Working Groups

Morning Working Groups 1 (9:15am) & 2 (11:00am)

Topic Speaker
Scaling Up- Approaches To Landscape Restoration at Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park Rhonda Loh
How Do You Know You Are Being Effective With Conservation Management Actions? James Jacobi
Collaborating at Large Scales on Hawai‘i Island Rob Robichaux and Colleen Cole
Plant Conservation in Hawai‘i – Lessons Learned Hank Oppenheimer
Practical Aspects of Restoration – Challenges At Various Sites And How To Overcome Them Jill Wagner
Propagule Selection for Ex Situ Storage Strategies of Rare Plants Matt Kier
Population Genetics Among Hawaiian Species: Lessons Learned Cliff Morden
Center For Plant Conservation Best Reintroduction Practice Guidelines Joyce Maschinski
Rare Plant Population Reference Codes: How They Work And Broader Conservation Implications Susan Ching
Greenhouse [Rare Plant] Propagation Doug Okamoto

Afternoon Working Groups 3 (1:15pm) & 4 (3:00pm)

Topic Speaker
Regional Spatial Conservation Prioritization For Federally Listed Plants In Hawaiʻi Fred Amidon
Monitoring Protocols And Hawai‘i Rare Plant Restoration Group Monitoring Forms Kapua Kawelo
Rare Taxa Management: Habitat Restoration And Weed Control Issues Jane Beachy
Considerations For In Situ Harvesting Of Fruits Of Rare Plants Lauren Weisenberger
1:15pm: Sampling For Effective Ex Situ Plant Conservation
3:00pm: Designing Populations: Demographic, Genetic and Horticultural Dimensions
Ed Guerrant
Why We Need Research On The Reproductive Ecology Of Hawaiian Plants Don Drake
Transformative Tools for Conservation Volunteer Programs Jill Laughlin
Funding Landscape Restoration Irene Sprecher
Native Plant, Soil and Microorganism Interactions James Harmon
Think Big, Plan Ahead: Fire Fundamentals For Resource Management In Hawai‘i Clay Trauernicht

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