Hawai'i Conservation Alliance Foundation

Conservation Career Compass Opportunities Board

Mosquito Research/Control Field Supervisor - ID # 224613

Mauʻi Forest Bird Recovery Project

Location: Olinda, Mauʻi Island

Closes: 09-26-2024

Link in bio for more information.

Join us this upcoming weekend at Kahaluʻu Gallery and Gardens for Pūlama ‘Āina, an art exhibit honoring the late Nate Yuen, beloved activist and photographer.

Pūlama ‘Āina showcases Nate's photographs of Hawaiʻi's natural beauty including breathtaking landscapes and rare native species.
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At the gallery, metal and canvas prints of Nate's photos, as well as matted prints and cards, will be available for sale. Proceeds will benefit the Sierra Club of Hawaiʻi, Hawaiʻi Trail and Mountain Club, and the Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance. ⁠

Conservation Career Compass Opportunities Board

Wildlife Biologist

Location: Lānaʻi City, HI

Closes: 09-30-2024

Link in bio for more information.

Conservation Career Compass Opportunities Board

WMWP Restoration and Nursery Assistant (ID # 224614)

Location: Makakilo, HI

Closes: 09-26-2024

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Conservation Career Compass Opportunities Board

Field Forester

Forest Solutions

Location: Kailua-Kona, Hawaiʻi Island

Closes: 09-20-2024

Link in bio for more information.

Conservation Career Compass Opportunities Board

Consortium Program Director

PI-CASC

Location: Honolulu, HI

Closes: Open till filled

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Conservation Career Compass Opportunities Board

Cultural Resources Specialist - JBPHH

Location: Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH), Oʻahu

Closes: 09-23-2024

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Conservation Career Compass Opportunities Board

Botanical Program Manager

Location: Hilo, HI (Pōhakuloa Training Area)

Closes: 09-23-2024

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Conservation Career Compass Opportunities Board

Hawaiʻi Youth Sustainability Challenge (HYSC)

Kupu

Location: All Hawaiian Islands

Closes: 09-27-2024

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Conservation Career Compass Opportunities Board

Assistant Professor (Coastal Fisheries Management and Policy)

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa - CTAHR

Location: Honolulu, HI

Closes: 10-01-2024

Link in bio for more information.

Conservation Career Compass Opportunities Board

Student Services Specialist

University of Hawai'i at Manoa - School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology

Location: Honolulu, HI

Closes: 09-18-2024

Link in bio for more information.

Having announced the dates and theme for HCC 2025 at we are happy to share this information with the greater public now!

Save the date for which will be held July 22nd - July 24th, 2025!

The theme for next years conference is "E Aʻe a Ulu: Restore & Regenerate."

We cannot wait to see you at !

Conservation Career Compass Opportunities Board

Forest Technician

Forest Solutions

Location: Kailua-Kona, Hawaiʻi Island

Closes: 09-20-2024

Link in bio for more information.

Conservation Career Compass Opportunities Board

Mahiʻāina Specialist

The Kohala Center

Location: Waimea-Kohala-Hāmākua, Hawaiʻi Island

Open Till Filled

Link in bio for more information.

Conservation Career Compass Opportunities Board

Inaugural Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Science Symposium: Harnessing Knowledge to Protect Communities & Ecosystems

VIRTUAL

Dates: September 11th & 12th

Time: 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm HST (11th & 12th)

Link in bio for registration & more information.

Come join us in celebrating the work and life of late photographer and naturalist Nate Yuen at "Pūlama ʻĀina."

This fundraiser for Sierra Club, Hawaiian Trail and Mountain Club, and the Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance will be held over the course of two weekends: September 21st & 22nd and September 28th & 29th.

"Pūlama ʻĀina" will feature images taken by Nate Yuen and will be hosted by Kahaluʻu Gallery and Gardens in Kaneohe.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Conservation Career Compass Opportunities Board

NRM Program Technician - #224579

Location: Oʻahu
Closes: 09-30-2024

Link in bio for more information. Hiring through RCUH.

Conservation Career Compass Opportunities Board

HCSU Botany/Restoration Technician - #224552

Location: Hawaiʻi Island
Closes: TODAY (09-05-2024)

Link in bio for more information. Hiring through RCUH.

Our final mahalo for goes to our very own Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance and Foundation staff (as pictured from left to right: Emma Anders, Isabella Margerin, Tara Meggett, Kate Brittain, and Amberly Pigao).

Our small but mighty team work hard year-round and on top of their other projects to plan HCC! Without this amazing staff team, would not have been the successful and engaging event it was this year. We are proud to say that this year was also the biggest Hawaiʻi Conservation Conference yet with over 1,500 attendees!

As staff, we are so grateful to be able to do the work we do and bring together such a diverse group of scientists, policymakers, conservation practitioners, educators, students and community members from Hawaiʻi and the Pacific!

