHI
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T U E S DAY, J U LY 1 6 , 2 0 1 3
ROOM 311
SESSION 1
SYMPOSIUM: Fire Science and Management
10 AM – 12 PM
in the Pacific- Past, Present, and Future
MODERATOR: Clay Trauernicht
10:00 AM
Premature Decline of Ecosystem Structure and
Plant-available Phosphorus on a Dryland
Chronosequence in Hawai‘i, Kealoha Kinney
ROOM 315
FORUM: Expressing Aloha ‘Āina by Embracing
Cultural Heritage and Place-Based Knowledge in
Contemporary Ecosystem-Based Management
MODERATORS: Malia Chow and Elia Herman
PANEL MEMBERS
Allen Tom, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
Adam Pack, Sanctuary Advisory Council
Walter Ritte, Sanctuary Advisory Council
Kehau Watson, Sanctuary Advisory Council
William Aila, Department of Land and
Natural Resources
SESSION 1
10 AM – 12 PM
10:00 AM
THEATER
GENERAL SESSION: Native Trees and Bats
MODERATOR: Gordon Tribble
SYMPOSIUM: Little Fire Ant, Big Problems
MODERATOR: Cas Vanderwoude
GENERAL SESSION: Integrated Marine Resource
A Proposed Protocol for Surveying of the ‘Ope‘ape‘a or
Hawaiian Hoary Bat (Lasiurus cinereus semotus),
Dave Johnston
Understanding Hawai‘i Resource Users' Knowledge,
Attitudes, and Perceptions of Coral Reefs in South
Kohala, Cynthia Grace-McCaskey and Leila Sievanen
(10-min)
--Long-term Trends in Reef Fish Abundance at Puakō and
Pauoa Fishery Management Areas, West Hawai'i Island,
Jill Zamzow (10-min)
10:20 AM
Post Fire Management in Hawai‘i A Case Study from Kaua‘i 2012, Sheri Mann
10:20 AM
Effect of Prey Abundance on Seasonal Movements of
the Hawaiian Hoary Bat (Lasiurus cinereus semotus),
Christopher M. Todd
Forty Years of Decline on Puakō's Coral Reefs,
Dwayne Minton
10:40 AM
Wildfire History Mapping in Hawai‘i, Elizabeth Pickett
10:40 AM
Sustainable Koa Forestry Depends on Superior Wood
Quality in Young Trees, J.B. Friday (10-min)
Integrated Landscape Indicators and development of Biocriteria to Evaluate the Health of Linked Watersheds and
Coral Reefs in Hawai‘i, Ku‘ulei S. Rodgers
11:00 AM
Examining Future Fire Weather Scenarios in Hawai‘i:
Impacts of Future Climate Change on the Frequency of
Severe Fire Weather Days, Andrew Pierce
11:00 AM
Historical Spread, Management Response, and
Technological Innovations for LFA in the Pacific Region,
Casper Vanderwoude and Gary Morton
A Sediment Management Technique from Vanuatu
Which Could Have Application for Hawaiian Coral Reef
Protection, Don Miller (10-min)
--Investigating the Influence of Kiawe (Prosopis pallida) and
Milo (Thespesia populnea) on Carbon and Nutrient Inputs
into Hawaiian Anchialine Ponds,
Kehau Nelson-Kaula (10-min)
11:20 AM
Economic Impacts, Social Implications and
Management Trade-offs for LFA on the Big Island,
Michael Motoki
Monitoring for shifts in benthic change in Faga‘alu Bay,
American Samoa, Rocco Tinitali and
Kelley Anderson Tagarino (10-min)
11:40 AM
Public Relations, Education, and Outreach Strategies
for LFA on the Big Island and Maui,
Lissa Strohecker and Page Else
Kahalu‘u Bay Education Center: Respecting the Reef,
Empowering a Community, Cindi Punihaole and
Matthew Connelly (10-min)
FORUM:
ˉ ina: Native Hawaiian (Indigenous)
‘Ike ‘A
World Views––Moving Beyond Integration
MODERATORS: Nai‘a Lewis & Pelika Bertelmann
PANEL MEMBERS
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Management
MODERATOR: Gerry Davis
Blane Benevedes, Papahaˉnaumokuaˉkea Marine
National Monument
Pelika Bertelmann, Na Maka O Papahaˉnaumokuaˉkea
Keoni Kuoha, Papahaˉnaumokuaˉkea Marine National
Monument
Maile Andrade, University of Hawai‘i, Maˉnoa
Nai‘a Lewis, Papahaˉnaumokuaˉkea Marine National
Monument
11:20 AM
Anthropogenic Fire on Babeldaob Island, Palau,
Tarita Holm
11:40 AM
Fire Management Parallels between Hawai‘i and
Arnhem Land, Australia, Clay Trauernicht
12:00 PM
LUNCH
LUNCH
12:00 PM
LUNCH
LUNCH
SESSION 2
SESSION 2
SYMPOSIUM: Approaches to Novel Ecosystems: Using
FORUM: Ho‘oulu Laˉhui, Ho‘ōla ‘Aˉ ina: Navigating with
1 PM – 3 PM
Ecological Analogues and Assisted Colonization to
Restore Ecosystems and Conserve Endangered Species
MODERATOR: Sheldon Plentovich
Island Communities to Enact Bold and Innovative
Conservation Initiatives
MODERATOR: Mililani Browning
1:00 PM
Assisted Colonizations and Ecological Replacements:
Past, Current, and Future use of Conservation
Introductions, Philip Seddon
PANEL MEMBERS
Ed Misaki, The Nature Conservancy
Opu‘ulani Albino, ‘Aha Kiole o Moloka‘i
Kaeo Duarte, Kamehameha Schools
Kawika Burgess, Kamehameha Schools
Lei Keakealani Lightner, Kaupulehu Marine Advisory
Committee
Kekaulike Tomich, Kaupulehu Marine Advisory
Committee
Nohea Kaawa, Three Mountain Alliance
John Replogle, The Nature Conservancy
GENERAL SESSION: Invertebrates: Gems of Our
GENERAL SESSION: Coral Reef Management
1 PM – 3 PM
Island Ecosystems
MODERATOR: Ken Kaneshiro
MODERATOR: Elia Herman
1:00 PM
Insect Conservation in Hawai‘i: Strategies and
Recommendations for Land Managers,
Matthew Meideros
The Humåtak Project: A Community Effort Restoring Guam’s
Watersheds, Coral Reefs, and Fisheries,
Austin J. Shelton
1:20 PM
Overcoming Challenges to Arthropod Conservation,
William Haines
Big Ocean Network: A Shared Research Agenda for
Large-Scale Marine Protected Areas, Daniel Wagner
(10-min)
--Guam Community Coral Reef Monitoring Program:
Engaging Guam Residents in Coral Reef Management,
Marybelle Quinata (10-min)
& Science
1:20 PM
Makauwahi Cave, Kaua‘i: Paleoecology Supports
Ecological Analogues and Assisted Colonization,
David Burney
1:40 PM
Plants as Analogues: Natural, Novel, or Nonsense?
Jonathan Price
--
1:40 PM
Native Arthropod Community Structure, Function and
Conservation, Paul Krushelnycky
Relating Recreation and Research: Assessing the
Reliability of Coral Reef Ecosystem Health and
Monitoring Data Derived from Volunteers, Rachel Knapstein
2:00 PM
Are Invertebrate Reintroductions Analogous to Disaster
or the Savoir of Native Ecosystems? Dan Rubinoff
(10 min)
2:00 PM
Quantification of the Arthropod Biodiversity in the
Alpine Region of Mauna Kea, Hawai‘i, Jesse Eiben
(10-min)
--The Endangered Sphingid Manduca blackburni and How
Biology is Interfacing With Developing Policy,
Fern Duvall (10-min)
Surveying Reefs for Resilience, Leilua Watson and Quenana
Failauga (10-min)
--Response of Hawaiian Reef Coral Montipora capitata to
Temperature, Irradiance and pCO2,
Keisha Rodriguez (10-min)
Hawai‘i’s Avian Extinction Crisis and the Need for Novel
Solutions, George Wallace (10 min)
SCHEDULE, DETAILED
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THEATER
2:20 PM
Using Structured Decision-making to Guide Conservation
Measures for Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Passerines in the Face of Climate Change, Beth Flint
(10 min)
-Novel Solutions for the Conservation of Hawai‘i’s
Forest Birds, Sheila Conant (10 min)
2:20 PM
Changes in Distribution and Abundance of Hylaeus
Bees on O‘ahu and Hawai‘i: Implications for
Conservation and Management, Karl Magnacca
Mesophotic Coral Reef Fish Communities of the
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: Endemic Planktivore
Dominated Assemblages, Randall Kosaki
2:40 PM
Ka ‘Ike a ka Makua he Hei na ke Keiki - Generational
Considerations for Biocultural Resource Adaptation
Planning, Stanton Enomoto
2:40 PM
Low Heterozygosity Suggests Inbreeding Depression
in Declining Populations of Wild and Captive-Bred
Hawaiian Tree Snails Achatinella lila and Achatinella
sowerbyana, Melissa Price (10-min)
--Introduction to the Snail Extinction Prevention Program
(SEP), David Sischo (10-min)
Creating Comprehensive Protected Areas: The Ecology
of the Puˉpuˉkea Tide Pools and Their Value within a
Marine Life Conservation District, Anne Rosinski
3:00 PM
BREAK
BREAK
3:00 PM
BREAK
BREAK
WORKSHOP: Nahululeihiwakuipapa (Students,
Stewards, and Emerging Professionals): Building
Conservation Legacies through Ka ‘Imi ‘Ike (Knowledge
Seeking) and Kahu Ho‘ıˉlina (Stewardship)
MODERATORS: Ulu Ching & Marion Ano
FORUM: The Native Hawaiian Plan: Enhancing
resource management through Hawaiian knowledge
MODERATOR: Keoni Kuoha
GENERAL SESSION: Terrestrial Restoration
MODERATOR: Michelle Mansker
GENERAL SESSION: Protected Marine Species:
Results of a 32-Year Program to Eradicate Ungulates to
Protect the Endangered Palila and its Critical Habitat
on Mauna Kea, Paul Banko
Understanding Spinner Dolphin Marine Tourism and
Human Perceptions in Hawai‘i: A Social Approach to
Assessing the Effectiveness of Potential Management,
Carlie Wiener (10-min)
--Please Don’t Hug the Dolphins: Visitor Attitudes,
Knowledge, and Behaviors Regarding Marine Wildlife
and Implications for Communication Strategies,
Sarah Courbis (10-min)
SESSION 3
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
SESSION 3
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Human Dimensions & Species Health
MODERATOR: Sarah Courbis
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
3:50 PM
3:50 PM
Restoration and Management of a Montane Dry Forest
on Hawai‘i Island, Melissa Tavares
How the Endangered Species Act Protects Marine
Species for Future Generations, Krista Graham (10-min)
--Incorporating Cultural Concerns in Marine Resource
Management: Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin Habitat
Conservation Efforts, Jayne LeFors (10-min)
4:10 PM
4:10 PM
Replacing Post-sugar Fallow Lands with Diversified
Agroforestry on the Haˉmaˉkua Coast,
Thomas Baribault (10-min)
--Preventing Island Extinctions: Knowledge Products in
Support of Invasive Vertebrate Removal from Islands,
Nick Holmes (10-min)
The Connection Between Sea Turtle Conservation and
Food Security, Minling Pan
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
Protection and Restoration of Auwahi Forest,
An Update, Sumner Erdman
A Model of Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta)
Habitat and Movement in the Oceanic North Pacific,
Melanie Abecassis
4:50 PM
4:50 PM
Science Versus Value Judgements: Is Trouble Brewing
on New Zealand Restoration Islands? David Towns
Estimation of Food Consumption by Hawaiian Monk
Seals Relative to Ecosystem Biomass and Fisheries
Overlap in the Main Hawaiian Islands, Rachel Sprague
5:10 PM
5:10 PM
Genetic Considerations for the Reintroduction Design
of a Critically Endangered Plant, Schiedea kaalae
(Caryophyllaceae), Lauren Weisenberger
Dorsal Fin Disfigurements of Melon-Headed Whales
(Peponocephala electra) in Hawai'i as Evidence of
Anthropogenic Interactions, Jessica M. Aschettino
(10-min)
5:30 PM
CLOSING PROTOCOL
CLOSING PROTOCOL
5:30 PM
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CLOSING PROTOCOL
CLOSING PROTOCOL
SCHEDULE, DETAILED
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SESSION 4
10 AM – 12 PM
10:00 AM
GENERAL SESSION: Advancing Biosecurity
MODERATOR: Josh Atwood
Attack of the Clone: Humans Rally to Protect Ka‘ala
from an Invasive Moss, Amanda Hardman and
Stephanie Joe
10:20 AM
Invertebrate Diversity and Biomass Across a Hawaiian
Stream Rainfall Gradient: Effects of Climate Change
on Native Aquatic-linked Macrofauna Food Resources,
Therese Frauendorf (10-min)
--Kaua‘i Mongoose: Can We Eradicate Them?
