The October 2022 Pacific RISCC webinar will discuss the hybrid ecosystems and connections to forest restoration.
Adaptation and management
The next Pacific RISCC webinar will feature presenters who will speak on conservation of Hawaiian forest birds.
PI-CASC and Alaska CASC scientists and students came together in late July to build upon collaborative efforts in research across both regions.
PI: Megan Donahue, Marine Researcher, HIMB, UH Mānoa
Graduate Scholar: Jessica Glazner, Dept of Marine Biology, UH Mānoa
Co-I: Chad Wiggins, Palmyra Program Director, The Nature Conservancy
Funded: FY2022
Our 2022 SURF season ended last week with a hybrid final symposium for the students to present their summer work.
PI: Lucas Fortini, Research Ecologist, USGS Pacific Islands Ecosystem Research Center
Co-Is: Christina Leopold, Conservation Ecologist, Hawaiʻi Cooperative Studies Unit, UH Hilo; Scott Fretz, DOFAW Maui Branch Manager, Hawaiʻi DLNR
Funded: FY2022
PI-CASC is part of a multi-agency partnership that is supporting 3D coral reef mapping of Guam’s priority coral reefs.
PI: Joseph Genz, Associate Professor of Anthropology, UH Hilo
Graduate Scholars: Jerolynn Myazoe, Dept of Anthropology, UH Hilo; Shania Tamagyongfal, Dept of Anthropology, UH Hilo
Co-I: Alexander Mawyer, Associate Professor, Center for Pacific Island Studies, UH Mānoa
Funded: FY2022
The Pacific RISCC brings on board Elliott Parsons as the new RISCC Specialist.
PI: Richard Mackenzie, Research Ecologist, USDA FS Pacific Southwest Research Station
Graduate Scholar: Maybeleen Apwong, TCBES, UH Hilo
Funded: FY2022