Speaker Presentations
TUESDAY, JULY 28
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr. Stephen Schneider
SYMPOSIUM: Sea Level Impacts in Hawai’i, Implications for the Natural and Built Environment
Moderator: Dolan Eversole, University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program
Dennis Hwang Keys to Implementing Science to Address Sea Level Rise and Other Hazards
FORUM: Climate Change and Hawai’i’s Evolving Energy Policy
Moderators: Douglas A. Codiga, Esq., Schlack Ito Lockwood Piper & Elkind
SYMPOSIUM: Climate Change Impacts in Hawai’i and Island Communities
Moderator: Eileen Shea, NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS)/National Climate Data Center (NCDC)
Jeff Polovina Climate Change and Fisheries
SYMPOSIUM: Ecological Restoration in a Changing World
Moderator: David Burney, National Tropical Botanical Garden
Emory Griffin-Noyes Using Dense Outplantings of Select Native Species to Overcome Invasive Plant Competition in Limahuli Preserve, Kaua`i
Lida Pigott Burney Diversified Plant Reintroduction at Larger Scales in Hawaiian Dry Forest
Mike Kido Cyberinfrastructure for Monitoring Environmental Change in Hawaiian “Mountain-to-Sea” Environments
Tom Ranker Genetic Considerations in Ecological Restoration
Kawika Winter Culturally-Based Solutions for a Multiplicity of Issues in a Changing Climate: Ahupua`a Lessons for Ecological, Agricultural, Fishery and Community Restoration
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29
SYMPOSIUM: Building Scientific and Management Tools to Address Climate Change in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI)
Moderator: Malia Chow, NOAA Papahanāumokuākea Marine National Monument
Greta Aeby Climate Change and Coral Health in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Paul Jokiel Impact of Ocean Acidification on Hawaiian Coral Reefs in the 21st Century
Kimberly A. Selkoe Putting Climate Change on the Map: A Spatial Assessment of Climate Change in the Context of Cumulative Human Impacts in Papahānaumokuākea
Ronald Hoeke Modeled Changes in Coral Growth and Mortality Over the Next 100 Years in the Hawaiian Archipelago
SYMPOSIUM: Integration of Native Hawaiian and Western Sciences to Understand the Environment of Hawai’i: Lessons from the Ku’ula Class at UH Hilo
Moderator: Misaki Takabayashi, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo Marine Science Department and ‘Aulani Wilhelm, NOAA Papahanāumokuākea Marine National Monument
Makani Gregg Hinahele: Coral Reef Zonations
Jonatha Giddens What a Traditional Hawaiian Legend has to Teach Us About Reef Fish Management Today: Comparing Uhu (Scaridae) Age-Structure and Abundance Between Midway Atoll and Puako, West Hawai‘i
Shauna Kehaunani Tom Nā ‘Opihi o Hawai‘i Nei: A Study Of ‘Opihi, An Endemic Hawaiian Limpet (Cellana spp.) in the Hawaiian Archipelago
Nakoa Goo Native Plants of Pihemanu: Observations from a Hawaiian Perspective
Pelika Bertelmann ‘Ōlelo No‘eau: Pili iā Pihemanu a Collection of Wise or Entertaining Proverbs on the Subject of Midway Atoll
SESSION: Huihuina – A Mixture of Hawaiian Conservation Issues
Christopher Lepczyk Does size matter? Human perceptions of species endangerment
Kate Brauman The Effects of Native Forest and Working Pasture on Rainfall Partitioning and Groundwater Recharge in Kona, Hawai’i
Samuel Aruch The Maui Conservation Data Hui, Adventures in Interagency Collaboration
SYMPOSIUM: Statewide Assessment of Forest Resources for Hawai’i (SWARS)
Moderator: Ron Cannarella, Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Forestry and Wildlife
This symposium will introduce the Statewide Assessment of Forest Conditions and Statewide Resource Strategy (SWARS). Each State and Territory is required to complete these two documents and submit them to the Secretary of Agriculture no later than June 18, 2010. The speakers will address some of the data sets and analyses to be included in Hawai‘i’s Assessment of Forest Conditions.
Teresa Truman-Madriaga Statewide Assessment and Resource Strategy (SWARS) —Urban and Community Forestry Perspective
Darren Johnson Application of LANDFIRE Spatial Data in Hawai’i Statewide Forest Resource Assessment
Dawn Greenlee State-wide Assessment and Resource Strategies: Minimizing Wildland Fire Impacts to Hawaii’s Natural Resources
FORUM: Conservation, Land and Culture: Creating Conservation and Cultural Alliances
Moderator: Kevin Chang, Office of Hawaiian Affairs Land Management Hale and Kawika Burgess, The Trust for Public Land
‘Ahahui Mālama I Ka Lōkahi is a non-profit organization first created by native Hawaiians who recognize that Hawai‘i’s unique native plants, animals, and ecosystems represent a vital cultural resource in danger of extinction. We believe that Hawai‘i’s native ecosystems provide the cultural heart of its people, the basis for traditional material culture, and constitute what makes the Hawaiian link to a land unique in the world.
