Mission Statement of Hawai’i 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 Department of Forestry and Wildlife host and facilitate this work group, coordinate mailings, and furnish meeting minutes. (*It is our understanding that the CPC Hawaii Program Office is presently [03/2001] unstaffed; the contact information presented at this link is out-of-date.) 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

You may subscribe to the HRPRG internet mailing list to keep abreast of the latest HRPRG happenings.

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