Theresa Menard (10-min)
10:40 AM
A Tale of Two Invaders and Two Islands: Fountain Grass
and Ivy Gourd on Maui and Laˉna‘i, Brooke Mahnken
(10-min)
--Monitoring and Management of Myoporum Thrips, a
Pest of Naio in Hawai‘i, Cynthia King (10-min)
11:00 AM
The Value of Intensive Surveys of Alien Species:
The Kahului Airport Experience, Francis Howarth
11:20 AM
Initial Testing of Two New Insects for the Biological
Control of Miconia calvescens, Kenneth Puliafico
(10-min)
--Hawaiian Grown Christmas Trees: A Solution to
Imported Pests? Elizabeth Boxler and Sheri Mann
(10-min)
ROOM 315
FORUM: Managing for Climate Change: How Lessons
SESSION 4
Learned from the Hawaiian Archipelago Could be
Applied to the Pacific Marine National Monuments
MODERATOR: Samantha Brooke
10 AM – 12 PM
PANEL MEMBERS
Midori Akamine, NOAA Fisheries
Dan Polhemus, USFWS
Jim Potemra, UH Maˉnoa/IPRC
Jesse Souki, State of Hawai‘i - Office of Planning
and Local Communities in Planning and
Implementing Climate Change Adaptation Efforts in
the Pacific Island Region
MODERATOR: Art Sussman
LUNCH
LUNCH
MODERATOR: Allen Tom
SYMPOSIUM: Seafood Security and Sustainability in
11:00 AM
11:20 AM
PANEL MEMBERS
Art Sussman, WestEd
Lisa Andon, Micronesia Conservation Trust
SESSION 5
Building Partnerships for a Sustainable Future: Bright
Spots in Hawai‘i Leadership Organized by Hawai‘i
Green Growth (Part I)
SESSION 5
CO-ORGANIZERS
1:00 PM
1:40 PM
1:40 PM
Hawai'i Environmental Funders Forum An Overview and Evaluation of Hawai‘i’s Funding
Landscape
MODERATOR: Manuel Mejia
12:00 PM
10:20 AM
10:40 AM
FORUM: Connecting Resource Managers, Educators,
FORUM:
PANEL MEMBERS
LUNCH
1:20 PM
Building and Strengthening Indigenous
Knowledge Systems and Institutions to Manage
Threats to Cultural Landscapes
MODERATOR: Mervyn L. Tano
Eric Co, Harold K.L. Castle Foundation
Josh Stanbro, Hawai‘i Community Foundation
Scott Bloom, NOAA-NMFS Pacific Islands Regional
Office (PIRO)
Kathy Chaston, NOAA-NOS Pacific Services Center
(PSC)
Stephanie Lum-King Bennett, NOAA-NOS Pacific
Services Center (PSC)
Robin Midkiff, Atherton Family Foundation
Darren Lerner, University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant
Neil Hannahs, Kamehameha Schools
Hawley Iona, Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Michael Hamnett, Hawai‘i Coral Reef Research
Initiative (HCRI)
Jason Philibotte, Conservation International Hawai‘i
Fish Trust (CI-HFT)
12:00 PM
Audrey Newman, Hawai‘i Green Growth & Global Island
Partnership
‘Aulani Wilhelm, Papahaˉ naumokuaˉ kea Marine National
Monument & World Heritage Site
Amy Hennessey, Ulupono Initiative
Brandon Lee, Ulupono Initiative
Breanna Rose, Hawai‘i Green Growth
Carol Fienga, Kōkua Hawai‘i Foundation
Chipper Wichman, National Tropical Botanical Garden
Deanna Spooner, Pacific Islands Climate Change
Cooperative
Emma Yuen, Department of Land & Natural Resources
Jackie Kozak Thiel, Hawai‘i Invasive Species Council
June Matsumoto, Hawai‘i Convention Center
Ken Kakesako, Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture
Kim Ku‘ulei Birnie, Polynesian Voyaging Society & Papa
Ola Lokahi
Mark Fox, The Nature Conservancy
Michelle Jones, Department of Land & Natural Resources & Hawai‘i Environmental Education Alliance
Pauline Sato, Maˉ lama Learning Center & Agricultural
Leadership Foundation of Hawai‘i
Piia Aarma, Pineapple Tweed Public Relations &
Marketing
Sharon Moriwaki, Hawai‘i Energy Policy Forum
WORKSHOP:
PANEL MEMBERS
Coral Disease Prevalence in O‘ahu’s Marine Life
Conservation Districts, Maya Walton (10-min)
--Avian Disease Assessment at Midway Atoll
National Wildlife Refuge, Dennis LaPointe (10-min)
1:00 PM
THEATER
Mervyn Tano, International Institute for Indigenous
Resource Management
Daniel Wildcat, Haskell Indian Nations University
10:00 AM
11:40 AM
1 PM – 3 PM
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ROOM 311*
11:40 AM
LUNCH
1 PM – 3 PM
1:20 PM
1:40 PM
SCHEDULE, DETAILED
ROOM 316
the Hawaiian Islands: Emerging Insights from Experts
MODERATOR: Jack Kittinger
PANEL MEMBERS
SPEAKERS
Allen Tom, NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
Andrew Rossiter, Waikıˉkıˉ Aquarium
Noelani Schilling-Wheeler, O‘ahu Visitors Bureau
Kelly Hoen, The Royal Hawaiian
Neil Hannahs, Land Assets Division of Kamehameha
Schools
• Seafood Security Collaborative Research Project:
Involving Local Fishers in Fisheries Management,
Mahana Gomes and Bart Wilcox
• Fish Flow, Seafood Security, and Coastal Sustainability in Hawaiian Communities, Jack Kittinger
• Coral Reef Fish Markets in the Hawaiian Islands,
Nicole Milne
• Know Your Fisherman, Know Your Fish: Engaging the
Fish-Eating Public through the Community Supported
Fishery (CSF) Model, Alan Lovewell
• Merging Seafood Security and Food Sovereignty
Through Tactical Policy Activism, Ashley Lukens
• Nana i ke kumu: Look to the Source: Understanding
• Our Role in the Culinary Sector to Connect
Community, Food, and Education, Mark Noguchi
1:40 PM
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ROOM 311*
ROOM 315
SESSION 6
3:30 – 5:30 PM
3:30 PM
3:50 PM
4:10 PM
4:30 PM
4:50 PM
5:10 PM
5:30 PM
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2:00 PM
BREAK
BREAK
Building Partnerships for a Sustainable Future: Bright
Spots in Hawai‘i Leadership Organized by the Hawai‘i
Green Growth (Part II)
FORUM: Naˉ Hokua Kano- Having Strong Shoulders
2:20 PM
PANEL MEMBERS
2:40 PM
Jack Kittinger, Stanford University
Jason Philibotte, Conservation International,
Hawai‘i Fish Trust
Ashley Lukens, University of Hawai‘i
Nicole Milne, The Kohala Center
3:00 PM
BREAK
BREAK
SESSION 6
FORUM: Cross-sector Dialogue Regarding Hawai‘i’s
FORUM: Cultivating Sustainability: A Virtual Farm Tour
Accepting, Carrying and Sustaining the Kuleana of
Restoration
MODERATORS: Kıˉhei Nahale-a and
Yvonne Yarber Carter
3:30 – 5:30 PM
3:30 PM
CO-ORGANIZERS
SPEAKERS
Audrey Newman, Hawai‘i Green Growth & Global Island
Partnership
‘Aulani Wilhelm, Papahaˉ naumokuaˉ kea Marine National
Breanna Rose, Hawai‘i Green Growth Initiative
Chipper Wichman, National Tropical Botanic Garden
Deanna Spooner, Pacific Islands Climate Change
Cooperative
Emma Yuen, Department of Land & Natural Resources
Jackie Kozak Thiel, Hawai‘i Invasive Species Council
June Matsumoto, Hawai‘i Convention Center
Ken Kakesako, Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture
Kim Ku‘ulei Birnie, Polynesian Voyaging Society & Papa
Ola Lokahi
Mark Fox, The Nature Conservancy
Michelle Jones, Department of Land & Natural Resources & Hawai‘i Environmental Education Alliance
Pauline Sato, Maˉ lama Learning Center & Agricultural
Leadership Foundation of Hawai‘i
Piia Aarma, Pineapple Tweed Public Relations &
Marketing
Sharon Moriwaki, Hawai‘i Energy Policy Forum
• Concept and Inception of Papahana Kuaola,
Keoni Kuoha
• Restoring Landscape that Restores Community,
Kapalikuˉ Schirman
• Reconnecting Community to its Landbase,
Kıˉhei Nahale-a
• Connecting to Place. Mo‘olelo Wahi Pana,
Ku‘ulei Keakealani
• The Importance of Recognizing Shifting Baselines,
• Kumu La‘au and Aloha ‘aˉina, Cultural, Botanical &
Management Integration, Wilds Pihanui Brawner
• Hana Ike‘. Learn by Working and Singing Together,
Keoki Apokolani Carter
CLOSING PROTOCOL
CLOSING PROTOCOL
FORUM: Seafood Security and Sustainability in the
Hawaiian Islands: An Interactive Talk Story Session on
Solutions
3:50 PM
Legal and Policy Options to Respond to Climate
Change: Coping with Decreased Water Supplies
MODERATOR: Issac Moriwake
PANEL MEMBERS
Featuring Sustainable Agriculture Practices
MODERATOR: Jean Brokish
PANEL MEMBERS
• Tom Giambelluca, University of Hawai‘i Maˉnoa,
Department of Geography
• Barry Usagawa, Honolulu Board of Water Supply
• William Tam, Commission on Water
Resource Management
• Richard Wallsgrove, Blue Planet Foundation
Jean Brokish, O‘ahu Resource Conservation and
Development Council
Lisa Zeman, O‘ahu Fresh
Puaonaona Stibbard, O‘ahu Soil and
Water Conservation Districts
Fred Lau, Mari’s Gardens
Jonas Otsuji, Otsuji Farms
Mary Wilkowski, HI Tea-Shop
Kim Coffee-Isaak, Agricultural Leadership
Foundation of Hawai‘i
CLOSING PROTOCOL
CLOSING PROTOCOL
4:10 PM
SCHEDULE, DETAILED
2:00 PM
THEATER
4:30 PM
4:50 PM
5:10 PM
5:30 PM
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ROOM 316*
SESSION 7
FORUM: Empowering Communities to Enhance
GENERAL SESSION: Our Changing Climate:
SESSION 7
8:15 – 10:15 AM
Resource Management Through Conservation
Action Planning
MODERATOR: Manuel Mejia
Learning & Research
MODERATOR: Deanna Spooner
8:15 – 10:15 AM
8:15 AM
The Human Ecological Footprint in Pre-Contact Hawai‘i:
Lessons for Our Changing Island Landscapes,
Samuel Gon III
8:15 AM
Quantifying Wedge-tailed Shearwater Road
Mortality Along Southeastern O‘ahu, Hawai‘i
(2011-2012), Devon Francke (10-min)
--Feeding the Future: Maximizing the Potential for Marine
Aquaculture in the U.S. Pacific Islands, While
Minimizing the Risk, Alan Everson (10-min)
8:35 AM
Learning from Traditional Ecological Knowledge to
Understand Climate Change Impacts and Preserve Key
Cultural and Natural Resources in Ka‘uˉpuˉlehu,
Heather McMillan
8:35 AM
Monitoring Endangered Seabirds in Upper Limahuli,
Andre Raine
8:55 AM
A Landscape-based Assessment of Climate Change
Vulnerability for Native Hawaiian Plants, Lucas Fortini
8:55 AM
Using Landscape Models to Prioritize Areas for
Newell's Shearwater Conservation, Megan Laut
9:15 AM
A Tropical Decision Support Tool to Enhance
Management of Pacific Island Ecosystems for
Resilience to Climate Change and Invasive Species,
Richard MacKenzie
9:15 AM
Movement of Cultured and Wild Opakapaka
(Pristipomoides filamentosus) in their Nursery Habitat,
Frank Parrish (10-min)
9:35 AM
Place-based Disaster Resilience: A Cross-Island
Approach to Navigating Socio-Ecological
Transformations in Communities in Hawai‘i,
Sarah Henly-Shepard and Maka‘ala Ka‘aumoana (10-min)
--Identifying Mechanisms of Carbon Sequestration in
Volcanic Ash-Derived Soils of Hawai‘i across a 5.2°C
Mean Annual Temperature Gradient, Michelle Lazaro
(10-min)
9:35 AM
Japan Tsunami Marine Debris in Hawai‘i: Planning for
the Unknown, Sonia Gorgula
9:55 AM
Effects and Interactions of Mean Annual Rainfall and
Land-use Change on Fecal Indicator Bacteria Load in
Tropical Rivers, Ayron Strauch
9:55 AM
Movement and Habitat use of Endangered and
Migratory Birds on James Campbell National Wildlife
Refuge, Jared Underwood
GENERAL SESSION: Open Sea
MODERATOR: Jim Beets
FORUM: Mapping People to Places and Cultures:
Using ArcGIS to Map Our Ahupua‘a
MODERATOR: Pauline Chinn
PANEL MEMBERS
Kellie Kong, University of Hawai‘i at Maˉnoa
Jennifer Kuwuhara, Mililani Middle School
Gandharva Mahina Hou Ross, Moloka‘i High School
Manuel Jadulang, Honokaa High and Middle School
Sabra Kauka, Island School
Michelle Kapana-Baird, Kaiser High School
Alyson Napua Barrows, Lihikai Elementary
Matthew Kanemoto, Kahuku High School
Chris Baird, Olomana School
10:15 AM
BREAK
BREAK
10:15 AM
BREAK
BREAK
SESSION 8
FORUM: The Micronesia Challenge: Achievements
GENERAL SESSION: Community Innovations
MODERATOR: Nāmaka Whitehead
SESSION 8
10:30 – 12:30 PM
GENERAL SESSION: Forest Birds
MODERATOR: Jim Jacobi
WORKSHOP: HCC Data Hui: A Data
Discovery and Collaboration Workshop
MODERATOR: Sam Aruch
10:30 – 12:30 PM
and Lessons from a Multifaceted Initiative
MODERATOR: Lisa Andon
10:30 AM
PANEL MEMBERS
10:50 AM
Lisa Andon, Micronesia Conservation Trust
Yimnang Golbuu, Palau International Coral Reef Center
Steven Victor, The Nature Conservancy
Peter Houk, University of Guam
Umiich Sengebau, Palau Minister of Natural
Resources, Environment and Tourism
Matt Lutkenhouse, Rare Conservation
11:50 AM
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The Power of Storytelling: Authentic and Cost-effective
Multimedia Strategies to Market and Promote
Collaborative Conservation, Rob Holmes (10-min)
--How Much Land is Needed for Hunting in Hawai‘i? Steven
Hess (10-min)
10:30 AM
The Hawaiian Bird Conservation Action Plan,
Eric WanderWerf (10-min)
--First Survival Estimates for a Highly Endangered Kaua‘i
Endemic Bird, the Puaiohi, Lisa Crampton (10-min)
Maˉhuahua ‘Ai o Hoi: Lo‘i Kalo Restoration as a