Mahalo nui loa!

As we continue to thank all our partners, staff, and participants of , our next mahalo goes out to the Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance Steering Committee!

The Alliance Steering Committee (SC) is made up of representatives from each of the Alliance's member organizations. These committee members help in the planning of HCC from theme development and abstract reviews, to plenary speaker coordination and more! Members of the Alliance SC include Kupu, National Tropical Botanical Garden, The Nature Conservancy, Army Natural Resource Program Oʻahu, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, and many more!

We are so grateful to have such an incredibly motivated and dedicated group of SC members who help us make HCC happen every year!

https://www.hawaiiconservation.org/the-alliance/members/

2024 Hawaiʻi Conservation Conference Day 3 Recap!

Image 1: Kiri Reihana (Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa, Te Whakatōhea, Ngāi Tūhoe), Day 3 HCC Keynote speaker from New Zealand, addresses the crowd in her talk "Tai Timu, Tai Pari; The tide ebbs, The tide flows, Tides of change."

Image 2: Kawika Winter (Director of the Heʻeia National Estuarine Research Reserve, Alliance Steering Committee Member) greets and introduces Kiri Reihana with a composed oli.

Image 3: Nellie Sugii (center with lei) receives the HCA Distinguished Service Award surrounded by family and friends. The DSA is given to a person who has excelled by reason of exceptional service, personal effort, and unselfish interest, thereby making distinguished contributions beyond the immediate responsibilities of their position.

Image 4: Family and friends [including Sugar Henry and Uncle Wally Ito (both center with lei)] accept the HCA Legacy Award on behalf of Uncle Henry Chang Wo Jr. The HCA Legacy Award is a posthumous award to recognize early pioneers in modern conservation in Hawaiʻi.

Image 5: Attendees of the "Working with the Tools of the Trade – Invasive Small Vertebrate Trapping and Control Training with a Hawaiian Focus" learn how to utilize small vertebrate control systems and other “recommended best management tools” (RBMT).

Image 6: HCA Student Award Winners receive recognition and lei for their selected presentations in the Student Award Ceremony.

Image 7: Luka Kanakaʻole (Edith Kanakaʻole Foundation) and Natalie Kurashima (Kamehameha Schools) perform the final pūnāwai closing (Ka Wai a Kāne) and the covering of the pūnāwai (Poʻi of lāʻī).

Image 8: Conference attendees circle up to perform final pūnāwai closing and Hawaiʻi Aloha in HCC closing ceremony.

Image 9: Conference attendees perform Hawaiʻi Aloha at the conference closing ceremony.

2024 Hawaiʻi Conservation Conference Day 2 Recap!

Image 1: Facing Future – Kuleana Kenote Panelists (Left to Right) Tate Keliʻihoʻomalu, Pahonu Coleman, Tahaʻa Kahele and moderator Moana P.K. "Ulu" Ching.

Image 2: HCA Conservation Innovation Award Winners Birds, Not Mosquitoes.

Image 3: HCC Exhibit Hall.

Image 4: Group picture at the "Conservation Connections: Explore Your Possible Pathways - Nāhululeihiwakuipapa Networking Session."

Image 5: Lorena "Tap" Wada from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service discusses tips and tricks for applying for federal jobs in the Nāhululeihiwakuipapa Networking Session.

Image 6: Army Natural Resource Program Oʻahu employees demonstrate how to use a "Pig Brig" in "Techniques on snare building, setting, and efficacy of removal of ungulates in Hawaii" training.

Image 7: Our friends at Waianae Mountains Watershed Partnership smiles and shakas to conference attendees in the Exhibit Hall.

Image 8: Mahalo to Hui Kū Maoli Ola,LLC for providing plants for the sessions rooms, exhibit hall, concourse area, networking room, and puniwai. They also had a booth on Wednesday selling native plants to conference attendees as pictured.

Image 9: HCC 2024 participants gather in the Poster Hall for the Poster Reception. Poster presenters were able to discuss their posters with conference attendees as well as enjoy some delightful finger foods and drinks. Mahalo to The Nature Conservancy - Micronesia & Polynesia and the University of Hawaiʻi Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation (OVPRI) for sponsoring the reception.

Mahalo to the paddlers and 2024 Long Distance Junior Girls Crew of Waikiki Surf Club for providing the Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance with beautiful lei for . We wish them luck in their upcoming distance season!

Our keynote speakers, award winners, and other special guests were adorned with pōhinahina, puakenikeni, uluhe, ti leaf, plumeria, cordage, and more!

2024 Hawaiʻi Conservation Conference Day 1 Recap!

Image 1: Papahānaumokuākea offers an oli during opening protocol before entering the opening ceremony/plenary room.

Image 2: WEP participants lead the island and continent groupings for the opening protocol.

