In the Pacific Fire Exchange’s (PFX) Partner Perspective series, PFX coordinator Melissa Chimera gets to know Assistant Fire Chief of Operations Darwin Okinaka, starting as a responder for Hawai‘i County Fire Department and now a community liason with landowners and partners after the 2021 Mana Road fire, one of Hawai‘i’s largest in history.
A radio public service announcement created Pacific Media Group about avoiding fireworks in Hawai`i
Dr. Susan Cordell presents the history, the work, the geographic scope and current contributions of the USDA’s Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry (IPIF) based in Hilo, Hawai‘i (10 MINS) Tuesday, October 18,…
The Hawai‘i Wildfire Management Organization presented a new on-going project, the “Western Pacific Needs Assessment and Network” to the Pacific Fire Exchange program’s quarterly steering committee meeting in October, 2022.
The native Hawaiian dryland forests of the Wai`anae Mountains are home to many unique species that are disappearing. Among the many threats facing dryland forests throughout the islands, the one that is perhaps most serious – and most preventable – is wildfire. (Produced by Outside Hawai’i, a program of Mālama Learning Center – 5 min)
Brought to you by USDA Forest Service’s Pacific Island Forestry, this story map presents the full picture of wildfire in western Pacific islands. CHECK OUT THE STORY MAP
PO’OKELA HANSEN CUTTING BACK TREES TO CLEAR VEGETATION ON KAHO’OLAWE. (PHOTO: CIVIL BEAT) In “Partner Perspectives” we get to know Po‘okela Hansen, Honolulu Fire Department and Protect Kaho’olawe ‘Ohana member who recently…
WILLIE RICE IS A FORESTER AT FOREST SOLUTIONS, INC., A PRIVATE CONSULTING COMPANY MANAGING OVER 150,000 ACRES OF LAND ON HAWAI’I ISLAND. In “Partner Perspectives” we get to know the diverse people,…
PAUL HIGASHINO, AS PHOTOGRAPHED IN MAUI MAGAZINE’S “ENVIRONMENTAL HEROES” BY NINA LEE, ARNA JOHNSON In “Partner Perspectives” we get to know the diverse people, roles, and views of wildfire management in the…
SHAYNA DECKER, MAUI ELECTRIC In “Partner Perspectives” we get to know the diverse people, roles, and views of wildfire management in the Pacific. This month, we feature Shayna Decker, Manager of Communications…