Strategy for Enhancing Hyrdological and Ecological
Function in the He‘eia Wetlands,
Jonathan Kanekoa Kukea-Shultz
10:50 AM
Current Distribution and Abundance of the O‘ahu
‘Elepaio, Eric WanderWerf
Growing Food Trees and Native Hawaiian Plants in
Schools, Hawaiian Communities, Botanic Gardens and in
Our Neighborhoods, Heidi Bornhorst
Ecological Restoration at the Kanakaleonui Bird
Corridor on Mauna Kea, Hawai‘i, Cheyenne Perry
Maˉlama Kekahi i Kekahi: Restoring Pono through Opening
Gates to Aloha ‘aˉina Based Cultural Groups,
Kaleomanuiwa Wong
Solving the Mystery of Empty Forest Bird Nests on
Kaua‘i, Ruby Hammond
Cleaning Up with Kalo: How Restoring He‘eia Wetlands
through Native Hawaiian Taro Farming Affects Water
Quality, Jennifer Fung and Atsuko Fukunaga
11:50 AM
Documenting Acoustic Variability Among Hawai‘i ‘Amakihi Populations on Windward Hawai‘i Island,
Joshua Pang-Ching and Patrick Hart (10-min)
--Change in Avian Malaria Prevalence at Hakalau Forest
National Wildlife Refuge from 1998 to 2012,
Jacqueline Gaudioso (10-min)
SCHEDULE, DETAILED
ROOM 316
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12:10 PM
ROOM 311
ROOM 315
Conservation Council for Hawai‘i - 63 Years of
Conservation & the Role of Non-Profit Organizations in
the Conservation Movement, Marjorie Ziegle
12:10 PM
Projecting Shifts of Hawaiian Forest Bird Distribution
Under Climate Change, Lucas Fortini
12:30 PM
HCA AWARDS LUNCHEON, 4TH FLOOR BALLROOM
SESSION 9
GENERAL SESSION: Managing Rodents & Felines
MODERATOR: George Wallace
FORUM: LinkedIn to the Forest: Real-time
Technology for Early Ungulate Detection and Rapid
Response
12:30 PM
SESSION 9
FORUM: Kua‘āina Ulu ‘Auamo (KUA): Grassroots
Growing Through Shared Kuleana-Highlighting the E
Alu Pū Network
MODERATOR: Alex Connelly
FORUM: Hawai‘i Association of Watershed
2:30 – 4:30 PM
2:30 PM
Partnerships
MODERATOR: Jennifer Higashino
2:30 – 4:30 PM
PANEL MEMBERS
PANEL MEMBERS
2:30 PM
Mac Poepoe, Hui Maˉlama o Mo‘omomi
Hi‘ilei Kawelo, Paepae o He‘eia and Ku‘aˉina Ulu
‘Auamo (KUA)
Presley Wann, Hui Maka‘aˉinana o Makana
Leinani Navas-Loa, Ka ‘Ohana o Hōnaunau
Christine Costales, Kuˉpa‘a No Laˉna‘i
Jennifer Higashino, USFWS
Colleen Cole, RCUH
Nāmaka Whitehead, Kamehameha Schools
Chris Brocius, RCUH
Pamela Pogue, County of Maui
Andrea Buckman, RCUH
Kaleo Manuel, Department of Hawaiian Homelands
Julie Cachola, Department of Hawaiian Homelands
2:50 PM
3:10 PM
GENERAL SESSION:
Watershed and
Marine Restoration
MODERATOR: Jennifer Higashino
3:30 PM
4:10 PM
Eradicating Black Rats from Moku‘auia Island After a
Reinvasion, Lindsay Young (10-min)
--Scaling Up Conservation: Eradicating Rats from
Palmyra Atoll as Part of a Multinational, Multi-project
Conservation Initiative, Alex Wegmann (10-min)
2:50 PM
A Bolt in Time to Save the Army's Bottom Line Investigating the Utility of Automatic Rat Traps in
Hawai‘i, Katie Franklin and Matthew Lucas
3:10 PM
Native Plant Recruitment Increases Following Rat
Eradication in the Pacific, Coral Wolf (10-min)
3:30 PM
SYMPOSIUM:
Feral and Free-Roaming Cats
in Hawai‘i: Looking Ahead
MODERATOR:
Hawai‘i's Strategy for Managing Aquatic Hitchhikers,
Sonia Gorgula (10-min)
3:50 PM
ROOM 316
Experimental Removal of the Introduced Predator
Cephalopholis argus in Puako, Hawai‘i: A Communitybased Approach to Coral Reef Ecosystem Restoration,
Chad Wiggins
3:50 PM
Reef Flat Recovery Following Large-scale Removal
of Invasive Algae from Maunalua Bay, O‘ahu,
Leilani Warren
4:10 PM
PANEL MEMBERS
Alison Cohan, The Nature Conservancy, Maui Program
Melissa Fisher, The Nature Conservancy, Kaua‘i
Program
Shalan Crysdale, The Nature Conservancy, Kaua‘i
Program
GENERAL SESSION: Tech Innovations
George Wallace
Reaching Humane Solutions to Feral Cat and
Endangered species conflicts: Issues Across Time and
Space, Loyal Mehrhoff
Sharing the Science and Sites of He‘eia Fishpond
through the Development and Creation of Laulima a
ke Pono Mobile Application, Marion Ano, Judy Lemus,
Hi‘ilei Kawelo, and Kelii Kotubetey
The Hawai‘i Coalition for the Protection of Cats and
Wildlife: Working Together to Find Solutions for a
Wicked Problem, Inga Gibson
Forward Looking Infra-Red (FLIR) Technology
Applications to Ungulate Management in Hawai‘i:
A Comparison of FLIR Systems, Francis Quitazol and
Jake Muise
Conservation Biology's Role in Understanding and
Addressing Outdoor Cats in Hawai‘i, George Wallace
Gigapan Robots: A Cost Effective Way to Monitor
Natural Resource Conservation Goals,
Lalasia Bialic-Murphy (10-min)
SCHEDULE, DETAILED
ROOM 316
Hawai‘i Watershed Portal: A Website for Conservation
Field Staff, Stephanie Tom (10-min)
4:30 PM
CLOSING PROTOCOL
CLOSING PROTOCOL
4:30 PM
CLOSING PROTOCOL
CLOSING PROTOCOL
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minimize the environmental impact of this year’s conference, HCA has chosen to:
Encourage participants to bring their own reusable mugs to use their beverage refill coupons
Reduce the volume of printed materials and conference collateral
Program book printed on 100% and 30% post-consumer recycled paper
Offer digital-only distribution of the abstract book
Community Connections event: Kupa ‘Ai Kākou featuring local sourced food and local chefs
Partner with Kealopiko for organic cotton conference t-shirts
Offer earth-friendly reusable giveaways including recycled paper notebooks and reusable bags
(www.envirosax.com)
• 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.
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.
• “Aloha” Cutlery utensils made from EMC plastic, which is biodegradable.
• Terra-Pac To-go containers made from renewable, natural crops. They are compostable in homes and
industrial composts.
The Hawai‘i Convention Center has energy and water saving systems 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.
MAHALO to everyone for doing your part to Connect People Places and Planet
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T U E S DAY, J U LY 1 6
Session 1 : 10:00 – 12:00pm
Sponsored by:
Management in the Pacific Past, Present, and Future
Moderator: Clay Trauernicht
10:00 – 12:00pm
Room 316ABC
Wildfire is a growing threat to native ecosystems
of Hawai‘i and the seasonally dry U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands, and the endangered flora and fauna
they support. This threat originates with invasion
of native ecosystems by fire-prone exotic grass and
shrub species that have brought novel fire regimes
to the region – with serious impacts to cultural
and natural resources, and the health and safety
of the region’s citizens. Wildfires have reduced the
extent of tropical dryland forests (< 2% their original cover), impacted large areas of dry to mesic
habitat, and increased the threat of extinction for
some of Hawai‘i’s threatened and endangered species. Development and urbanization have created
a wildland urban interface that exposes residents
and visitors to wildfire hazards. In addition, climate
in Hawai‘i has warmed over the past 30 years with
future warming anticipated to exacerbate wildfire
hazards. Today there is an urgent and growing
need for region-specific fire science and management information. This symposium will begin to
address these needs.
SPEAKERS
• Premature Decline of Ecosystem Structure and
Plant-available Phosphorus on a Dryland Chronosequence in Hawai‘i, Kealoha Kinney, University of
Maryland
• Post Fire Management in Hawai‘i - A Case Study
from Kaua‘i 2012, Sheri Mann, Department of
Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forest
and Wildlife
• Wildfire History Mapping in Hawai‘i,
Elizabeth Pickett, Hawai‘i Wildfire Management
Organization
• Examining Future Fire Weather Scenarios in
Hawai‘i: Impacts of Future Climate Change on the
Frequency of Severe Fire Weather Days,
Andrew Pierce, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
• Anthropogenic Fire on Babeldaob Island, Palau,
Tarita Holm, Palau Conservation Society, Palau
• Fire Management Parallels between Hawai‘i and
Arnhem Land, Australia, Clay Trauernicht, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
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FORUM: Expressing Aloha ‘Āina by
Embracing Cultural Heritage and Place-Based
Knowledge in Contemporary Ecosystem-Based
Management
Moderators: Malia Chow and Elia Herman
10:00 – 11:00am
Room 311
The Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National
Marine Sanctuary is describing a new approach to
ecosystem-based management which accounts for
cultural perspectives and place-based knowledge,
in addition to the best scientific information available. This panel discussion will include panelists
from the sanctuary and its partners who will discuss and answer questions about the vision for the
sanctuary’s future.
Topics of discussion will include: the progression
of the sanctuary’s management plan review, the essence of the proposed management approach, and
the implementation of Aloha ‘Aina through broad
management strategies and everyday programs.
PANEL MEMBERS
• Allen Tom, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
• Adam Pack, Sanctuary Advisory Council
• Walter Ritte, Sanctuary Advisory Council
• Kehau Watson, Sanctuary Advisory Council
• William Aila, Department of Land and Natural
Resources
FORUM: ‘Ike ‘Āina: : Native Hawaiian
(Indigenous) World Views––Moving Beyond
Integration
Moderators: Nai‘a Lewis and Pelika Bertelmann
11:00 – 12:00pm
Room 311
As one of only a handful of protected areas globally that is mandated to manage both its natural
and cultural resources, Papahānumokuākea Marine
National Monument and World Heritage Site is
more an NCPA or a Natural, Cultural, Protected
Area than an MPA, marine protected area. As
Papahānumokuākea has had few peer sites
from which to seek support or lessons learned,
development of innovative management activities
utilizing an Indigenous/Native Hawaiian knowledge
(or world view) has required as much effort being
put towards building “cultural capacity” in staff
and partners, as it has towards implementing
culturally-based initiatives that care for the place.
Papahānumokuākea recognizes that the whole of
conservation in Hawai‘i could benefit from a better
understanding of these knowledge systems based
on the perspectives from members of the Indigenous/Native Hawaiian community. The presentations will provide a window into perspectives that
challenge “integration,” which most often manifests as piecemeal use one culture for the benefit
of another, and towards the building relationships
between the totality of knowledge systems for the
purpose of developing a state of balance within
any given environment.
SESSION: Native Trees and Bats
Moderator: Gordon Tribble
10:00 – 11:00am
Room 315
SPEAKERS
• A Proposed Protocol for Surveying for the
‘Ope‘ape‘a or Hawaiian Hoary Bat (Lasiurus
cinereus semotus), Dave Johnston, H. T. Harvey &
Associates
• Effect of Prey Abundance on Seasonal Movements of the Hawaiian Hoary Bat (Lasiurus
cinereus semotus), Christopher M. Todd, Hawai‘i
Cooperative Studies Unit
• Sustainable Koa Forestry Depends on Superior
Wood Quality in Young Trees, J. B. Friday, College
of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, Cooperative Extension Service, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management
PANEL MEMBERS
• Blane Benevedes, Papahānumokuākea Marine
National Monument
• Pelika Bertelmann, Na Maka O
Papahānumokuākea
• Keoni Kuoha, Papahānumokuākea Marine
National Monument
• Maile Andrade, University of Hawai‘i, Mānoa
• Nai‘a Lewis, Papahānumokuākea Marine National Monument
SESSION DESCRIPTION s
SYMPOSIUM: Fire Science and
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SYMPOSIUM: Little Fire Ant, Big Problems:
GENERAL SESSION: Integrated Marine
Impacts, Actions, and Options in the Hawaiian
Islands
Moderator: Cas Vanderwoude
11:00 – 12:00pm
Room 315
Resource Management
Moderator: Gerry Davis
10:00– 12:00pm
Theatre
Wasmannia auropunctata, known as the Little Fire
Ant (LFA), threatens native biodiversity, alters tropical ecosystems, impairs human health, weakens
economic productivity and accordingly ranks
among the world’s 100 worst invasive species.
