Project will prepare a training manual and run a training workshop on the use of mycorrhizal fungi in establishing native trees. The staff development project trains Cooperative Extension staff and staff of other agencies such as the state Division of Forestry and Wildlife and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in forestry skills such as tree improvement, forest economics, nutrient management of plantation forests.
Project conducts workshops and conferences and produces of extension material.
Statewide Forage Production Improvement Program . Project is testing forage choices that are able to increase sustainable production of upper elevation range and pasture in Hawaii. Along with cooperators, project is installing trials on Maui and will distribute results through CES livestock agents. Demonstrating the Use of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi to Improve Early Koa Tree Establishment . Demonstration on Multicropping System in Establishing and Producing Hawaiian Trees .