For more information, please contact:
Oriana Rueda Krauss
TropHTIRC Coordinator
878 Komohana Street
Hilo, HI 96720
E-mail: orianar@hawaii.edu
Phone number: (808) 969-8267
Douglass F. Jacobs
TropHTIRC Co-Director
715 W. State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907
E-mail: djacobs@purdue.edu
Phone number: (765) 494-3608
Koa seed orchards for Hawaii reforestation
Recent land use changes have led to opportunities to reforest large areas of degraded land with koa and there is now a large demand for improved koa seeds and seedlings. To meet this demand, HTIRC members have been awarded a competitive grant from the Forest Service State & Private Forestry and are working together to establish seed orchards to produce an abundant supply of seeds for reforestation across a range of environmental conditions from high to low elevations.