State officials have for the first time found the presence of rapid ohia death in a centuries-old tree in the Kokee area of northwest Kauai. The tree – along Milolii Ridge Road within Na Pali ...

The surveys also confirmed more rapid-ohia- death-positive trees in areas of the Garden Isle ... in the biodiverse-rich areas of Kauai such as Kokee State Park and the Alakai Plateau,” said ...

Officials decided that instead of chopping the tree down — for fear of spreading ... non-government organizations will takes ohia samples in the Kokee area as well as other locations on the ...

Another common bird at Kokee is the Kauai amakihi ... It uses its slightly crossed bill tips to open leaf buds on the ohia tree.

JB FRIDAY photo The ohia tree is the foundation of the Hawaiian rainforest. Like bones to our body, ohia are essential to the rainforest. Ohia make up 80 percent of the rainforest canopy ...

“Rapid Ohia death” has spread over 135,000 acres on the Big Island and jumped to Kauai. “Rapid Ohia death” has spread over 135,000 acres on the Big Island and jumped to Kauai. Kevin ...

a fungal pathogen that has killed more than one million ohia trees on Hawaii Island. Dengue has come to Hawaiʻi: 9 things to know to protect your ʻohana “Well, we are seeing the disease sadly ...

“This innovative research provides a glimmer of hope for native ohia tree restoration in Hawaii by indicating that successful planting of ohia could be possible in ROD-affected forests if the ...

Jul. 31—Can a beetle repellent help save Hawaii's ohia lehua trees from a deadly fungal blight ? Can a beetle repellent help save Hawaii's ohia lehua trees from a deadly fungal blight ...

An untreated scrape on a person’s skin can lead to a staph infection; a similar but more drastic result is true for ohia. When some external force breaks through a tree’s bark, invading ...