Native to Central and South America, LFA was
introduced to the Big Island in 1997. Efforts to
contain LFA on the Big Island began in 1999 and
continued through 2002 with treatment at 21 locations. By 2009, LFA had spread to more than 1300
locations on the Big Island and new projections
indicate that LFA will infest 6000 locations during
2013.
This forum will offer the latest developments on:
treatment technologies; socio-economic gains
from LFA suppression; and public engagement as
a component of LFA management. Participants will
have an opportunity to relate their experiences
with LFA and offer insight to current problems.
Panel speakers will highlight findings. Q and A will
follow.
SPEAKERS
• Historical spread, management response, and
technological innovations for LFA in the Pacific
Region, Casper Vanderwoude, University of Hawai‘i
and Gary Morton
• Economic impacts, social implications and
management trade-offs for LFA on the Big Island,
Michael Motoki, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
• Public relations, education, and outreach strategies for LFA on the Big Island and Maui,
Lissa Strohecker, Maui Invasive Species Committee and Page Else, Big Island Invasive Species
Committee
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Session 2 : 1:00 – 3:00pm
SPEAKERS
SYMPOSIUM: Approaches to Novel
Ecosystems: Using Ecological Analogues and
Assisted Colonization to Restore Ecosystems and
Conserve Endangered Species
Moderator: Sheldon Plentovich
1:00– 3:00pm
Room 316
• Understanding Hawai‘i Resource Users’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions of Coral Reefs
in South Kohala, Cynthia Grace-McCaskey, NOAA
Fisheries and Leila Sievanen, University of Hawai‘i
• Long-term Trends in Reef Fish Abundance at
Puakō and Pauoa Fishery Management Areas, West
Hawai‘i Island, Jill Zamzow, Pacific Islands Fishery
Science Center
• Forty Years of Decline on Puakō’s Coral Reefs,
Dwayne Minton, The Nature Conservancy
• Integrated Landscape Indicators and development of Biocriteria to Evaluate the Health of Linked
Watersheds and Coral Reefs in Hawai‘i,
Ku‘ulei S. Rodgers, University of Hawai‘i, HIM
• A Sediment Management Technique from Vanuatu
Which Could Have Application for Hawaiian Coral
Reef Protection, Don Miller, Farm Support Association, Vanuatu
• Investigating the Influence of Kiawe (Prosopis
pallida) and Milo (Thespesia populnea) on Carbon
and Nutrient Inputs into Hawaiian Anchialine Ponds,
Kehau Nelson-Kaula, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo
• Monitoring for Shifts in Benthic Change in
Faga’alu Bay, American Samoa, Rocco Tinitali and
Kelley Anderson Tagarino, American Samoa Community College, American Samoa
• Kahalu‘u Bay Education Center: Respecting the
Reef, Empowering a Community, Cindi Punihaole
and Matthew Connelly, The Kohala Center
The purpose of this symposium is to explore the
use of ecological analogues and assisted colonization as a way to: 1) re-establish ecosystem interactions that were lost due to species extinctions and
2) increase the population and range of imperiled
taxa via translocation and conservation introductions. The use of ecological analogues and assisted
colonization in native ecosystems is controversial.
However, as more species become endangered and
ecosystems are increasingly degraded, novel methods of conservation need to be considered. Ecological analogues have been used in a limited manner
on oceanic islands to restore ecosystem function by
replacing extinct species with extant analogues. In
some cases, this has involved the translocation of
endangered species, thus serving two purposes: restoring ecosystem function and reducing the chances of extinction (e.g., Nihoa Millerbird translocation
& South Island Takahe translocation). However, in
other instances restoration of ecological function
has involved introducing non-native, non-endangered
species (e.g., tortoises as an analogue for flightless
birds). As the threat of extinction becomes more
common and the effects of climate change become
clearer, assisted colonization through moving species outside of their historical range to increase
their survival could become important methods of
conservation in specific cases.
SPEAKERS
• Assisted Colonizations and Ecological Replacements: Past, Current, and Future use of Conservation Introductions, Philip Seddon, Univeristy of
Otago, New Zealand
• Makauwahi Cave, Kaua‘i: Paleoecology Supports
Ecological Analogues and Assisted Colonization,
David Burney, National Tropical Botanical Garden
• Plants as Analogues: Natural, Novel, or
Nonsense?, Jonathan Price, University of Hawai‘i
at Hilo
• Are Invertebrate Reintroductions Analogous to
Disaster or the Savior of Native Ecosystems?,
Dan Rubinoff, University of Hawai‘i
• Hawai‘i’s Avian Extinction Crisis and the need for
Novel Conservation Approaches, George Wallace,
American Bird Conservancy
• Using Structured Decision-making to Guide
Conservation Measures for Northwestern Hawaiian
Islands Passerines in the Face of Climate Change,
Beth Flint, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Novel Solutions for the Conservation of Hawai‘i’s
Forest Birds, Sheila Conant, University of Hawai‘i
• Ka ‘Ike a ka Makua he Hei na ke Keiki - Generational Considerations for Biocultural Resource Adaptation Planning, Stanton Enomoto, Pacific Islands
Climate Change Cooperative
FORUM: Ho‘oulu Laˉhui, Ho‘oˉ la ‘Aina:
Navigating with Island Communities to Enact
Bold and Innovative Conservation Initiatives
Moderators: Mililani Browning
1:00– 3:00pm
Room 311
Conservation professionals in Hawai‘i work to protect some of the rarest species and ecosystems
in the world. These special resources are also
closely associated with communities of people
who have diverse perspectives, economies, and
demographics. The Ho‘oulu Lāhui, Ho‘ola ‘āina
forum features eight professionals who work to
perpetuate healthy landscapes and seascapes for
the people of Hawai‘i today, and for generations
into the future. From near shore fisheries, to fresh
water streams, to pristine high elevation ‘ōhi‘a
forests, the participants of this forum have found
ways to navigate through complicated land use
and community issues to enact bold and exciting
conservation initiatives. The projects featured will
share examples of innovative outreach initiatives,
in-depth stakeholder consultation processes, and
strong community stewardship programs.
Join the panelists as they share the inspiring true
stories of their successes, their challenges, and
their journeys to amazing achievements. This
diverse panel will give insight into the integrated
nature of conservation in Hawai‘i today and the
future of community roles in conservation.
The four projects featured on the panel are: The
East Moloka‘i Watershed Partnership (EMoWP),
The Punalu‘ū Stream Restoration Project, The
Ka‘ūpūlehu Marine Advisory Committee (KMAC),
and the Ka‘ū Forest Reserve Project.
PANEL MEMBERS
• Ed Misaki, The Nature Conservancy
• Opu‘ulani Albino, ‘Aha Kiole o Moloka‘i
• Kaeo Duarte, Kamehameha Schools
• Kawika Burgess, Kamehameha Schools
• Lei Keakealani Lightner, Kaupulehu Marine
Advisory Committee
• Kekaulike Tomich, Kaupulehu Marine Advisory
Committee
• Nohea Kaawa, Three Mountain Alliance
• John Replogle, The Nature Conservancy
Session 1 : 10:00 – 12:00pm
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Session 3 : 3:30 – 5:30pm
GENERAL SESSION: Invertebrates: Gems of
GENERAL SESSION: Coral Reef Management
Our Island Ecosystems
Moderator: Ken Kaneshiro
1:00 – 3:00pm
Room 315
and Science
Moderator: Elia Herman
1:00 – 3:00pm
Theatre
SPEAKERS
SPEAKERS
• Insect Conservation in Hawai‘i: Strategies and
Recommendations for Land Managers,
Matthew Meideros, Urban School of San Francisco
• Overcoming Challenges to Arthropod Conservation, William Haines, University of Hawai‘i at
Mānoa
• Native Arthropod Community Structure, Function
and Conservation, Paul Krushelnycky, University of
Hawai‘i at Mānoa
• Quantification of the Arthropod Biodiversity in
the Alpine Region of Mauna Kea, Hawai‘i,
Jesse Eiben, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
• The Endangered Sphingid Manduca blackburni
and How Biology is Interfacing With Developing
Policy, Fern Duvall, Hawai‘i Department of Land &
Natural Resources
• Changes in Distribution and Abundance of Hylaeus Bees on O‘ahu and Hawai‘i: Implications for
Conservation and Management, Karl Magnacca,
Division of Forestry and Wildlife
• Low Heterozygosity Suggests Inbreeding Depression in Declining Populations of Wild and CaptiveBred Hawaiian Tree Snails Achatinella lila and
Achatinella sowerbyana, Melissa Price, University
of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Kewalo Marine Laboratory
• Introduction to the Snail Extinction Prevention
Program (SEP), David Sischo, Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural Resources - Division of
Forestry and Wildlife
• The Humåtak Project: A Community Effort
Restoring Guam’s Watersheds, Coral Reefs, and
Fisheries, Austin J. Shelton, Kewalo Marine
Laboratory, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
• Big Ocean Network: A Shared Research Agenda
for Large-Scale Marine Protected Areas,
Daniel Wagner, NOAA Papahānumokuākea Marine
National Monument
• Guam Community Coral Reef Monitoring Program:
Engaging Guam Residents in Coral Reef Management, Marybelle Quinata, NOAA PIRO - Habitat
Conservation Division
• Relating Recreation and Research: Assessing
the Reliability of Coral Reef Ecosystem Health and
Monitoring Data Derived from Volunteers,
Rachel Knapstein, Hawai‘i Pacific University
• Surveying Reefs for Resilience, Leilua Watson
and Quenana Failauga, American Samoa Community College, American Samoa
• Response of Hawaiian Reef Coral Montipora
capitata to Temperature, Irradiance and pCO2,
Keisha Rodriguez, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
• Mesophotic Coral Reef Fish Communities of the
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: Endemic Planktivore Dominated Assemblages, Randall Kosaki,
NOAA Papahānumokuākea Marine National
Monument
• Creating Comprehensive Protected Areas: The
Ecology of the Pūpūkea Tide Pools and Their Value
within a Marine Life Conservation District,
Anne Rosinski, University of Miami
Sponsored by:
WORKSHOP: Nahululeihiwakuipapa
(Students, Stewards, and Emerging
Professionals): Building Conservation
Legacies through Ka ‘Imi ‘Ike (Knowledge
Seeking) and Kahu Ho‘īlina (Stewardship)
Moderators: Ulu Ching
3:30 – 5:30pm
Room 316
Nahululeihiwakuipapa “The feathers in a sacred lei
made by placement upon another.”
This year’s Nahululeihiwakuipapa workshop aims
to provide a venue for students and emerging professionals to share their projects as they embark
on building into Hawai‘i’s conservation legacy.
Workshop goals include providing opportunities
for inspiration, informing innovation, networking,
and skills building. In the first half of the workshop three next generation presenters will share
their integration of Ka ‘Imi ‘Ike and Kahu Ho‘īlina
(Stewardship) in their work. The second half of the
workshop will include capacity building activities
designed to help participants develop their legacies and professional pathways. The presenters
from the first portion of the workshop will be linked
with various seasoned professionals to lead smallgroup discussions on resume, personal statement,
and interview skills development. Legacy development will be highlighted with an emphasis on
trainings and specific skills acquisition. Through
facilitated discussions, participants will interact
with seasoned professionals to develop meaningful ways to connect and build their unique Hawai‘i
conservation experiences into their professional
profile. Furthermore, these conversations may
lead to new, innovative, and hybrid research and
management actions, professional development,
new career pathways, and other opportunities for
contributing towards the betterment of Hawai‘i for
generations to come.
FORUM: The Native Hawaiian Plan for
Papahaˉnaumokuaˉkea: Practicing Maˉlama ‘Āina in
a Contemporary Context
Moderator: Keoni Kuoha
3:30 – 4:30pm
Room 311
Papahānumokuākea Marine National Monument
(PMNM) recognizes that Hawaiian knowledge traditions and disciplines provide valuable tools in the
practice of science and resource management in
Hawai‘i. Therefore, enhancing our access and use
of traditional knowledge strengthens our ability to
manage our resources. To this end and driven by
mandate, the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS) and Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA)
have collaborated to facilitate discussions with
Native Hawaiian researchers and cultural practitioners across Hawai‘i. The discussion and feedback
generated has been powerful, and our agencies
have learned from this interaction--learning that
we intend to share as broadly as possible. In this
presentation, we will delve into our present efforts
to develop a Native Hawaiian Plan for PMNM. We
will also take a look at the indigenous knowledge
we have gathered and map out the process by
which we intend for this knowledge to redefine
our relationship with the land and seas of the
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and the Hawaiian
Archipelago as a whole.
Session 2 : 1:00 – 3:00pm
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Session 4 : 10:00 – 12:00pm
GENERAL SESSION: Terrestrial Restoration
GENERAL SESSION: Protected Marine
GENERAL SESSION: Advancing Biosecurity
Moderator: Michelle Mansker
3:30 – 5:30pm
Room 315
Species: Human Dimensions & Species Health
Moderator: Sarah Courbis
3:30 – 5:30pm
Theatre
Moderator: Josh Atwood
10:00 – 12:00pm
Room 316
SPEAKERS
• Results of a 32-Year Program to Eradicate
Ungulates to Protect the Endangered Palila and
its Critical Habitat on Mauna Kea, Paul Banko,
U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Island Ecosystems
Research Center
• Restoration and Management of a Montane Dry
Forest on Hawai‘i Island, Melissa Tavares, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo
• Replacing Post-sugar Fallow Lands with Diversified Agroforestry on the Haˉmaˉkua Coast,
Thomas Baribault, Forest Solutions, Inc
• Preventing Island Extinctions: Knowledge Products in Support of Invasive Vertebrate Removal
from Islands, Nick Holmes, Island Conservation
• Protection and Restoration of Auwahi Forest, An
Update, Sumner Erdman, Ulupalakua Ranch
• Science Versus Value Judgements: Is Trouble
Brewing on New Zealand Restoration Islands?
