U.S. FWS
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Plan Name: Recovery Plan for Lipochaeta venosa and Isodendrion hosakae
Plan Status: Final
Plan Date: 23-May-94
Lead Agency: USFWS
Lead Office: Pacific Islands Fish And Wildlife Office ( (808) 792-9400 )
Species Action Priority # Action # Action Description Action Status Est. Initiation Date Est. Completion Date Responsible Parties Work Type Labor Type Action Comments Implementation Activities
Aupaka (Isodendrion hosakae), No common name (Lipochaeta venosa) 1 11 Secure and stabilize existing habitat: Secure habitat Partially Complete Prior to FY 1995 Parker Ranch, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division Acquisition: Management Agreement Species Expert, Internal Field Assistance, Internal Administrative DLNR and Parker Ranch have a cooperative agreement for management of all sites except #7, which occurs on DHHL lands. An attempt was made in 1995-96 to swap the DHHL site for another site of equal economic value from other state agencies so that this site could be protected, but no final decision as made and the issue was dropped in 1996.
Aupaka (Isodendrion hosakae), No common name (Lipochaeta venosa) 1 12 Confirm current status of species. Ongoing Current Prior to FY 1995 Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division Research: Population Surveys Graduate Student, Species Expert, Contract, Internal Field Assistance This task is ongoing, as the numbers of individuals and the degree and types of threats to the population change frequently.
Aupaka (Isodendrion hosakae), No common name (Lipochaeta venosa) 1 1311 Control ungulate damage at Site #1 - Nohonaohae Ongoing Current Prior to FY 1995 Parker Ranch, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation, Management: Predator and Competitor Control Volunteer, Graduate Student, Contract, Internal Field Assistance This site was fenced in 1991 and the fence has been maintained by DLNR.
Aupaka (Isodendrion hosakae), No common name (Lipochaeta venosa) 1 1312 Control ungulate damage at Site #2 - 1 mile east of Nohonaohae Not Started Parker Ranch, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation, Management: Predator and Competitor Control Volunteer, Graduate Student, Contract, Internal Field Assistance
Aupaka (Isodendrion hosakae) 1 1313 Control ungulate damage at Site #3 - Puu Papapa Ongoing Current Prior to FY 1995 Parker Ranch, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation, Management: Predator and Competitor Control Volunteer, Graduate Student, Contract, Internal Field Assistance This site was fenced in 1989 and the fence has been maintained by DLNR.
Aupaka (Isodendrion hosakae), No common name (Lipochaeta venosa) 1 132 Control feral ungulates outside of exclosures. Not Started Parker Ranch, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation, Management: Predator and Competitor Control Volunteer, Contract, Internal Field Assistance The removal of ungulates in a larger area around existing wild populations has not started, as they occur largely on private lands used for grazing cattle and the one other site occurs on Hawaiian Homes lands.
Aupaka (Isodendrion hosakae), No common name (Lipochaeta venosa) 1 1411 Reduce fire conditions at Site #1 Not Started Parker Ranch, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation Volunteer, Contract, Internal Field Assistance This site was not protected from fire, and after a fire in 2002, only one individual was found.
Aupaka (Isodendrion hosakae), No common name (Lipochaeta venosa) 1 1412 Reduce fire conditions at Site #2 Not Started Parker Ranch, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation Volunteer, Contract, Internal Field Assistance
Aupaka (Isodendrion hosakae) 1 1413 Reduce fire conditions at Site #3 Not Started Parker Ranch, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation Volunteer, Contract, Internal Field Assistance
Aupaka (Isodendrion hosakae), No common name (Lipochaeta venosa) 1 142 Develop fire response and suppression plans. Not Started Parker Ranch, Hawaiian Home Lands, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation, Management: Planning Graduate Student, Contract, Internal Technical Assistance
Aupaka (Isodendrion hosakae), No common name (Lipochaeta venosa) 1 151 Carry out alien plant control Not Started Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation, Management: Predator and Competitor Control Volunteer, Graduate Student, Species Expert, Contract, Internal Field Assistance
Aupaka (Isodendrion hosakae), No common name (Lipochaeta venosa) 1 152 Restore native plant species Not Started Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation Volunteer, Graduate Student, Species Expert, Contract, Internal Field Assistance
Aupaka (Isodendrion hosakae), No common name (Lipochaeta venosa) 1 16 Establish/support a scientifically managed germ plasm reserve for both species Ongoing Not Current Prior to FY 1995 Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, National Tropical Botanical Garden, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division Management: Propagation Volunteer, Graduate Student, Contract, Internal Technical Assistance There is very little material of either species in collections at this time.
