Efforts to save Hawaiʻi’s ʻōhiʻa trees from a deadly fungal disease, stop invasive plants from spreading out of control and keep island forests healthy are threatened by plans to possibly shutter the U.S. Forest Service’s only research and development facilities in the Pacific, local partners of the agency say. The Hilo-based Institute of Pacific Islands … Continue reading ʻŌhiʻa Trees, Invasive Species: Years Of Research Could Be Lost