David Towns, Department of Conservation, New
Zealand
• Genetic Considerations for the Reintroduction
Design of a Critically Endangered Plant, Schiedea
kaalae (Caryophyllaceae), Lauren Weisenberger,
University of Hawai‘i
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SPEAKERS
SPEAKERS
• Understanding Spinner Dolphin Marine Tourism
and Human Perceptions in Hawai‘i: A Social Approach to Assessing the Effectiveness of Potential
Management, Carlie Wiener, YORK University,
Canada
• Please Don’t Hug the Dolphins: Visitor Attitudes,
Knowledge, and Behaviors Regarding Marine
Wildlife and Implications for Communication Strategies, Sarah Courbis, Department of Land & Natural
Resources
• How the Endangered Species Act Protects Marine
Species for Future Generations, Krista Graham,
NOAA Fisheries Service
• Incorporating Cultural Concerns in Marine
Resource Management: Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin
Habitat Conservation Efforts, Jayne LeFors, NOAA
Fisheries Service
• The Connection Between Sea Turtle Conservation
and Food Security, Minling Pan
• A Model of Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta
caretta) Habitat and Movement in the Oceanic
North Pacific, Melanie Abecassis, Joint Institute for
Marine and Atmospheric Research
• Estimation of Food Consumption by Hawaiian
Monk Seals Relative to Ecosystem Biomass and
Fisheries Overlap in the Main Hawaiian Islands,
Rachel Sprague, NOAA Fisheries Pacific Islands
Regional Office
• Dorsal Fin Disfigurements of Melon-Headed
Whales (Peponocephala electra) in Hawai‘i as Evidence of Anthropogenic Interactions,
Jessica M. Aschettino, Hawai‘i Pacific University
• Attack of the Clone: Humans Rally to Protect
Ka‘ala from an Invasive Moss, Amanda Hardman,
State of Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural
Resources and Stephanie Joe, O‘ahu Army Natural
Resource Program
• Invertebrate Diversity and Biomass Across a
Hawaiian Stream Rainfall Gradient: Effects of Climate Change on Native Aquatic-linked Macrofauna
Food Resources, Therese Frauendorf, University of
• Kaua‘i Mongoose: Can We Eradicate Them?
Theresa Menard, The Nature Conservancy
• A Tale of Two Invaders and Two Islands: Fountain
Grass and Ivy Gourd on Maui and La
ˉna‘i,
Brooke Mahnken, Maui Invasive Species Committee
• Monitoring and Management of Myoporum thrips,
a Pest of Naio in Hawai‘i, Cynthia King, Hawai‘i
DLNR-Division of Forestry and Wildife
• The Value of Intensive Surveys of Alien Species:
the Kahului Airport Experience, Francis Howarth,
Bishop Museum
• Initial Testing of Two New Insects for the Biological Control of Miconia calvescens
Kenneth Puliafico, U.S. Forest Service, IPIF
• Hawaiian Grown Christmas Trees: A Solution to
Imported Pests? Elizabeth Boxler and Sheri Mann,
DLNR-Division of Forestry and Wildlife
• Coral disease prevalence in O‘ahu’s Marine Life
Conservation Districts, Maya Walton, University of
• Avian Disease Assessment at Midway Atoll
National Wildlife Refuge, Dennis LaPointe, U.S.
Geological Survey
FORUM: Managing for Climate Change: How
Lessons Learned from the Hawaiian Archipelago
Could be Applied to the Pacific Marine National
Monuments
Moderator: Samantha Brooke
10:00– 11:00am
Room 311
Recent climate assessments have emphasized
the impacts of climate change on Pacific marine
ecosystems (2012 PIRCA, 2013 FAC Draft Climate
Assessment Report). Climate change certainly
threatens resources in the Pacific Remote Islands
Area, Rose Atoll, and Marianas Trench Marine
National Monuments. However, little baseline information on ecosystem processes is available from
these remote places that can be used in managing
for climate change. Hawai‘i and its protected areas
have been studied in greater detail, and managers
are already using this information to develop and
implement adaptive management strategies. The
decision-making process and data requirements
used by managers in Hawai‘i can provide a model
for similar planning in the remote Pacific Monuments. This forum will provide scientists and managers with an opportunity to engage with the public
and identify meaningful ways to frame climate
change issues, identify and understand diverse
data sources, evaluate available management options, and establish criteria for decision-making.
PANEL MEMBERS
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Midori Akamine, NOAA Fisheries
Dan Polhemus, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Jim Potemra, Univeristy of Hawai‘i- Ma
ˉ noa/IPRC
Jesse Souki, State of Hawai‘i - Office of Planning
Session 3 : 3:30 – 5:30pm
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FORUM: Connecting Resource Managers,
Educators, and Local Communities in Planning
and Implementing Climate Change Adaptation
Efforts in the Pacific Island Region
Moderator: Art Sussman
11:00 – 12:00pm
Room 311
This forum highlights climate change adaptation
efforts that are happening in the U.S. Affiliated
Pacific Islands (USAPI) and that involve local agencies and communities. USAPI Climate adaptation
and climate education experts will share their
plans, resources, results and conclusions.
Micronesia Conservation Trust (MCT) and partners
in the Micronesia Challenge produced “Adapting
to a Changing Climate (ACC),” a suite of climate
change outreach materials that resource managers can use with local communities. In addition,
the Pacific Islands Climate Education Partnership (PCEP) has produced resource materials to
connect schools, teachers, and students in local
climate adaptation efforts.
MCT staff and other partners have conducted trainings in the four states of the Federated States of
Micronesia, in the Marshall Islands, and in Palau.
A number of communities in the Federated States
of Micronesia have completed the Local Early Action Plans for climate adaptation. MCT staff and/
or local adaptation planners will discuss the processes, current progress, and next steps for these
projects. Additionally, staff from PCEP will describe
plans and progress in connecting teachers and
students in K-12 schools with community adaptation efforts to improve both climate education and
the adaptation work.
PANEL MEMBERS
• Art Sussman, WestEd
• Lisa Andon, Micronesia Conservation Trust
Session 5 : 1:00 – 3:30pm
WORKSHOP: Building and Strengthening
Indigenous Knowledge Systems and
Institutions to Manage Threats to
Cultural Landscapes
Moderator: Mervyn L. Tano
10:00 – 12:00pm
Room 315
International climate science organizations maintain climate change threatens indigenous societies because of their reliance on resource-based
livelihoods. Also prevalent is the view that landscape changes resulted in the loss of traditional
knowledge by altering the assumptions and factual
bases upon which such knowledge was learned.
This workshop, with its facilitated dialogues,
examines these assumptions and identifies those
adaptive management policies, plans, research,
and programs proposed by agencies and organizations that may be inadequate and inimical to the
interests of coastal- and island-dwelling American
Indian and Hawaiian communities.
Focusing on landscapes, seascapes, and natural
resources perpetuates the notion of indigenous
peoples as inhabiting isolated landscapes and
ignores the secondary impacts of climate change
such as militarization, industrialization, and
urbanization. Defining traditional knowledge as a
compendium of factoids can be condescending and
exploitive, as when traditional knowledge is mined
to support Western climate adaptation strategies.
Cultural experts, holders and producers of traditional knowledge are central to creating and sustaining
indigenous climate adaptation strategies. But traditional systems and institutions are also needed.
The workshop will identify current best practices
and suggest other activities that encourage the
development of traditional knowledge holders as
well as the systems and institutions in which they
operate.
The forum will host a panel of both public and private organizations that comprise a majority of the
environmental funding available in Hawai‘i. Forum
includes brief presentations, discussion, and Q&A
with audience. Agenda includes overview presentations of respective funding programs, facilitated
discussion on overall environmental funding landscape in Hawai‘i.
PANEL MEMBERS
• Eric Co, Harold K.L. Castle Foundation
• Josh Stanbro, Hawai‘i Community Foundation
• Scott Bloom, NOAA-NMFS Pacific Islands
Regional Office (PIRO)
• Kathy Chaston, NOAA-NOS Pacific Services
Center (PSC)
• Stephanie Lum-King Bennett, NOAA-NOS Pacific
Services Center (PSC)
• Robin Midkiff, Atherton Family Foundation
• Darren Lerner, University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant
• Neil Hannahs, Kamehameha Schools
• Hawley Iona, Office of Hawaiian Affairs
• Michael Hamnett, Hawai‘i Coral Reef Research
Initiative (HCRI)
• Jason Philibotte, Conservation International
Hawai‘i Fish Trust (CI-HFT)
Sponsored by:
FORUM: Building Partnerships for a Sustainable
Future: Bright Spots in Hawai‘i Leadership
organized by Hawai‘i Green Growth
Moderator: Audrey Newman
1:00 – 5:30pm
Room 316
Success is built upon initiatives that work – Bright Spots.
Please join us to discover how Hawai‘i is a model in
advancing sustainable growth through multi-sector and publicprivate collaboration and how conservation is playing a key
role in tackling challenges to our environment and
communities.
This session will share Hawai‘i Bright Spots that are advancing
partnerships for land & ocean health, food self-reliance, clean
energy, sustainable tourism, green workforce development,
responses to climate change, green funding and more. It is
intended for leaders in natural resource management, tourism,
business, education, government and nonprofit organizations.
Objectives:
• Learn the hows and whys of successful cross-sector collaboration
• Build commitment across sectors to advance sustainable
initiatives
• Network and exchange knowledge
• Inspire new partnerships and action
Islands are microcosms that can demonstrate responses to
global challenges. As the planet’s most isolated population,
Hawai‘i exemplifies the urgent need for action. Hawai‘i Green
Growth brings leaders together to achieve Hawai‘i’s sustainability goals and be a model for integrated “blue/green”
growth.
Interactive round-table discussions will highlight inspiring
examples of partnerships and programs that are helping lead
sustainable growth in Hawai‘i. Participants will engage in
facilitated discussions and make new connections on several
topics of their choice.
CO-ORGANIZERS
• Audrey Newman, Hawai‘i Green Growth & Global Island
Partnership
• ‘Aulani Wilhelm, Papahaˉ naumokuaˉkea Marine National
SPEAKERS
• Mervyn Tano, International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management
• Daniel Wildcat, Haskell Indian Nations University
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FORUM: Hawai‘i Environmental Funders
Forum - An Overview and Evaluation of
Hawai‘i’s Funding Landscape
Moderator: Manuel Mejia
10:00 – 12:00pm
Theatre
Breanna Rose, Hawai‘i Green Growth
Chipper Wichman, National Tropical Botanical Garden
Deanna Spooner, Pacific Islands Climate Change Cooperative
• Emma Yuen, Department of Land & Natural Resources
• Jackie Kozak Thiel, Hawai‘i Invasive Species Council
• June Matsumoto, Hawai‘i Convention Center
• Ken Kakesako, Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture
• Kim Ku‘ulei Birnie, Polynesian Voyaging Society & Papa Ola
Lokahi
• Mark Fox, The Nature Conservancy
•. Michelle Jones, Department of Land & Natural Resources &
Hawai‘i Environmental Education Alliance
• Pauline Sato, Maˉ lama Learning Center & Agricultural Leadership Foundation of Hawai‘i
• Piia Aarma, Pineapple Tweed Public Relations & Marketing
• Sharon Moriwaki, Hawai‘i Energy Policy Forum
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Session 6 : 3:30 – 5:30pm
Sponsored by:
Sponsored by:
SYMPOSIUM: Seafood Security and
FORUM: Seafood Security and Sustainability in
the Hawaiian Islands: An Interactive Talk Story
Session on Solutions
Moderator: Jack Kittinger
2:00 – 3:00pm
Theatre
Moderator: Allen Tom
1:00 – 3:00pm
Room 315
Tourism is the major economic driver in Hawai‘i.
The visitor industry impacts all sectors of our island way of life, and worldwide our environment is
promoted as unique and unspoiled. In many places
around the world, a healthy environment translates
into a healthy economy. However in Hawai‘i, many
in the business and visitor industry community are
unaware of the environmental messages and protocols that are needed to ensure that our fragile
ecosystems are protected.
This forum will explore examples of how several
Hawai‘i-based tourism-related business have
taken on the environmental stewardship message.
The panel members will demonstrate how their
organizations came to integrate the environmental
message and ethic into their business practices.
Members represent visitor industry leaders who
have successfully blended sustainability, environmental and/or cultural stewardship into their
business and work place standards.
This panel represents a wide spectrum of the business and non-profit world in Hawai‘i. The members
will discuss the lessons learned, and the value
that their environmental programs have imparted
on their organizations. It is hoped that the forum
will stimulate more ideas to broaden both the
scope of environmental and cultural practices
throughout the visitor industry, and to encourage
more businesses to embrace these practices.
PANEL MEMBERS
• Allen Tom, NOAA Office of National Marine
Sanctuaries
• Andrew Rossiter, Waikıˉkıˉ Aquarium
• Noelani Schilling-Wheeler, O‘ahu Visitors Bureau
• Kelly Hoen, The Royal Hawaiian
• Neil Hannahs, Kamehameha Schools-Land
Assets Division
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Sustainability in the Hawaiian Islands:
Emerging Insights from Experts
Moderator: Jack Kittinger
1:00 – 2:00pm
Theatre
Intact and functioning coastal ecosystems are
critical in providing reliable resource flows and
food security to local communities. However, the
health of ocean ecosystems is declining, threatening critical services provided by these ecosystems
and their associated social, economic, and cultural
dimensions. In these paired symposium and forum
sessions, we will hear emerging insights from
scholars and practitioners working on seafood
security in the Hawaiian Islands, and moderate an
interactive talk story session focused on solutions
and pathways toward sustainability. Our symposium
session will include experts working on knowledgeto-action solutions across the seafood supply
system, including production (local fishers and onthe-ground NGO community coordinators), distribution (seafood vendors and markets), and consumption processes (restaurateurs, local chefs). Our
overarching goal is to enliven discussion about how
to best protect and sustain local food systems and
develop place-based approaches to increasing local
seafood autonomy, drawing from lessons from the
past, new technologies of the future, and participatory approaches that involve stakeholders in the
co-production and implementation of solutions.
