Mission Statement of Hawaii Rare Plant Restoration Group (HRPRG)

The Hawaii Rare Plant Restoration Group (HRPRG) is composed of many public and private agencies. This group, which includes over 60 participants, meets every 3-6 months to share information about monitoring, collecting, ex situ propagation, reintroduction and restoration projects, and to plan new initiatives. The Center for Plant Conservation Program Office and the Hawaii Division of Forestry and Wildlife host and facilitate this work group, coordinate mailings, and furnish meeting minutes. This group is currently working on monitoring and collection guidelines and a field form tailored for the Hawaiian flora. The HRPRG group is also developing strategies to fund a major "genetic safety net" initiative that will capture and restore the botanical diversity of Hawaii's most endangered plants.

The member agencies are:

• Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden
  
• Bernice P. Bishop Museum
  
• Center for Plant Conservation
  
• Harold L. Lyon Arboretum
  
• Hawaii Natural Heritage Program
• Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (USGS/BRD/PIERC/HFS/HEAR)
  
• Honolulu Botanical Garden
  
• Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate
  
• Koke'e Resource Conservation Program
  
• Maui Land & Pineapple Company
  
• Maui Nui Botanical Garden
  
• National Park Service
  
• National Tropical Botanical Garden
  
• Hawaii Conservation Alliance (formerly known as the Secretariat for Conservation Biology)
  
• Smithsonian Institution
  
• State of Hawaii DLNR, Division of Forestry and Wildlife
  
• The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii
  
• University of Hawaii
  
• US Army Garrison Hawaii, Environmental Division
  
• US Army, Pohakuloa Training Area
  
• US Fish and Wildlife Service
  
• US Forest Service
  
• Waimea Arboretum and Botanical Garden
  

HRPRG Recommendations

• Protocols for collecting & handling native Hawaiian plants  

• *DRAFT* Instructions and Methods for Submitting HRPRG Rare Plant Field Data and Background Information  

• Rare plant background information form     

• Rare plant field data form  

• Reintroduction guidelines  

• Revised DRAFT policy: collection of endangered plants by authorized botanical gardens in Hawaii  

HRPRG internet mailing list

The HRPRG internet discussion forum is available by invitation. Please note that potential subscribers will be asked to send information describing their institutional affiliation and interest in native plant restoration.

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