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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Agriculture (HDOA) has confirmed that an invasive stinging ant called the Little Fire Ant (LFA) has spread from the east side of Hawaii Island to the west side. LFA (Wasmannia auropunctata) was detected earlier this month at two locations in Kailua-Kona. One site is a residence and the other […]

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MEDIA RELEASE A snake measuring approximately six feet was found Friday in a Big Island neighborhood, the state Department of Agriculture reported. A Keaau resident called police at about 2:15 p.m. and reported there was a snake in his garage.  Police and Hawaii Island Humane Society responded and captured the snake.  Personnel from the Department of […]

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Andrew Hashimoto, dean and director of the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, gave the following testimony to the Senate Ad-Hoc Committee about the potential impacts of laying off  Department of Agriculture staff. I am pleased to provide personal testimony relating to the potential impacts on […]

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MEDIA RELEASE A series of open house meetings hosted by the U.S. Forest Service will provide opportunities to learn about and discuss the threat strawberry guava poses to native Hawaiian forests as well as the proposed use of biological control, or biocontrol, to manage the species.  These meetings are the latest step being taken by […]

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