SPEAKERS
• Seafood Security Collaborative Research Project:
Involving Local Fishers in Fisheries Management,
Mahana Gomes and Bart Wilcox, Hui Aloha Kı̄holo
• Fish Flow, Seafood Security, and Coastal
Sustainability in Hawaiian Communities, Jack
Kittinger, Stanford University and Conservation
International Hawai‘i Fish Trust
• Coral Reef Fish Markets in the Hawaiian Islands,
Nicole Milne, Okupukupu Consulting
• Know Your Fisherman, Know Your Fish: Engaging
the Fish-Eating Public through the Community Supported Fishery (CSF) Model, Alan Lovewell, Local
Catch Monterey Bay
• Merging Seafood Security and Food Sovereignty
Through Tactical Policy Activism, Ashley Lukens,
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
• Nana i ke kumu: Look to the Source:
Understanding our Role in the Culinary Sector to
Connect Community, Food, and Education, Mark
Noguchi, Pili Hawai‘i
Healthy coastal ecosystems are critical in providing
reliable resource flows and food security to local
communities. However, the health of ocean ecosystems is declining, threatening critical services
provided by these ecosystems and their associated social, economic, and cultural dimensions.
In these paired symposium and forum sessions,
we will hear emerging insights from scholars and
practitioners working on seafood security in the
Hawaiian Islands, and moderate an interactive talk
story session focused on solutions and pathways
toward sustainability. Following presentations
in our symposium session, we will moderate an
expert panel in an open, interactive talk story
forum session, where presenters and attendees
will discuss the types of nuanced policy interventions and effective resource stewardship programs
necessary to create a more seafood secure and
healthy Hawai‘i. Panel participants include local
fishers, seafood marketers, researchers, marine
resource managers, NGOs, and chefs, representing all aspects of the seafood supply chain, from
hook to mouth. Our overarching goal is to enliven
discussion about how to best protect and sustain
local food systems and develop place-based approaches to increasing local seafood autonomy,
drawing from lessons from the past, new technologies of the future, and participatory approaches
that involve stakeholders in the co-production and
implementation of solutions.
PANEL MEMBERS
• Jack Kittinger, Stanford University
• Jason Philibotte, Conservation International,
Hawai‘i Fish Trust
• Ashley Lukens, University of Hawai‘i
• Nicole Milne, The Kohala Center
FORUM: Na Hokua Kano — Having Strong
Shoulders Accepting, Carrying and Sustaining the
Kuleana of Restoration
Moderators: Kıˉhei Nahale-a and
3:30 – 5:30pm
Room 311
This forum will discuss how two different groups Papahana Kuaola and Ka Pilina Poina ‘Ole, ‘auamo kuleana
(carry the responsibility) of restoring threatened and endangered Hawaiian resources. The two groups will spend
the half of the forum doing separate presentations
about who they are, what they do and how they do it. The
second half will be an interactive, hands on experience
for attendees to meet with staff and experience how
each program does in connecting people, places and
planet together. The presentation breakout sessions are
described below.
PAPAHANA KUAOLA- “The future we build today will
sustain us tomorrow.” Papahana Kuaola creates quality educational programs that focus on environmental
restoration and economic sustainability fully integrated
with Hawaiian knowledge in order to exemplify a lifestyle
respectful of kaˉnaka, ‘aˉina and aˉkua. It is through this
process that we will build a future that will sustain us
tomorrow. Our presentation will share our of how Papahana Kuaola came to be, the accomplishments made
in achieving our mission and the steps we are taking in
building our program. Papahana Kuaola will demonstrate
the multi-faceted ways in which Papahana Kuaola connects people land and planet together through traditional
Hawaiian knowledge systems and practices. We will
bring in organic, crafted as well as multi-media learning
materials such as ipads, powerpoint, books etc. so that
participants can get a vivid picture of Papahana Kuaola
programming.
KA PILINA POINA ‘OLE: Connections Not Forgotten
Two programs from the ahupua‘a of Ka‘ulupuˉ lehu—
Ho‘ola Ka Makana‘aˉ and Ka’uˉ puˉ ehu Interpretive
Center—seek to keep remembrances alive, transcend
barriers, respect the seen and unseen, and connect for
a hopeful future. They often “pili” or join together their
hearts and efforts in outreach education, cultural ecology, history, science, creativity, expression and perpetuating a healthy spirit of place
PANEL MEMBERS
• Concept and Inception of Papahana Kuaola,
Keoni Kuoha
• Restoring Landscape that Restores Community,
Kapalikuˉ Schirman
• Reconnecting Community to its Landbase,
Kıˉhei Nahale-a
• Connecting to Place. Mo‘olelo Wahi Pana,
Ku‘ulei Keakealani
• The Importance of Recognizing Shifting Baselines,
• Kumu La‘au and Aloha ‘aˉina, Cultural, Botanical &
Management Integration, Wilds Pihanui Brawner
• Hana Ike‘. Learn by Working and Singing Together,
Keoki Apokolani Carter
Session 5: 1:00 – 3:00pm
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T H U R S DAY, J U LY 1 8
Session 6 : 3:30 – 5:30pm
Session 7 : 8:15 – 10:15am
Sponsored by:
FORUM: Cross-sector Dialogue Regarding
FORUM: Empowering Communities to
Hawai‘i’s Legal and Policy Options to Respond to
Climate Change: Coping with Decreased Water
Supplies
Moderator: Issac Moriwake
3:30 – 5:30pm
Room 315
Enhance Resource Management Through
Conservation Action Planning
Moderator: Manuel Mejia
8:15 – 10:15am
Room 316BC
PANEL MEMBERS
• Tom Giambelluca, University of Hawai‘i Ma
ˉnoa,
Department of Geography
• Barry Usagawa, Honolulu Board of Water Supply
• William Tam, Commission on Water Resource
Management
• Richard Wallsgrove, Blue Planet Foundation
Farm Tour Featuring Sustainable Agriculture
Practices
Moderator: Jean Brokish
3:30 – 5:30pm
Theatre
Sustainable agriculture practices illustrate the
connection between conservation of our natural resources and the need to provide food, fiber and fuel
for Hawai‘i’s people. Farmers are stewards of the
land and often serve at the forefront of efforts to
protect good water quality, control invasive species,
develop clean energy products, grow, process and
distribute healthy food, and provide green jobs. This
forum will feature conservation planners encouraging the use of best management practices, farmers
and ranchers tackling food security by increasing
production of key crops and utilizing value-added
products, and others forging connections between
farm fields and consumers. We’ll discuss innovative
partnerships that are moving Hawai‘i closer to selfsufficiency. Learning from Hawai‘i’s best examples
of sustainability illustrates the importance of collaboration and encourages others to seek ways to
effectively work together.
PANEL MEMBERS
• Jean Brokish, O‘ahu Resource Conservation and
Development Council
• Lisa Zeman, O‘ahu Fresh
• Puaonaona Stibbard, O‘ahu Soil and Water
Conservation Districts
• Fred Lau, Mari’s Gardens
• Jonas Otsuji, Otsuji Farms
• Mary Wilkowski, HI Tea-Shop
• Kim Coffee-Isaak, Agricultural Leadership
Foundation of Hawai‘i
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SPEAKERS
Conservation Action Planning (CAP) is a powerful
tool to guide conservation teams to develop focused strategies and measures of success. There
is a growing community of conservation practitioners that have successfully used this process
worldwide and in Hawai‘i. This forum’s purpose
is to convene community members, conservation
practitioners, landowners, government agency
staff, donors and other natural resource stakeholders in Hawai‘i to explore how this strategic planning process is being applied to enhance marine
conservation efforts.
After an overview of why and when conservation
action planning can provide project focus, case
studies from groups that have undergone this
process will present their experiences. In small
groups, forum participants will learn directly from
CAP team members and how the process has
enhanced their efforts as well as the lessons they
have learned. A lively discussion will follow the
case studies to drill deeper into factors for conservation success in Hawai‘i. This forum will provide
a valuable opportunity for organizations across
Hawai‘i that seek better ways to design, manage,
and measure the impacts of their conservation actions to learn from and network with their peers.
AGENDA
• Overview of CAP Process
• Small group rotations through case studies
from O‘ahu, Maui and Hawai‘i Island, with time for
discussion on varied project application
• Overview of similarities and differences between
a dozen marine CAPS across the state
• Q&A and networking
• The Human Ecological Footprint in Pre-Contact
Hawai‘i: Lessons for Our Changing Island Landscapes, Samuel Gon III, The Nature Conservancy
• Learning from Traditional Ecological Knowledge
to understand Climate Change Impacts and
Preserve Key Cultural and Natural Resources
in Ka‘u
ˉ pu
ˉ lehu, Heather McMillan, University of
Hawai‘i at Ma
ˉnoa
• A Landscape-based Assessment of Climate
Change Vulnerability for Native Hawaiian Plants,
Lucas Fortini, Pacific Islands Climate Change
Cooperative
• A Tropical Decision Support Tool to Enhance
Management of Pacific Island Ecosystems for Resilience to Climate Change and Invasive Species,
Richard MacKenzie, USDA Forest Service, PSW,
Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry
• Place-based Disaster Resilience: A Cross-Island
Approach to Navigating Socio-Ecological
Transformations in Communities in Hawai‘i,
Sarah Henly-Shepard, Disaster Resilience, L.L.C
and Maka‘ala Kaaumoana, Hanalei Watershed Hui
Disaster Resilience, L.L.C
• Identifying Mechanisms of Carbon Sequestration
in Volcanic Ash-Derived Soils of Hawai‘i across
a 5.2°C Mean Annual Temperature Gradient,
Michelle Lazaro, UH-Mānoa-Department of Natural
Resources and Environmental Management
• Effects and Interactions of Mean Annual Rainfall
and Land-use Change on Fecal Indicator Bacteria
Load in Tropical Rivers, Ayron Strauch, University
of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
This forum seeks to encourage cross-sector
dialogue to promote effective developments in our
responses to climate change, and will specifically
focus on our legal and policy options for coping
with decreased water supplies. The intent of the
forum is to provide participants with information to
consider legal and policy developments that would
help Hawai‘i cope with climate change. First, we
will review of the climate assessment forecasts
for Hawai‘i. Second, we will outline developing
legal and policy options. Next, we will focus on
water and topics would include competition for
decreased water supplies and potential results of
decisions that affect distribution. There will be an
opportunity to engage with the public to frame the
issues and possible responses.
FORUM: Cultivating Sustainability: A Virtual
GENERAL SESSION: Our Changing Climate:
Learning and Research
Moderator: Deanna Spooner
8:15 – 10:15am
Room 311
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Session 8 : 10:30 – 12:30pm
GENERAL SESSION: Open Sea
FORUM: Mapping People to Places and
Moderator: Jim Beets
8:15 – 10:15am
Room 315
Cultures: Using ArcGIS to Map Our Ahupua‘a
Moderator: Pauline Chinn
8:15 – 10:15am
Room 316A
SPEAKERS
• Quantifying Wedge-tailed Shearwater Road
Mortality Along Southeastern O‘ahu, Hawai‘i
(2011-2012), Devon Francke, Oikonos Ecosystem
Knowledge
• Feeding the Future: Maximizing the Potential
for Marine Aquaculture in the U.S. Pacific Islands,
While Minimizing the Risk, Alan Everson, NOAANational Marine Fisheries Service
• Monitoring Endangered Seabirds in Upper
Limahuli, Andre Raine, University of Hawai‘i
• Using Landscape Models to Prioritize Areas for
Newell’s Shearwater Conservation, Megan Laut,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Movement of Cultured and Wild Opakapaka (Pristipomoides filamentosus) in their Nursery Habitat,
Frank Parrish, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science
Center
• Japan Tsunami Marine Debris in Hawai‘i: Planning for the Unknown, Sonia Gorgula, Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division
of Aquatic Resources
• Movement and Habitat use of Endangered and
Migratory Birds on James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge, Jared Underwood, US-Fish and Wildlife
Service
Place and culture-based science education allows
teachers to connect school to out-of-school learning through science and cultural collaborations,
culturally grounded sustainability science practices,
and apply an Indigenous knowledge framework in
21st century contexts. Part of framing learning in
the 21st century is embracing technology. Digital
photography, ArcGIS/GPS mapping, and web-based
sharing expand teachers’ instructional toolkits
and strategies to extend lessons into students’
immediate and distant communities and across
generations and cultures. Instructional technologies enable teachers to expand learning to include
students as creators of unique, personally relevant
content that can be shared, discussed, and revised
with authentic audiences then preserved as resources for future learning. Teachers use ArcGIS/
GPS and digital cameras with their students to map
their ahupua‘a and track ecological events. Mapping technology is a way to preserve place-based
cultural knowledge through recording and sharing
the mo‘olelo of a community. In this forum science
educators will share their experience in place and
culture-based education, and how their school projects can be a model for others in the state. They
will also share how they have adopted technology
in the classroom to produce maps of their places,
and their efforts to collaborate to produce a statewide network.
