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The mission of the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) is to provide technology, methods, and information to--and to facilitate communication among--decision-makers, resource managers, and the general public to help support effective science-based management of harmful non-native species in Hawaii and the Pacific.

The problem	Species info	Full-text articles	Books	Images
The Silent Invasion	Plants of Hawaii	Global Weeds (GCW)	Cultivated weeds	Definitions
Galapagos Islands	Organizations	E-mail lists	Presentations	Alternatives to invasives
Getting started	Mystery plants	Weed lists	Monitoring database	Miconia in Hawaii
HNIS database	Volunteer on Maui	Additional resources	HEAR bibliography	HEAR site map

Webmaster's pick

JAE biological invasions articles The Journal of Applied Ecology is launching an online issue presenting the 20 most-cited papers published by the Journal of Applied Ecology in the last 5 years in the field of biological invasions. [more...]

Webmaster's pick archives
All previous postings to the HEAR Webmaster's Pick are available online.

Featured species

Ohia rust

Ohia rust (Puccinia psidii) is HEAR's featured species because of its potentially devastating effects on ohia, a widespread dominant tree of native ecosystems in Hawaii.

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A summary of recently-added/updated taxa on the HEAR website is now available online.

To report a pest, call 643-PEST (7378) toll-free from anywhere in Hawaii! [more info...]

Litle fire ant found on Maui
The little fire ant (LFA) (Wasmannia auropunctata) was found on Maui... [ more ]

Farmers outraged: proposed layoffs may bury an industry
"A meeting at the State Capitol last Thursday drew testimony from dozens of people concerned about how planned layoffs of more than 50 state agricultural inspectors will impact Hawaii’s export industry...." [ more ]

News phlash archives
Archival HEAR news phlashes (all previous postings to this section) are also available online.

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The Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) is currently funded by the Pacific Basin Information Node (PBIN) of the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) through PIERC (USGS) with support from HCSU (UH-Hilo). Historically, HEAR has also received funding and/or support from PCSU (UH) and HALE (NPS). More details are available online.

Links to non-USGS sites: This website contains numerous links to data and information on the Web. Links and pointers to non-USGS sites are provided for information only and do not constitute endorsement, express or implied, by the USGS, NBII, its partner agencies, or the U.S. Government, of the referenced organizations, their suitability, content, products, or services, whether they are governmental, educational, or commercial.

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Comments? Questions? Send e-mail to: webmaster@hear.org. (Additional contact info is also available online.)

This page was created 27 May 1997 by PT, and was last updated on 03 November 2009 by PT.