HPI-CESU Projects

Below, is a list of active HPI-CESU projects, grouped funding agency.

For more information regarding specific projects please contact Kyle Koza at kkoza@hawaii.edu.

For questions or comments regarding the webpage, please contact Stephanie M. Joe at sjoe@hawaii.edu.

Project title (Listed in alphabetical order)

Contact (Principal Investigator and/or technical representative)

Assess potential impacts on marine resources from boat harbor expansion in Kaloko-Honokohau NHP

Sallie C. Beavers Kaloko-Honokohau National Historic Park. Link to park website.

Assessing the threat of invasive alien marine algae to Pacific Islands National Parks: Ph 1

Celia M. Smith. Department of Botany, University of Hawaii at Manoa. Link to website.

Assessment of Coastal Water Resources and Watershed Conditions in Selected National Parks of the Pacific Islands

Daniel Hoover School of Ocean & Earth Science & Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Baseline Inventory of Coral Health and Reef Composition on Kohanaiki Reef Prior To Shoreline Golf Course and Residential Development

Sallie C. Beavers Kaloko-Honokohau National Historic Park. Link to park website.

Biological Inventory and Assessment of Selected Caves at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

Francis G. Howarth The Hawaii Biological Survey, Bishop Museum, Honolulu.  Link to homepage.

Develop Recovery Strategies for Endangered Seabirds

Darcy Hu Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Link to park website.

Developing Change Vector Methods for PACN Landscape Dynamics

Fritz Klasner Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Link to park website.

Developing New Techniques for Invasive Argentine Ant Control/Eradication to Protect Pollinators and Other Endemic Wildlife of Haleakala National Park

Stephen J. Anderson Haleakala National Park, Maui. Link to park website.

Documentation of the Aiopio Fishtrap Outer Wall, Including Construction Stabilization Techniques

Richard Boston Kaloko-Honokohau National Historic Park. Link to park website.

Environmental factors influencing the growth and distribution of crustose coralline algae at NPSA

Peter Craig National Park of American Samoa. Link to park website.

Experimental removal of selected invasive plants from Big Island Parks, Phase I

Jeremy Gooding National Park Service (808) 281-1542

Experimental Restoration of Native Plant Communities

Rhonda K. Loh Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Link to park website.

Feral Ungulate Monitoring in Native Hawaiian Forest and Critical Park Buffer Zones, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

Howard Hoshide Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. (808) 985-6089

Geocoding Herbarium Specimens

Christopher F. Puttock Hawaii Conservation Alliance, Honolulu. Link to program website.

Hawaii-Pacific Islands Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit Program Support

Darcy Hu Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Link to park website.

Hawaii Preservation Field School, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

Laura Schuster Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Link to park website.

Initiate Vegetation Mapping Process for Haleakala National Park

Stephen J. Anderson Haleakala National Park, Maui. Link to park website.

Integrated Inventory and Mapping of Selected Known Caves at HAVO – Phase I

Jade Moniz-Nakamura National Park Service (808) 985-6136

Kalaupapa Ethnographic Project, Phase 2

Charles M. Langlas Anthropology, University of Hawaii at Hilo

Marine Inventory, Monitoring and Research, Pacific Islands Coral Reef Program, Ph 1

Larry Basch National Park Service Pacific Islands Coral Reef Program, University of Hawaii at Manoa. Link to program website.

Molokai community based rare plant conservation

Guy Hughes National Park Service (808) 567-6802 ext 41

Monitor recovery of cyclone-damaged rainforests in American Samoa

Peter Craig National Park of American Samoa. Link to park website.

Monitoring Plan Development, Pacific Island Network

Leslie HaySmith  Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (808) 985-6180. Link to park website.

Monitoring Protocol Development Assistance, Pacific Island Network

Fritz Klasner Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Link to park website.

Natural Resource Inventory, NPS Pacific Island Network Parks

Fritz Klasner Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Link to park website.

Pacific Island Network (PACN) Cave Protocol Development

Francis G. Howarth The Hawaii Biological Survey, Bishop Museum, Honolulu.  Link to homepage.

Protect Significant Archeological and Cultural Sites from Destructive Alien Plant Species

Sallie C. Beavers Kaloko-Honokohau National Historic Park. Link to park website.

Protocol Database Development and Database Record Certification

Tahzay Jones National Park Service (808) 985-6029

Protocol development for monitoring Marine Fish, a PACN Vital Sign

Peter Craig National Park of American Samoa. Link to park website.

Protocol development for monitoring Fish Harvest, a PACN Vital Sign

Tahzay Jones National Park Service (808) 985-6029

Research and Education Strategies to Revegetate Disturbed Areas

Laila Tamimi National Park Service (808) 985-6139

Research on Impacts and Control of Invasive Animals

Rhonda K. Loh Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Link to park website.

Research on strategies to control invasive species in Hawaiian ecosystems, Phase I

Rhonda K. Loh Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Link to park website.

Research on Strategies to Restore Rare Plant Biodiversity, Phase I

Rhonda K. Loh Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Link to park website.

Restoration of the Main Seawall, Kaloko-Honokohau National Historic Park

Sallie C. Beavers Kaloko-Honokohau National Historic Park. Link to park website.

Tree-ring Reconstruction of Historic Insect Outbreaks, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve

Rosemary L. Sheriff Geography & Environmental Studies, University of Hawaii at Hilo. Link to program website.

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