· Follow-up Hotline reports and other reports from outside sources. Unit of measure is number of reports checked.

The Miconia Hotline received 37 calls from July to September of 2000.  Nine calls received follow up visits from field crews, and the rest were handled by querying callers for more information.  Two of the reports were previously unknown miconia sites, the rest were in areas already mapped. Instructions were given to folks on how to treat miconia on their property.  Locational information was collected.

As reports come in they are assigned a category from 1 to 5.  Category 1 reports are possible new sites.  Category 2 reports may be new but are within the expected range of known trees.  Category 3 reports are usually roadside plants in highly visible areas.  Category 4 reports are residents that have miconia on their own property.  Category 5 includes all the well known sites or older established stands, i.e., Onomea, and Leilani Estates.  Table 5 shows the number of calls that came in to the Hotline, categories and follow up methods.

Table 2. Follow-up Hotline reports and other reports from outside sources.

· Promote public awareness.
 Annual target: 12 volunteer projects, 12 presentations, and 4 press releases.

Volunteers assisted the field team on several occasions.  A new volunteer group made up of residents from the Waa Waa subdivision of lower Puna, joined the Miconia control project after finding Miconia growing wild in Nanawale Forest Reserve, near their homes.  The Kubica family, their friends and neighbors volunteered to adopt this site (site 93-Hale Puaa). A group of students participating in the Upward Bound program joined the volunteer force against Miconia. this summer.  They worked on agricultural farm lots at Panaewa, on Hawaiian Home Lands.  Malama O Puna, formerly known as Puna Outdoor Circle, continues to volunteer time controlling Miconia in lower Puna.  They are currently working at site 60-Pahoa, on a parcel near the Pahoa High School.  Residents and coffee farmers on Donkey Mill road, site 1-Honalo, have taken an interest in the forest near their farms, and are now working with the West Hawaii field leader to continue surveys at this site.  They are interested in learning about Hawaiian forest ecosystems while protecting them from Miconia and other invasive weeds. Several friends and family members of the regular Miconia crews, also contributed to the survey and treatment of Miconia in Kona and Puna.

Table 3. Field crew volunteers at Kona, Hilo and Puna.

 
 

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