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Beginning in Jul 98, all photos will be in JPEG format so download times will be shorter.

 

Wildland Fire Management Program in Action...

RAWS (Remote Area Weather Station) installation at Makua Valley.

 

Oahu Natural Resources Staff Get Stream Training on Kauai...

Kapua takes notes while Mike Kido gives some instructions.
Mike looking over the transect.

 

New Fire Prevention Awareness Poster Showcases Endangered Species (On Display at the Hawaii Conservation Conference (see Events) at the End of July 1998)...

Cyanea superba (Haha), ENDANGERED (MMR).
Sanicula mariversa (Snakeroot), ENDANGERED (MMR). A plant literally saved from the brink of extinction at Makua.
Lobelia gaudichaudii ssp. koolauensis ENDANGERED (SB).
Achatinella byronii (Oahu Tree Snail, Pupu Kuahiwi) ENDANGERED (SB, KLOA).
Achatinella sowerbyana (Oahu Tree Snail, Pupu Kuahiwi) ENDANGERED (SB, KLOA).
Cyanea lanceolata (Haha) ENDANGERED (SB, KLOA, KTA).
Viola chamissoniana ENDANGERED (MMR, SB).
Cyrtandra viridiflora ENDANGERED (KLOA).
Chasiempis sandwichensis var. gayi (Oahu Elepaio) PROP. ENDANGERED (MMR, SB).


( Oahu Elepaio - WAV, 236K)

LEGEND: (see Maps)
MMR = Makua Military Reservation
SB = Schofield Barracks Military Reservation
KLOA = Kawailoa Training Area
KTA = Kahuku Training Area
DMR = Dillingham Military Reservation
PTA = Pohakuloa Training Area, Island of Hawaii

 

Palila (Endangered Bird) Mitigation Plan MOU Approved (see Oct 1998 EMP Bulletin)...

Loxoides bailleui (Palila) ENDANGERED/CRITICAL HABITAT DESIGNATED (PTA).
Another Palila picture courtesy of Paul Banko, Biological Resources Division, USGS.

 

Photos from Jade Nakamura and the Cultural Resources Management Program at Pohakuloa Training Area…

Archaeologist/botanist surveying the proposed Range 10 maneuver corridor.
Jade recording one of many new sites at PTA.
A closer look at the site.
A petroglyph at PTA.
Last year's University of Hawaii archaeology field school at PTA.

 

More Cyanea superba Outplanting Photos...

Army Oahu natural resources personnel at Kahanahaiki Gulch Management Unit, MMR.

 

Fencing Projects to Protect Endangered Plants on Oahu…

NPS staff on Ohikilolo Ridge, Makua MR.
View of MMR, from Ohikilolo Ridge (3,000 feet ASL) with Kaena Point, the westernmost tip of Oahu, in the background. Endangered species along the ridgeline are protected from fires caused by military training by a firebreak road (thin white line).

 

Fencing Projects to Protect Endangered Plants at PTA…

Hawaii Volcanoes NPS staff erecting the big fence (61K) at Kipuka Kalawamauna, PTA.
"Da Bomb" (78K) in Kipuka Kalawamauna that forced postponement of animal drive.

 

Weed Control at PTA…

Fountain Grass control (50K) in MPRC and along MPRC Access Road.
Former PTA Botanist, Trish Tierney (80K), checking efficacy of Fountain Grass control.
Closeup of Russian Thistle (75K).
Kathleen herbiciding RT (76K).
RT near Puu Kapele (67K) with Hummer purchased by the EMP program.

 

Our Volunteers…

Volunteers from Hilo High School Archery Club (71K) constructing fenced exclosure at PTA.
Volunteers constructing fence at Makua, Island of Oahu (90K).
More Oahu volunteers (62K).

 

A Big "ALOHA" To...

Marigold (55K). Good luck in Japan!

 

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