Items
of Interest:
Hawaii
Early Detection Network - Report your find
online
DOI. NBII.
Pacific Basin.
A
Dozen Illegal Animals Turned In in Two
Weeks (Jul 18, 2011)
Hawaii Department of Agriculture.
Snakes and large lizards have no natural
predators in Hawaii and pose a serious trheat
to Hawaii's environment. It would be devasting
if snakes multiplied, potentially killing
off endangered birds and flowers that make
Hawaii so special. Hawaii is serious about
keeping snakes out that the fine for possessing
an illegal animal can reach $200,000 and
up to three years in prison. However, snake
owners are granted amnesty if they willingly
turn their pets over. Animals turned in under
amnesty will not be euthanized and will be
sent to a reptile facility on the mainland.
Report
to the Twenty-Six Legislature Regular Session
of 2011: Budgetary and Other Issues Regarding
Invasive Species (Dec 2010; PDF | 5 MB)
Hawai'i Department of Land and Natural
Resources.
White
Papers and Reports
Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species.
Got
Dead Bird? Call 211
Gotdeadbird.org.
The Hawaii Department of Health and U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service are asking the public’s
help in the early detection of two diseases – West
Nile Virus and bird
flu (avian
influenza) - that are not yet present in Hawaii,
but could arrive. West Nile Virus and bird
flu are two diseases that agencies are monitoring
for, but the public’s help is needed
in order to watch for these diseases across
the state.
Prevention,
Early Detection and Containment of Invasive,
Nonnative Plants in the Hawaiian Islands:
Current Efforts and Needs (Aug 2009; PDF
| 361 KB)
University of Hawaii at Manoa. Department
of Botany. Pacific Cooperative Studies
Unit.
This report (Technical Report 166)
is based on the symposium "Managing
Dynamic Alien Species Invasion Scenarios
in Terrestrial Ecosystems: Management Experiences
and Research Needs" held at the 2008
Hawaii Conservation Conference in Honolulu.
It presents summaries of current achievements
and processes and tools in place and a
number of opinions on future perspectives,
highlighting some of the main current issues
for an effective biosecurity system against
invasive plant species in the Hawaiian
Islands. |
