Efforts to save Hawaiʻi’s ʻōhiʻa trees from deadly fungal disease, stop invasive plants from spreading out of control and keep island forests healthy are threatened by plans to possibly shutter U.S. Forest Service’s only research and development facilities in the Pacific.

Efforts to save Hawaiʻi’s ʻōhiʻa trees from deadly fungal disease, stop invasive plants from spreading out of control and keep island forests healthy are threatened by plans to possibly shutter U.S. Forest Service’s only research and development facilities in the Pacific.