Image 3: Participants offer fresh wai to the pūnāwai. The pūnāwai collects the knowledge shared throughout the three days of conference.

Image 4: HCA Executive Committee Chair Kevin Chang (Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo) provides opening remarks.

Image 5: Plenary panelists (Left to Right) Kekai Keahi, Kapua Sproat, Melissa Chimera, and Clay Trauernicht discuss water rights on West Maui and what they can teach us about fire and conservation.

Image 6: HCA Outstanding Leadership Award Winner Kapua Sproat (Middle) with Steering Committee Member Kawika Winter (Right) and Director of Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Kamana Beamer (Left).

Image 7: Mentees and mentors in the Pūlama Kuamoʻo Mentorship Program, hosted by the Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance’s Nāhululeihiwakuipapa [Next Generation] Subcommittee, attend the Meet & Greet Luncheon.

Image 8: Speakers in the forum "Voices across Moananuiākea (expansive ocean)" hosted by the Society for Conservation Biology Oceania (SCBO) receive lei.

Image 9: Anna Pacheco of SMS Research Hawaiʻi speaks at the "Taking Action to Support a Thriving Local Workforce for Hawaiʻi’s Natural Resource Jobs" forum hosted by HCA, Kupu, and the Hauʻoli Mau Loa Foundation.

Image 10: Panelists answer questions from the audience in the "ʻOiwi Perspectives on Native Species and Ecosystems" forum organized by the Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance Cultural Subcommittee.

Mahalo nui loa Sam ʻOhu Gon III for providing the blessing for the 2024 Hawaiʻi Conservation Conference!

The p**e that were offered to the volunteers and staff gathered on the day before the opening of the conference is a continuation of a long-standing tradition of the HCC: To acknowledge and offer protection and support of all present over the course of the conference, and to give a good, focused, positive start of the huge undertaking that the conference represents.

Mahalo to Honolulu Beer Works for hosting our Alliance Reception to kick off ! We are happy to have had the opportunity to benefit from the sale of two limited-time brews! Reception attendees enjoyed lots of ono grindz too!

We would also like to thank our guest speaker Vassilis Syrmos from the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation (OVPRI)!

Another shoutout goes to Girish and AJ from Manapua for providing us with musical entertainment for the evening!

Congratulations to the HCC 2024 Student Award Winners! Mahalo to The Wildlife Society Hawaiʻi Chapter (The Wildlife Society Hawaii Chapter) for sponsoring the cash prizes!

HCC 2024 Student Award Winners:

Outstanding Student Oral Presentation - Erica Gallerani

Honorable Mention Student Oral Presentation - Emma Stierhoff

Outstanding Student Speed Talk Presentation - Tawn Speetjens

Honorable Mention Student Speed Talk Presentation - Annie Larson

Outstanding Graduate Student Poster Presentation - ʻAʻaliʻi Kelling

Honorable Mention Graduate Student Poster Presentation - Jordan Gossett

Outstanding Undergraduate Student Poster Presentation - Joel Nicolow

Honorable Mention Undergraduate Student Poster Presentation - Helene Watson

As pictured (Image 1 Left to Right): Bailey Daniels (The Wildlife Society Hawaiʻi Chapter), ʻAʻaliʻi Kelling, Annie Larson, Jordan Gossett, Erica Gallerani, Ulu Ching (Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance Chair 2025), Emma Stierhoff, Helene Watson, Joel Nicolow, Tawn Speetjens, Tara Meggett (Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance & Foundation)

https://www.hawaiiconservation.org/conference/2024-student-award-winners/

Mahalo to all of our wonderful Work Exchange Program (WEP) volunteers from !

If you haven't heard about the WEP program, participants volunteer a certain amount of hours in exchange for free conference registration and other perks! You may have seen these awesome volunteers in green vests leading the island groups for opening protocol, manning the registration desk, or even helping you get to the session room you wanted!

WEP volunteers are a crucial part of HCC and we are so grateful to have had over 45+ hardworking volunteers participate in the program this year!

Today is the LAST DAY to sign-up for the HCC 2024 Work Exchange Program (WEP)!

The Conference’s Work Exchange Program allows participants to meet, interact with, and learn from conservation veterans, emerging leaders, resource managers, field staff, and others in the conservation community.

Program Benefits:
- Full access to Conference sessions (outside of work schedule)
- Exclusive Conference swag item
- Beverage, lunch coupons (one day’s worth)

Program Requirements:
- Not be registered for Conference already
- Demonstrate you cannot afford Conference registration or do not qualify for the different special discount rates/scholarships
- Must be reliable, have good interpersonal skills, and the ability to work independently and in a group setting
- For certain positions, participants must have a smart phone able to scan QR codes and fill out brief online forms

https://www.hawaiiconservation.org/conference/2024-wep/