Ka‘ala Farm, Inc. is a Cultural Learning Center and a community organization, existing at the intersection of several related fields/areas of operations: (1) Education (2) Hawaiian cultural preservation and perpetuation (3) Cultivation of traditional knowledge in the modern world (4) Aloha ‘Āina (and environmental advocacy) (5) Resource management (6) Community organizing and economic development
Moderator: Denby Freeland-Cole, Maui Coastal Land Trust
Presenters in this symposium will describe various environmental education programs that are being implemented throughout our state. A multitude of conservation efforts occur throughout the state, including environmental education. Integrating information of Hawai‘i’s environment into the school curriculum, community activities, and public enjoyment is crucial to the success of conservation. The awareness that is built among people beyond those working in the conservation field brings increased participation towards a sustainable future for Hawai‘i’s ecosystems. The programs to be presented include curriculum for grades K-12, terrestrial and marine education, integration of Hawaiian culture, service learning, partnering with scientists, and more.
Patty Miller Getting Their Feet Wet…..NOAA Explorations for Kids
Kanesa Duncan The University of Hawaii at Manoa Graduate K-12 Program: Integrating Research with Environmental Education Through Student-Scientist-Teacher Partnerships
SESSION: Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
Robert Richmond The Future of Coral Reefs: Local Actions Can Buy Time, But Not Prevent Decimation Unless Global Climate Change Is Simultaneously Addressed
SYMPOSIUM: Linking Ecology, Conservation and Health in Hawai’i
Moderator: John N. (Jack) Kittinger, University of Hawai’i at Manoa Department of Geography, and Bruce A. Wilcox, University of Hawai’i John A. Burns School of Medicine
Direct and indirect anthropogenic influences are changing human-environmental dynamics in ways that affect the sustainability of ecosystems and the services required for a healthy Hawaiian society. As a result, critical problems in human health now lie at the intersection of ecological, environmental and biomedical sciences, and social sciences, requiring integrative and transdisciplinary research approaches. This symposium will invite papers that utilize a broad conceptual framework on coupled human-natural systems and social-ecological systems dynamics to address the relationship between the health of ecosystems and human societies in Hawai‘i. The overarching goal of this symposium is to explore the linkages between human-environmental health challenges, investigate how the elements of coupled human-natural systems evolve, and advance novel, integrative research models to investigate and present solutions to human-environmental health problems. Achieving these objectives requires a transdisciplinary approach to the integration of knowledge drawn from multiple areas of expertise, including ecology and evolutionary biology, conservation biology, pathogen biology, social science and infectious diseases. Speakers will focus on identifying and clearly articulating human-environment health challenges and presenting novel research models to investigate these problems. It is expected that speakers will address both direct and indirect linkages between ecology and health, and that health topics will include projects focused on human health and/or wildlife health (e.g. Native bird species). The organizers hope this will be achieved through integration of the participants’ areas of expertise and systems knowledge (ecological, social, health, cultural, etc.). The organizers hope to facilitate participant involvement during the symposium in multiple ways, including interactive plenary sessions, traditional oral presentations, and an interactive panel discussion.
Kira Krend Avian Malaria in Oahu’s Forest Birds
Sophie O. Vanwambeke Heterogeneity in the Spatial Distribution of Humans and Mosquitoes: Dengue Risk On Oahu
Panpim Thongsripong Hawaiian Mosquito Biodiversity: Barcoding with Cytochrome OxydaseI Gene Using High-throughput Screening
Moderator: John Henshaw, The Nature Conservancy of Hawai‘i
David Benitez A Biogeographical Comparison of Invasive Forest Weeds in Hawai‘i
William Haines Recent defoliations of koa forest on East Maui caused by the endemic caterpillar, Scotorythra paludicola
Jaynee Kim The Prevalence of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in the Main Hawaiian Islands
Sheldon Plentovich Effects of eradication and control of two species of invasive ants on offshore islets in the Hawaiian Archipelago
SYMPOSIUM: Experiemental Education for Hawai’i’s K-12 Students
Moderator: Stephanie Bennett, NOAA Pacific Services Center
Erin Nishimura Project Niu: STEM and Environmental Education Through Project-Based Learning for K-12
Cynthia Phillips Linking Watershed Health to Human Action: Inspiring Hawai’i’s Next Generation of Watershed Stewards – The RELATE Project at the University of Hawai’i at Hilo
Doug Knight Training Teachers to Use Underwater Robotics to Excite 6th Graders About Science, the Scientific Inquiry Process, and Monitoring Windward O`ahu’s Coastal Waters
Carlie Wiener Hawai’i Institute of Marine Biology: Window to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Through Place-Based Learning and Marine Sciences
Evening Public Presentations
Ramsay Taum
Looking to the Past to Ensure a Sustainable Future for Hawai`i
Dr. Stephen Schneider
THURSDAY, JULY 30
SYMPOSIUM: Integrating Science and Culture: A New Paradigm for Large Scale Ecological Restoration and Conservation in Hawai’i
Moderator: Christian Giardina, USDA Forest Service
Christian Giardina The Hawaii Restoration and Conservation Initiative – an Overview
Chipper Wichman The Importance of Rare Plant Conservation in Large Scale Ecological Restoration
Boone Kauffman Large Scale Restoration as an Adaptive Strategy to Climate Change
Chris Dacus Hawaiian Plant Initiative – Retooling the Green Industry
Sam Gon State-wide assessments: resource and condition mapping for large scale restoration and conservation
SYMPOSIUM: Monitoring and Evaluating Impact of Incidental Take to Protect Species
Moderator: Paula Hartzell, Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Forestry and Wildlife and Gregory Spencer, First Wind
Hawai‘i’s endangered and threatened species are protected by law, but incidental harm to these species may be permitted for otherwise lawful activities, if net benefit is provided to the species and their habitat, and when mitigation contributes to the recovery of the species. Monitoring of impacts to the species is critical to ensuring the recovery of these species, yet the methods and interpretation of results has yet to be standardized, and there are few trained at the technician and mid-professional levels in this field. Challenges include, for example, determining current population levels for species in remote environments, accurately estimating take of protected species, identifying adequate mitigation projects to ensure that mitigation measures chosen are likely to promote recovery of the species, and establishing realistic and scientifically sound methods of monitoring success. Speakers will share lessons from research and management perspectives on Maui, Kaua‘i, O‘ahu, Moloka‘i and Lana‘i, focusing primarily on state and federally protected seabirds, waterbirds, bats, and Nēnē. We will also identify key research needs, and future management requirements necessary to ensure that these initiatives continue to address the recovery needs for these protected species in Hawai‘i.
Bill Standley Monitoring Under Incidental Take Permits For Listed Species
Alicia Oller Fatality Monitoring Associated With Wind Energy Development In Hawaii And Throughout The U.S.
Andrea Erichsen Down to Earth: Light Attraction Minimization and Monitoring Strategies for the Kaua‘i Seabird Habitat Conservation Plan.
Gregory Spencer Contributing to Species Recovery and Net Conservation Benefit on Maui: A Kaheawa Perspective
Paula Hartzell Opportunities for Students and Researchers: Protected Species Research and Information Needs
SESSION: Terrestrial Pests: Research, Management and Tools (Session 3)
Moderator: Christine Ogura, Hawai‘i Association of Watershed Partnerships
Joshua VanDeMark The Effects of Rodents on Reproduction in Rare and Endangered Plants of Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park
Jason Sumiye Improvements and Changes in Ungulate Management in Hawaii based on The Nature Conservancy’s Forest Recovery Project
SYMPOSIUM: Reproductive Biology of Hawai’i’s Endangered Flora: The Role of Research in Conservation
Moderator: Donald Drake and Clifford Morden, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Botany Department
The native flora of Hawai‘i is renowned both for its high level of endemism and for threats to its survival. No state has more species of plants that are either endangered or presumed extinct. At least 150 extant taxa are represented by natural populations of fewer than 50 individuals. There is an urgent need to understand the reproductive biology of rare Hawaiian plants so that barriers to their reproduction can be addressed through management. This symposium will review what is known about the reproductive biology of endangered Hawaiian plants, including aspects of: breeding system, pollination biology, seed/spore dispersal, seed predation, seed/spore germination and dormancy, reproductive phenology, and population genetics. It will also enable scientists who have expertise with other floras—and experience in Hawai‘i—to share their perspectives, suggest research applications, and participate in discussions with local scientists and managers. Finally, it will propose means to improve the effective level of collaboration between researchers and managers interested in rare plants. Our goal is to increase the efficiency with which data on reproductive biology are collected and applied to the conservation of rare plants in Hawai‘i.
Donald Drake Reproductive Biology of Rare Hawaiian Plants: What Do We Know and How Can We Learn More?Carol C. Baskin Seed Dormancy and Germination of Hawaiian Montane Species: Meeting Common Goals of Basic Science and Conservation
Alvin Yoshinaga Seed Longevity Research and Seed Banking of Hawaiian Plants
Tom Ranker Reproductive Biology and Population Genetics of Hawaiian Ferns
Caroline Gross Fruitful Partnerships In Plant Reproductive Ecology For Conservation Management – An Australian Perspective
Moderator: Kris McElwee and Carey Morishige, NOAA Marine Debris Program
Carey Morishige Addressing Marine Debris in Hawaii: A Dynamic Statewide Action Plan
Randall Wakumoto Urban Stream and Storm Water Controls as a Key to Preventing Marine Debris
Kris McElwee At-Sea Detection of Derelict Fishing Gear: An Interdisciplinary Strategy to Address Marine Debris