PANEL MEMBERS
• Kellie Kong, University of Hawai‘i at Maˉnoa
• Jennifer Kuwuhara, Mililani Middle School
• Gandharva Mahina Hou Ross, Moloka‘i High
School
• Manuel Jadulang, Honokaa High and Middle
School
• Sabra Kauka, Island School
• Michelle Kapana-Baird, Kaiser High School
• Alyson Napua Barrows, Lihikai Elementary
• Matthew Kanemoto, Kahuku High School
• Chris Baird, Olomana School
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FORUM: The Micronesia Challenge:
GENERAL SESSION:
Achievements and Lessons from a
Multifaceted Initiative
Moderator: Lisa Andon
10:30 – 12:30pm
Room 316BC
Community Innovations
Moderator: Nāmaka Whitehead
10:30 – 12:30pm
Room 311
SPEAKERS
In early 2006, the Chief Executives of five Micronesian jurisdictions – the U.S. Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), the Federated
States of Micronesia (FSM), the Republic of the
Marshall Islands (RMI), the Republic of Palau, and
the U.S. Territory of Guam – signed the Micronesia
Challenge (MC), a shared commitment to effectively conserve at least 30% of the near-shore marine
resources and 20% of the terrestrial resources
across Micronesia by 2020. Our panel will consist
of several partners who have played various roles
in advancing the MC. During this session we will
share a number of initiatives/efforts which are
contributing to the progress of the Micronesia
Challenge.
Agenda:
• Micronesia Challenge: Overview and Progress to
Date, Lisa Andon, Micronesia Conservation Trust
• Micronesia Challenge Measures: Measuring for
Effectiveness through both Biophysical and SocioEconomic Monitoring, Yimnang Golbuu, Palau
International Coral Reef Center, Steven Victor, The
Nature Conservancy and Peter Houk, University of
Guam
• Micronesia Challenge Case Study: The Palau Protected Areas Network and PAN Fund Sustainable
Financing Model Umiich Sengebau, Palau Minister
of Natural Resources, Environment and Tourism
• Micronesia Challenge Social Marketing Campaigns: -The MCT-RARE Pride CampaignsMatt Lutkenhouse, Rare Conservation
• Micronesia Challenge: Lessons Learned and a
Way Forward - Lisa Andon, Micronesia Conservation Trust
Q&A and Discussion
• The Power of Storytelling: Authentic and Costeffective Multimedia Strategies to Market and
Promote Collaborative Conservation, Rob Holmes,
GLP Films / Green Living Project
• How Much Land is Needed for Hunting in
Hawai‘i? Steven Hess, U.S. Geological Survey
Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center
• Ma
ˉ huahua ‘Ai o Hoi: Lo‘i Kalo Restoration as
a Strategy for Enhancing Hyrdological and
Ecological Function in the He‘eia Wetlands,
Jonathan Kanekoa Kukea-Shultz, Kako‘o ‘Oiwi
• Growing Food Trees and Native Hawaiian Plants
in Schools, Hawaiian Communities, Botanic
Gardens and in Our Neighborhoods,
Heidi Bornhorst, Smart Trees Pacific
• Ma
ˉlama Kekahi i Kekahi: Restoring Pono through
ˉ ina Based Cultural
Opening Gates to Aloha ‘A
Groups, Kaleomanuiwa Wong, O‘ahu Army Natural
Resource Program
• Cleaning Up with Kalo: How Restoring He‘eia
Wetlands through Native Hawaiian Taro Farming
Affects Water Quality, Jennifer Fung, University of
Hawai‘i at Mānoa and Atsuko Fukunaga, Hawai‘i
Institute of Marine Biology
• Conservation Council for Hawai‘i - 63 Years
of Conservation & the Role of Non-Profit
Organizations in the Conservation Movement,
Marjorie Ziegler, Conservation Council for Hawai‘i
Session 7 : 8:15 – 10:15am
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Session 8 : 10:30 – 12:30pm
GENERAL SESSION: Forest Birds
Moderator: Jim Jacobi
10:30– 12:30pm
Room 315
PLEASE NOTE: SOME SESSIONS APPEAR
BELOW
FORUM: Kua‘aˉina Ulu ‘Auamo (KUA): Grassroots
FORUM: Hawai‘i Association of Watershed
Partnerships
Moderator: Jennifer Higashino
2:30– 3:30pm
Room 311
Session 9 : 2:30 – 4:30pm
WORKSHOP: HCC Data Hui: A Data
Discovery and Collaboration Workshop
Moderator: Sam Aruch
10:30– 12:30pm
Room 316A
SPEAKERS
• The Hawaiian Bird Conservation Action Plan,
Eric WanderWerf, Pacific Rim Conservation
• First Survival Estimates for a Highly Endangered
Kaua‘i Endemic Bird, the Puaiohi, Lisa Crampton,
Division of Forestry and Wildlife
• Current Distribution and Abundance of the O‘ahu
‘Elepaio, Eric WanderWerf, Pacific Rim Conservation
• Ecological Restoration at the Kanakaleonui Bird
Corridor on Mauna Kea, Hawai‘i, Cheyenne Perry,
Mauna Kea Watershed Alliance
• Solving the Mystery of Empty Forest Bird Nests
on Kaua‘i, Ruby Hammond, Kaua‘i Forest Bird
Recovery Project
• Documenting Acoustic Variability Among Hawai‘i
‘Amakihi Populations on Windward Hawai‘i Island,
Joshua Pang-Ching and Patrick Hart, UH Hilo,
Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental
Science
• Change in Avian Malaria Prevalence at Hakalau
Forest National Wildlife Refuge from 1998 to
2012, Jacqueline Gaudioso, U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center
• Projecting Shifts of Hawaiian Forest Bird Distribution Under Climate Change, Lucas Fortini, Pacific
Islands Climate Change Cooperative
As conservation strategy evolves into landscape,
seascape, and mauka to makai efforts, we have
realized that information needs to move freely
between independent projects. New technologies
have brought data management to the forefront
of every conservation program. There are several
ongoing data collaboration projects throughout the
State and many individuals are focused on solving
the problems inherent in data aggregation and
interoperability. This data discovery workshop will
invite data managers and interested parties from
various marine, terrestrial, freshwater, and community oriented projects to discuss what data they
have, what data they want, and what their short
and long term needs are. Each participant will give
a 3-5 minute presentation followed by a facilitated
discussion on how to move forward and work
through data sensitivity, compatibility, technological,
and bureaucratic challenges. Our goal is to build
a network of people to facilitate data sharing in a
way that is respectful of sensitive information and
program independence.
Growing Through Shared Kuleana-Highlighting the
E Alu Pū Network
Moderator: Alex Connelly
2:30– 4:30pm
Room 316BC
E Alu Pu
ˉ—means to move forward together; a call
to action; mimicking the movements of the Pualu
fish—it is also the name of a grassroots network
that links more than 25 communities from around
Hawai‘i to increase their effectiveness in stewarding their lands and waters. E Alu Pu
ˉ members will
discuss how their individual and collective visions,
values and practices, and bio-cultural innovations are empowered by the collaboration of the
E Alu Pu
ˉ Network. This panel will demonstrate
how place-based, grassroots community resource
management rooted in aloha ‘a
ˉ ina make great
contributions to the larger conservation movement
and that community and culture are necessary
elements for effective, holistic and fulfilling
approaches to achieving ‘a
ˉ ina momona—an abundant, productive ecological system that supports
community well-being.
The Hawai‘i Association of Watershed Partnerships
is comprised of the eleven Watershed Partnerships of Hawai‘i. This forum is intended to update
audience members of the accomplishments made
over the last year, provide current information on
the Rain Follows the Forest initiative, and increase
understanding of what makes a successful partnership. The Watershed Partnerships have become
a integral part of conservation in Hawai‘i, and this
forum intends to share information from across
Hawai‘i, showing the connections and the cooperation needed to galvanize support and action for
Hawai‘i’s important watersheds. In this forum,
three Watershed Partnerships will share their
experiences with bringing diverse partners
together to achieve significant conservation
actions. The key to successful partnerships is
developing the connections and engagement of
many stakeholders; we hope the participants
of this forum join that effort.
PANEL MEMBERS
• Mac Poepoe, Hui Ma
ˉ lama o Mo‘omomi
• Hi‘ilei Kawelo, Paepae o He‘eia and Kua‘a
ˉ ina
Ulu ‘Auamo (KUA)
• Presley Wann, Hui Maka‘a
ˉ inana o Makana
• Leinani Navas-Loa, Ka ‘Ohana o Hōnaunau
• Christine Costales, Ku
ˉ pa‘a No La
ˉ na‘i
PANEL MEMBERS
• Jennifer Higashino, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service
• Colleen Cole, Three Mountain Alliance
• Na
ˉ maka Whitehead, Kamehameha SchoolsLands Assets Division
• Chris Brocius, West Maui Mountains Watershed
Alliance
• Pamela Pogue, County of Maui
• Andrea Buckman, Leeward Haleakala
ˉ Watershed
Restoration Partnership
• Kaleo Manuel, Department of Hawaiian
Homelands
• Julie Cachola, Department of Hawaiian
Homelands
GENERAL SESSION: Watershed and Marine
Restoration
Moderator: Jennifer Higashino
3:30– 4:30pm
Room 311
SPEAKERS
• Hawai‘i’s Strategy for Managing Aquatic Hitchhikers, Sonia Gorgula, Department of Land and
Natural Resource
• Experimental Removal of the Introduced Predator
Cephalopholis argus in Puako, Hawai‘i: A Community-based Approach to Coral Reef Ecosystem
Restoration, Chad Wiggins, University of Hawai‘i
at Mānoa
• Reef Flat Recovery Following Large-scale Removal of Invasive Algae from Maunalua Bay, O‘ahu,
Leilani Warren, The Nature Conservancy
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Session 9 : 2:30 – 4:30pm
GENERAL SESSION: Managing Rodents
Moderator: George Wallace
2:30– 3:30pm
Room 315
SPEAKERS
• Eradicating Black Rats from Moku‘auia Island
After a Reinvasion, Lindsay Young, Pacific Rim
Conservation
• Scaling Up Conservation: Eradicating Rats from
Palmyra Atoll as Part of a Multinational, Multi-project Conservation Initiative, Alex Wegmann, Island
Conservation
• A Bolt in Time to Save the Army’s Bottom Line
Investigating the Utility of Automatic Rat Traps
in Hawai‘i, Katie Franklin, O‘ahu Army Natural
Resources Program and Matthew Lucas, National
Tropical Botanical Garden
• Native Plant Recruitment Increases Following Rat
Eradication in the Pacific, Coral Wolf, University of
California, Santa Cruz
SYMPOSIUM: Feral and Free-Roaming Cats in
Hawai‘i: Looking Ahead
Moderator: George Wallace
3:30– 4:30pm
Room 315
The issue of feral and free-roaming cats and their
impacts on Hawai‘i’s native fauna is well known
and documented. Both those interested in the
welfare of cats and those interested in the welfare
of native fauna agree explicitly that pet cats
should not roam outdoors or be unmanaged. As a
result, in 2009 a group of stakeholders formed the
“Coalition for the Protection of Cats and Wildlife,”
comprised of representatives from state and
federal agencies, private animal welfare organizations, conservation organizations, and academics
in an effort to bring all sides involved in the issue
together and working toward common goals.
SPEAKERS
• Reaching Humane Solutions to Feral Cat and
Endangered Species Conflicts: Issues Across Time
and Space, Loyal Mehrhoff, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service Pacific
• The Hawai‘i Coalition for the Protection of Cats
and Wildlife: Working Together to Find Solutions
for a Wicked Problem, Inga Gibson, The Humane
Society
• Conservation Biology’s Role in Understanding
and Addressing Outdoor Cats in Hawai‘i,
George Wallace, American Bird Conservancy
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FORUM: Linked In to the Forest: Real-Time
Technology For Early Ungulate Detection and
Rapid Response
2:30– 3:30pm
Room 316A
The Nature Conservancy of Hawai‘i is attempting to incorporate technological innovations and
new management tools into daily management
activities in order to utilize resources most effectively when working in inaccessible, remote
sites. Resource management tools we are testing
include remote cameras, an Internet Protocol (IP)
microwave communication system, fiber optic
systems for fence monitoring, and remote-operated
ungulate traps. We continue to refine our use of
game cameras that remotely and instantly send
field images and video via cellular network, and
have had recent successes utilizing trail cameras
for monitoring fire and weather. We are expanding
our use of high-tech cameras to remote areas with
no cellular coverage, testing an outdoor IP network
to send images and video on demand. Images and
video from cameras are used for real-time fence,
snare, and trap monitoring in order to rapidly respond to animal presence. We also are testing the
use of fiber optic systems on fences for remote
real-time fence monitoring. Our overall goal is to
improve the effectiveness and efficiency of our
conservation work, and to share our knowledge on
the application of new tools with other conservation partners.
PANEL MEMBERS
• Alison Cohan, The Nature Conservancy,
Maui Program
• Melissa Fisher, The Nature Conservancy,
Kaua‘i Program
• Shalan Crysdale, The Nature Conservancy,
Kaua‘i Program
GENERAL SESSION: Tech Innovations
3:30– 4:30pm
Room 316A
SPEAKERS
• Sharing the Science and Sites of He‘eia
Fishpond through the Development and Creation of
Laulima a ke Pono Mobile Application, Marion Ano,
Judy Lemus, University of Hawai‘i, Hiilei Kawelo,
Paepae o He‘eia, and Kelii Kotubetey, Paepae o
He‘eia
• Forward Looking Infra-Red (FLIR) Technology
Applications to Ungulate Management in Hawai‘i: A
Comparison of FLIR Systems, Francis Quitazol, The
Nature Conservancy and Jake Muise, Big Island
Invasive Species Committee
• Gigapan Robots: A Cost Effective Way to Monitor
Natural Resource Conservation Goals,
Lalasia Bialic-Murphy, O‘ahu Army Natural
Resources
• Hawai‘i Watershed Portal: A Website for
Conservation Field Staff, Stephanie Tom, The
Nature Conservancy
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POSTER SESSION
Poster List by Category
See abstract book for complete abstract and author details
*Indicates eligibility for Best Student Poster Award
Alien & Invasive Species
Poster List By Presenting Author
Viewing in Wi-Fi cafe, Room 312
Poster Reception during Community Connections Event, Wednesday July 17, 2013
5:30 – 8:00pm
See abstract book for complete abstract and author details
Ainsworth, Alison
Aiona, Kristina M.
