Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR)
Job announcements
are now listed on a separate page.
Archival announcements
(announcements which previously appeared on the page that you're now reading, but are older or out-of-date) are also available online.
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Upcoming national and international invasive species meetings
are listed by the National Invasive Species Information Center.
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The National Native Seed Conference
, presented by the Institute for Applied Ecology and Bureau of Land Management, will focus on strategies to develop a national native seed supply that has the flexibility to meet short-term emergency stabilization and rehabilitation needs and to satisfy demand for longer-term restoration projects, including habitat restoration and hazardous fuels reduction.
The conference will be held
17-21 May 2010 in Snowbird, Utah
.
(Info posted 26 October 2009)
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A schedule of short courses
to prepare for the Hawaii Department of Agriculture's certification exam for restricted use pesticides is posted by the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
The next course will be on
Maui on 17-19 February 2010
.
Deadline for applications is 15 January 2010.
(Info updated 17 November 2009)
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The Public Lands Program Capacity Building Grants
are designed to provide funding to strengthen the organizational effectiveness of community-based 501(c)(3) nonprofits whose mission is focused on serving a public lands site in the United States.
Deadline for grant applications is
3 December 2009.
(Info posted 29 October 2009)
Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council's 25th Annual Symposium
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The 2010 FLEPPC symposium
promises to be another thought-provoking meeting with the latest information on a variety of topics related to invasive species in Florida.
The meeting will be held
5-8 April 2010 in Crystal River, Florida
.
Abstracts are due 30 November 2009.
(Info posted 28 October 2009)
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Kauai Native Plant Society events
include hikes, lectures, plant give-aways, and parties.
(Info posted 28 October 2009)
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Hawaii Conservation Alliance presents a free lecture series
on the last Wednesday of the month from 5-7 pm at the ING DIRECT Café, 1958 Kalakaua Ave., Honolulu.
All ages are welcome.
(Info posted 26 October 2009)
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Scholarship and grant opportunities for students
are listed by the Hawaii Division of Forestry and Wildlife on its blog.
(Info posted 26 October 2009)
The 2009-2010 Jack Jeffrey Grant
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The 2010 IFA Conference
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The Center for Plant Conservation applied plant conservation workshop
will be held
16-21 November 2009 in Phoenix, Arizona
.
The Center for Plant Conservation, with botanists nationwide, has designed this training to present an overview of seventeen important conservation topics during one week of intensive classroom instruction.
Tuition is free for Department of Interior personnel.
(Info posted 9 September 2009)
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2009 Hawaii Conservation Conference presentations
are available online.
(Info posted 11 August 2009)
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Meeting of the Society for Rangeland Management and the Weed Science Society of America
will be held
7-11 February 2010 in Denver, Colorado
.
The meeting includes an invasive plant symposium.
(Info posted 11 August 2009)
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A workshop on management of invasive ants
will be held in
Darwin, Australia on 27-29 April 2010
. The workshop aims to facilitate networking among people involved in invasive ant management, and improve the incorporation of research and ant biology into
management.
(Info posted 3 June 2009, updated 5 October 2009)
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Island Invasives: Eradication and Management conference
will be held at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, from
8 to 12 February 2010
. The conference is hosted by the Centre for Biodiversity and Biosecurity (University of Auckland and Landcare Research), in collaboration with the IUCN/SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group.
(Info posted 31 March 2009)
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The 2008 ISSG report
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A schedule of pesticide applicator certification classes
is posted by the Hawaii Department of Agriculture, with links to applications, study materials, topics, and locations.
(Info posted 12 January 2009.)
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Help rebuild the Koieie Fishpond
in
Kihei, Maui
on
second Saturdays
of each month from 8 to 11 am.
The revitalization of Koieie serves to educate Maui's youth and communities about native Hawaiian fishponds, the Hawaiian culture, its traditions and practices.
(Info posted 04 December 2008)
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Two ISSG conferences
will be held in
New Zealand
in
February 2010
.
"Ecology of Insular Biotas" is the theme of the first conference, scheduled for 1-5 February, followed by "Island Invasives: Eradication and Management" on 8-12 February 2010.
(Info posted 20 November 2008)
KAUPA's monthly 2nd Saturday for Sustainability stream clean-up
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Upcoming national and international invasive species meetings
are listed by the National Invasive Species Council of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Dates, venues, and links to registration pages are provided.
(Info posted 24 September 2007
by
PN
.)
(URL: (External)
http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/news/calendar.php
)
The
Hawaii Department of Health
is testing dead birds for West Nile Virus in order to prevent this disease from arriving in Hawaii.
Please help out and
call 211 when you see a dead bird
. 211 is the toll-free Aloha United Way hotline. Note the species of bird you see and the exact location. For more information, see the (External)
HDOA's West Nile Virus web page
.
(Info posted 08 DEC 2006
by
LF
.)
(URL: (External)
http://www.hawaii.gov/health/family-child-health/contagious-disease/wnv/index.html
)
The HEAR announcements archive page contains historical announcements from the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) (i.e. announcements which previously appeared on the page that you're now reading, but are older or out-of-date). (URL: http://www.hear.org/announcements/archival_announcements.htm )
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download the FREE Adobe Acrobat reader
.
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Some documents posted on the HEAR website are in Excel spreadsheet format. If your computer is not already set up to read these files, you can (External)
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.
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