Staff from Hawaii receive training on how to handle snakes. It’s part of a larger effort to ensure prevention and response capacity. — Photo courtesy Mike Ade, Maui Invasive Species Committee ...

After traveling nearly 7,000 miles from the United Kingdom to the Valley Isle last summer, a BBC film crew shadowed the Maui Invasive Species Committee (MISC) for a week.

Maui Invasive Species Committee ... in combating invasive miconia in East Maui. Miconia, an ornamental plant from Central and South America, was introduced to Hawaii in the 1970s, according ...

After invading forests, the miconia was declared a noxious weed in 1991 and continues to be one of Hawaii’s most threatening and invasive plants. The miconia is a fast-growing, weedy tree that ...

I would imagine (she's eradicated ) in the hundreds if not thousands of invasive trees, with a number of target species ... battle miconia, one of the more aggressive non-natives in Hawaii.