Baribault, Thomas
Belson, Paul
Bergemann, Hannah
Bhadra, Manash Ronjan
Brinck, Kevin
Bruch, James
Camp, Richard
Chaney, Nancy
Chen, Huisheng
Clark, Michelle
Cotoras, Darko
De la Cruz, Zane
Decker, Drew
Duros, Jacob
Ellinwood, Iaˉsona
Elzinga, Adam
Foulk, Patra
Friday, Kathleen
Giardina, Christian
Gillespie, Rosemary
Haines, William
Harper, Doug
James, Shelley
Janas, David
Jenzen, Erynn
Johnson, M. Tracy
Kapono, Mark
Katz, Benjamin
Kaye, Springer
King, Cynthia
Kirkpatrick, Jessica
LaBram, Jill
Laursen, Scott
Leger, Charlotte
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P-28
P-65
P-47
P-24
P-69
P-27
P-19
P-37
P-22
P-26
P-16
P-67
P-51
P-13
P-61
P-45
P-42
P-18
P-09
P-48
P-31
P-49
P-50
P-32
P-54
P-46
P-60
P-25
P-23
P-33
P-07
P-15
P-02
P-72
P-43
P-35
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Leialoha, Joanna
Liang, Christina
Lucas, Matthew
Macaulay, James
Malachowski, Christopher
Marshall, Jonathan D.
Masuda, Bryce
Matsumoto, Nancy
McCue, Laura
McFarland, Brooke
McGuire, Raymond
McLane, Sarah
Minerbi, Luciano
Montgomery, Steven L.
Naboa, Eldridge
Okano, Dana
Ozaki, Nicki
Parsons, Elliott
Paxton, Eben H.
Peck, Robert
Peng, Marcus
Pinzari, Corinna A.
Powell, Kelly
Pratt, Linda
Rapp, Daniel
Reder, Benjamin
Riney, Michael
Sakashita, Miyoko
Saunter, Matthew
Selbie, Hugo
Shiels, Aaron
Stout, Victoria
Uowolo, Amanda
Warman, Laura
Young, Lindsay
Young, Nancy
P-36 *
P-30
P-14
P-05
P-20 *
P-08 *
P-04
P-71
P-41
P-21
P-03
P-39
P-55
P-44
P-56
P-29
P-06
P-70
P-17
P-11
P-57 *
P-64
P-38 *
P-12
P-34 *
P-58, 59
P-73 *
P-63
P-10
P-52
P-01
P-68
P-66
P-53
P-40
P-62
P-01
Preference for Native and Non-native Seedlings by Introduced Slug and Snail
Herbivores in Hawai‘i
P-02
Discovery and Management Implications of an Invasive Beetle Trechus obtusus at
Lake Wai‘au, Mauna Kea, Hawai‘i
P-03
The Big Island Invasive Species Committee’s Role in Early Detection and Rapid Response
of Incipient Invasive Vertebrate Species
P-04
Response of an Endemic Bird Population to a Rat Reinvasion and Subsequent Eradication
on Ulva Island, New Zealand
P-05
The Impacts of Invasive Fish on Hawaiian Wetland Communities
P-06
Investigating the Effect of Invasive Plant Removal on Native Forest Birds on Kaua‘i
P-07
An Invasive Species Management Plan for the University Managed Lands on Mauna Kea
P-08* Ecological Impacts of a Non-native Amphibian (coqui frog, Eleutherodactylus coqui) Along
an Elevational Gradient on Hawai‘i Island
P-09* Life History Characteristics of Exotic Fish Species in a Managed Wetland in Hanalei NWR,
Kaua‘i
P-10
Adapting Habitat Management to a Newly Colonized Indigenous Plant on Kure Atoll
P-11
Incursion of Invasive Ants into National Park of American Samoa
P-12
Survey of Roadside Alien Plants in and near Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park
P-13
Physical, Chemical, and Microbial Characteristics of Soils under Native Versus Invasive
Plants on Lāna‘i, Hawai‘i
P-14
Automatic Rat Traps are Not Automatic Rat Control: Considerations for Implementing
Goodnature® Automatic Rat Traps in Remote Areas in Hawai‘i
P-15
Native Moth Causes Record Defoliation of Hawai‘i Island Koa Forest
Avifauna
P-16
P-17
P-18
P-19
P-20*
P-21
P-22
P-23
P-24
Advanced Technology Solar Telescope Hawaiian Petrel Monitoring Project on Haleakalaˉ
Abundance, Distribution, and Trends of the Iconic Hawaiian Honeycreeper, the ‘I‘iwi
Developing Dependable Monitoring Strategies for Nest Boxes to Aid in the Recovery of
an Endangered Endemic Species
Using Simultaneous Survey Methods to Evaluate Historical Abundance Estimates for the
Nihoa Millerbird
Can Koloa Maoli Movement Patterns Provide Insight into Wetland Habitat Connectivity in
the Hawaiian Islands?
Use of Social Attraction to Enhance the Newell’s Shearwater Colony Breeding at
Kıˉlauea Point, Kaua‘i
Status of Forest Birds in Haleakalaˉ National Park
Phenology of Nectar Availability from Dominant Plant Species on the Eastern Flank
of Mauna Loa
Seabird-friendly Lighting Strategies to Protect Hawai‘i’s Nocturnal Seabirds
Biocontrol
P-25
P-26
Proposed Release of a New Biocontrol for Weedy Melastomes
Update on the Establishment of a Biocontrol Agent Released for Strawberry Guava
in Hawai‘i
Climate Change
P-27
Science-based Solutions “Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security” for the Rural Poor
and Most Vulnerable Farmers in Developing Countries
P-28* Predicting Effects of Climate Change: Ecosystem Drivers in the Hawaiian Subalpine
Shrubland
P-29
The Knowledge and Perceptions of Climate Change Among the Public of the Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana Islands
P-30
Associating Genetic Variation with Climate Variables in Hawaiian Koa (Acacia koa)
POSTERS & EXHIBITORS
POSTER SESSION
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POSTER SESSION
Poster List by Category, continued
Assessing Carbon Storage and Fluxes in Hawai‘i: Impacts of Fire, Invasive Species and
Climate Change on the Global Warming Potential
NOAA’s Sentinel Sites Program’s Hawaiian Cooperative – Bringing Communities and
Government Together to Address Climate Change Risks
Coastal & Marine Systems
P-33*
P-34*
The Use of Low-Cost Temperature Sensors as a Proxy for Current Mapping at Reef Sites
Tern Island Field Station for the Good and Bad: A Case Study of Data Management from
the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Community Engagement
P-35
P-36*
Ka‘upulehu: An Experiment in Community-based Marine Resource Management
ˉ koakoa Engaging Communities in Coastal Resource Management to Initiate the
Hale ‘A
Evolution of How We Care for Our Island Home
Ecological Restoration
P-37Kuˉkulu Ke Ea A Kanaloa: Coastal Wetland Restoration at Kaukaukapapa, Kaho‘olawe
P-38* Ecological and Economic Aspects of Restoring a Hawaiian Dry Lowland Ecosystem
Dominated by the Invasive Grass Megathyrsus Maximus
P-39
Maui Coral Reef Recovery Plan: Developing a Science-based, Community Driven Recovery
Plan for Maui Reefs
P-40
Planning for Kaua‘i’s First Predator Proof Fence at Kıˉlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge
Education & Outreach
P-41
Dolphin SMART: A Conservation Program Helping Both Local Businesses and Wild Dolphins
in Hawai‘i
P-42* Kahua A‘o: A Learning Foundation: Using Hawaiian Language Newspaper Articles for Place
and Culture-based Geoscience Teacher Education and Curriculum Development
P-43
Teaching Change to Local Youth: Phenology, Climate Change and Citizen Science at
Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge
P-44
Pohaku: Foundations of Natural History and Culture Laid by Joseph Francis Rock (18841962)
Forest Health & Management
P-45
P-46*
P-47
P-48
Monitoring Disturbance via Photo/Vegetation Plots
Restoring Dryland Forests from the Soil Up
FSC Certification in Hōnaunau Forest: A Case Study in Consistency between Conservation
Objectives and Forest Certification Programs
Proposed Forest Legacy Conservation Easement to Protect Yela Valley, Kosrae, Federated
States of Micronesia
P-55
A Land Conservation Plan Study for the Island of Hawai‘i
P-56
Conservation Successes through Contracting: The New Trend In Conservation
P-57* The Genuine Progress Indicator in Hawai‘i
P-58
The Past Informs Our Future: Pacific Historical Aerial Imagery Inventory and Digitization
Project
P-59
High Resolution Land Cover Data for the State of Hawai‘i
P-60* Using the Landscape Development Intensity (LDI) Index as a Predictor of the Conditions
in Estuaries and Bays in Hawai‘i
P-61
The National Hydrography Dataset for the Pacific Region
Protected Species
P-62
P-63
P-64
P-65
Rare Plant Conservation
P-66
P-67
P-68
P-69
P-70
Assembly of Arthropod Communities in Hawai‘i: Can We Predict Future Response Given a
Modified Dynamic?
Burritos, Cones, and Candy Wrappers: An Interactive Key to Hawaiian Fancy-cased
Caterpillars and Moths (Cosmopterigidae: Hyposmocoma)
Revealing Unknown Levels of Diversity: Discovery of Color Change during Life History of the
Endemic Spider Tetragnatha kamakou
Management Tools
P-52
P-53
P-54
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The Pacific Regional Ocean Uses Atlas: Using Participatory GIS to Incorporate Traditional
Knowledge into Ocean Management
Fantasy Football: A Trait-based Approach for Species Choice in Restoration
Digitization Initiatives at the Bishop Museum: Baseline Data for Conservation in the Pacific
Propagation of Hawaiian Dryland Forest Threatened and Endangered Species for Habitat
Suitability Modeling: Sharing of Mana‘o Gathered from Local Experts
The Effects of Ungulate Exclusion on Vegetation in Lowland Diverse Mesic Forest at
Mahanaloa in Kuia Natural Area Reserve, Kaua‘i
Propagating a Vulnerable Hawaiian Plant: Solanum nelsonii
Determining the Current Status of Iliahi and Exploring Regulation, Management, and
Conservation Options through Public Surveys
Infestation of Halapepe (Pleomele hawaiiensis) by Banana moth (Opogona sacchari)
at Pu‘uwa‘awa‘a, Hawai‘i
Watersheds
P-71
P-72
P-73*
Prioritizing Watersheds from a Water Supply Perspective: Balancing Recharge, Production,
Water Quality and Stakeholder Needs for Protection and Restoration Efforts
Water Quality Monitoring in Honolua Watershed, Maui
Impacts of Climate Change on Food Resources of Native Atyid Shrimp and Invasive
Caddisfly Larvae in Hawaiian Streams
Science Fair Awards
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.
Insects
P-49
P-50
P-51*
Coming to Consensus on Reducing Bycatch of Hawai‘i’s False Killer Whales
Securing a Future for Endangered Corals and Monk Seals
Temporal Patterns of Hawaiian Hoary Bat (Lasiurus cinereus semotus) Echolocation Activity
on Leeward Hawai‘i Island
A Chain of Detection Events: USGS Hawaiian Hoary Bat Acoustic Monitoring Efforts on
State-Wide Scale
2013 Senior Research Award Winners
P-74
Sarah Jenkins, Moloka‘i Intermediate/High School, Grade 10.
Floating Platforms for Improved Reproductive Success of the Hawaiian Coot (Fulicia alai)
at Pipi‘o Pond, Mapulehu, Moloka‘i, Hawai‘i. Teacher/Mentor Award: Malia Lee and
Arleone Dibben-Yong, Moloka‘i Intermediate/High School.
P-75 Connie Kim, Waipahu High School, Grade 12.
Surveying Anchilaine Pools at Kalaeloa National Wildlife Refuge to Restore the Population
of the Hawaiian Orange-Black Damselfly (Megalagrion xanthomelas).
POSTERS & EXHIBITORS
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P-32
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Kealopiko
Hawai‘i Wildlife Center
UH Center for Conservation Research &
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Resource Mapping Hawai‘i LLC
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Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System
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The Baldwin Group at NOAA Pacific
Services Center
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Hawai‘i Wetland Joint Venture
10 Mālama Maunalua
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Farms Hawai‘i
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13 First Wind Energy
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U.S. Forest Service, Region 5
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DLNR – Division of Forestry and Wildlife
Conservation Council for Hawai‘i
Hawai‘i Audobon Society
The Humane Society of the United
States-Hawai‘i
Native Books/Na Mea Hawai‘i
Kua‘aina Ulu ‘Auamo
Kupu
O‘ahu Resource Cons. & Dev. Council
ˉ hulehule Forest Conservancy, LLC
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Hawai‘i-Pacific Weed Risk Assessment &
Plant Pono
The Trust for Public Land
Friends of Midway Atoll
Sean Coffey
U.S. Geological Survey PIERC
Kamehameha Schools
Esri
Pono Pacific Land Management LLC
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Hawai‘i Conservation Alliance Foundation
Forest Solutions, Inc.
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