Aupaka (Isodendrion hosakae), No common name (Lipochaeta venosa) 2 211 Evaluate impact of removing alien plants Not Started U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division Research: Habitat Status, Research: Management Techniques, Research: Competition Volunteer, Graduate Student, Species Expert, Contract, Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance
Aupaka (Isodendrion hosakae), No common name (Lipochaeta venosa) 2 212 Devise methods for alien plant control. Ongoing Current Prior to FY 1995 U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation, Management: Predator and Competitor Control Volunteer, Graduate Student, Contract, Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance Numerous studies on the control of various alien plants have been or are being conducted by the Invasive Species Committees and land managers on each island, and the results of these studies are being used to determine the best method of weed control for alien plant pests found in Isodendrion and Lipochaeta habitat.
Aupaka (Isodendrion hosakae) 2 222 Research reproductive biology and cultivation of I. hosakae. Not Started FY 2011 U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division Research: Demographic Studies, Research: Propagation Graduate Student, Species Expert, Contract, Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance One individual is known in cultivation.
Aupaka (Isodendrion hosakae), No common name (Lipochaeta venosa) 2 23 Determine habitat requirements of both species Not Started U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division Research: Habitat Requirements Graduate Student, Species Expert, Contract, Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance
Aupaka (Isodendrion hosakae), No common name (Lipochaeta venosa) 2 24 Investigate pollinators of each species Not Started U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division Research: Other Information Graduate Student, Species Expert, Contract, Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance
Aupaka (Isodendrion hosakae), No common name (Lipochaeta venosa) 2 31 Propagate genetically suitable plants. Ongoing Not Current Prior to FY 1995 Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division Management: Propagation, Management: Reintroduction Volunteer, Graduate Student, Contract, Internal Technical Assistance
Aupaka (Isodendrion hosakae), No common name (Lipochaeta venosa) 2 321 Expand subpopulation at Site #1 Not Started Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division Management: Reintroduction Volunteer, Graduate Student, Species Expert, Contract, Internal Field Assistance
Aupaka (Isodendrion hosakae), No common name (Lipochaeta venosa) 2 322 Expand subpopulation at Site #2 Not Started Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division Management: Reintroduction Volunteer, Graduate Student, Species Expert, Contract, Internal Field Assistance
Aupaka (Isodendrion hosakae), No common name (Lipochaeta venosa) 2 323 Establish L. venosa and expand I. hosakae populations at Site #3 Not Started Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division Management: Reintroduction Volunteer, Graduate Student, Species Expert, Contract, Internal Field Assistance
Aupaka (Isodendrion hosakae), No common name (Lipochaeta venosa) 2 324 Establish I. hosakae and expand L. venosa populations at Site #4 Not Started Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division Management: Reintroduction Volunteer, Graduate Student, Species Expert, Contract, Internal Field Assistance
Aupaka (Isodendrion hosakae), No common name (Lipochaeta venosa) 2 325 Establish I. hosakae and expand L. venosa populations at Site #5 Not Started Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division Management: Reintroduction Volunteer, Graduate Student, Species Expert, Contract, Internal Field Assistance
Aupaka (Isodendrion hosakae), No common name (Lipochaeta venosa) 2 326 Establish I. hosakae and expand L. venosa populations at Site #6 Not Started Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division Management: Reintroduction Volunteer, Graduate Student, Species Expert, Contract, Internal Field Assistance
Aupaka (Isodendrion hosakae), No common name (Lipochaeta venosa) 3 41 Conduct demographic and life history studies of populations. Not Started U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division Research: Demographic Studies Volunteer, Graduate Student, Species Expert, Contract, Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance
Aupaka (Isodendrion hosakae), No common name (Lipochaeta venosa) 3 42 Determine number of subpopulations needed for long-term survival Not Started Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division Other: Administration, Research: Population Surveys, Research: Habitat Status, Research: Habitat Requirements, Research: Management Techniques, Research: Demographic Studies, Research: Predation, Research: Competition, Research: Genetics Graduate Student, Species Expert, Contract, Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance
Aupaka (Isodendrion hosakae), No common name (Lipochaeta venosa) 3 43 Determine number of individuals needed for long-term survival Not Started Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division Other: Regulations, Research: Population Surveys, Research: Habitat Status, Research: Habitat Requirements, Research: Management Techniques, Research: Demographic Studies, Research: Predation, Research: Competition, Research: Genetics Graduate Student, Species Expert, Contract, Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance