Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) HEAR "Webmaster's Pick" archives


This page contains the archives of HEAR "webmaster's pick" section (as previously featured individually on the HEAR home page). For further information, contact webmaster@hear.org.

NPR: Hawaii's Prettiest Pests
NEW NPR recently featured invasive plants in Hawaii in its blog "Talking Plants with Ketzel Levine."


Raising Islands: Jan TenBruggencate blog
NEW Jan TenBruggencate has recently created an excellent blog focusing on science, conservation, and the environment in Hawaii.

The Raising Islands blog is "[a] discussion of the Hawaiian Islands, hosted by Jan TenBruggencate. Science, environment and conservation are a focus, but not the limit of the conversation. We will wander as well into canoe voyaging, archaeology, health and a range of other topics. The blog may further serve as a review of scientific literature with applications to the Islands. Researchers are invited to point us to relevant papers." (from http://raisingislands.blogspot.com/, accessed 27 August 2007)

"TenBruggencate is a veteran Hawai'i newswriter, science journalist, author. He lives on Kaua'i. As the science and environment writer for The Honolulu Advertiser, he wrote the state's first and longest-running column on the Hawaiian environment. He has won awards from the Hawaiian Academy of Science, Conservation Council for Hawai'i, Hawai'i Audubon Society, and others." (from http://www.blogger.com/profile/11097508601802284702, accessed 27 August 2007)


Plants of Hawaii - images by FAMILY
NEW Now you can browse through the famous copyright-free "Starr images" of the plants of Hawaii BY FAMILY. This allows you to have an overall look at thumbnails of representatives of related genera on one page, so as to make identification of an unknown specimen easier. Thanks to Forest & Kim Starr for yet another great achievement!


PIER v5.1
A new version of the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER) website has been posted, with many enhancements, including: As always, corrections and additions to PIER data are welcomed. (URLs: http://www.hear.org/pier/; http://www.hear.org/pier/locations/islands.htm; http://www.hear.org/pier/commonnames/languages/; posted to HEAR Webmaster's Pick 27 November 2006 by PT)


National Invasive Species Information Center
The NISIC website is a reference gateway to information, organizations, and services about invasive species.


Natural Areas of Hawaii
Reports, images, and facts about selected natural areas of Hawaii are online.


invasivespeciesinfo.gov: Hawaii
Government, academic, and other resources RE: invasive species in Hawaii are available at invasivespeciesinfo.gov.


National Invasive Species Information Center
The NISIC website is a reference gateway to information, organizations, and services about invasive species.


Natural Areas of Hawaii
Reports, images, and facts about selected natural areas of Hawaii are online.


invasivespeciesinfo.gov: Hawaii
Government, academic, and other resources RE: invasive species in Hawaii are available at invasivespeciesinfo.gov.


Hoike curriculum
The Hoike o Haleakala curriculum is a curriculum designed to integrate local natural resources (Maui) into the high-school level science classroom.


Testimony to U.S. Senate
Testimony RE: invasive species to a U.S. Senate subcommittee--particularly with respect to the National Park Service--was presented 09 August 2005.


Global Invasive Species Database
The Global Invasive Species Database (GISD) provides information about a variety of invasive species from around the world. (GISD is a product of IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group.)


Environment Hawaii turtle logo Environment Hawaii
Environment Hawaii contains important up-to-date news about Hawaii's environment. This newsletter is published by a non-profit corporation.


Invasive and exotic species of North America
This website (www.invasive.org) website is an excellent resource containing images, links to online references, and other information about invasive species in North America.


Weed Risk Asssement
Weed risk assessment information is now available on the HEAR website. Send suggestions for other information to add!


Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)
The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) website contains a plethora of information about Pacific Islands, including links such as the SPC's Plant Protection Service site.


UH/CTAHR coqui frog page
Control of coqui frogs in Hawaii is a new website from UH/CTAHR.


Herbicidal Weed Control Methods for Pastures and Natural Areas of Hawaii  PDF icon
This recent publication was just release online, and is authored by folks from CTAHR and HDOA.


The Plants of Hawaii Image Index is a new website including over 6000 images (high-resolution and copyright-free) of over 900 plant taxa of Hawaii. Included are both native and non-native species. Also, there are detailed species reports and Maui-occurrence roadside maps for many of the species.


A Global Compendium of Weeds is a useful site listing over 20,000 weed taxa, along with references, common names, and more!

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