PI-CASC EVENTS
Pacific RISCC June 2025 Webinar – How do Hawaiʻi’s land management plans consider wildfire risk?
In this June 2025 Pacific RISCC webinar, Chanel Yee will present on her investigation of federal, state, county, and moku-level plans that relate to urban expansion and conservation and how they consider wildfire risk as well as any conflicts or synergies between strategies, actions, or goals in relation to wildfire risk mitigation.
Pacific RISCC May 2025 Webinar – Community Perceptions of Invasive Species and Environmental Management in a U.S. Island Territory
In this May 2025 Pacific RISCC webinar, Dr. Ann Marie Gawel presents on the results of her research into perceptions of environmental issues, especially invasive species, amongst residents of Guåhan (Guam). Although the most infamous invasive species from the island is the brown treesnake, residents are concerned with a variety of invasive species and environmental issues and are eager to engage in solutions to these problems.
Pacific RISCC April 2025 Webinar – Using a Place-Based Approach to Structure Conversations Around Climate-Ready Restoration
In this talk, Dr. Michala Phillips (USGS) and Liat Portner (UH Mānoa) discuss how climate change is increasing the challenges for managers conducing restoration in Hawaiʻi, and the results of a climate-ready restoration workshop that was held at the 2024 Hawaiʻi Conservation Conference.
Slice of PI-CASC May 2025 Seminar
The Slice of PI-CASC season ends with a May seminar by Dr. Ashley McGuigan, sharing her agroforestry work on the connections between plant traits and nutrients in food production, to inform land management decision making.
