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Student Intership Program Summary

Student and Institution	Year	Project Title or Activity	Program	Mentor
Jon Arbles	2000	Native and exotic raspberries and their impacts on native forests: habitats and distributions	UHHIP	Julie Denslow, Bob Cabin, Duane Nelson, Susan Cordell
Ho’oululahui Erika Akaka-Belsky UH-Hilo	1999	Big Island property tax incentives for forestry	UHHIP	Karl Dalla Rosa
Kaliko Amona Occidental College	1999 2000	Patterns of consumption of mangrove leaves by crabs in Kosrae The Nature Conservancy: Community Outreach Intern to conduct historical cultural research on Honouliuli Preserve	UHHIP	Kathy Ewel, Sean Gleason
Matesina Aseta UH-Hilo	1997 1998	Traditional village malae in American Samoa Urban & Community Forestry: A bridge between Hawaii and American Samoa	MASSIP	Chris Jones Katie Friday
Paliksru Brooks UH-Hilo	1995 1996	Predation on mangrove propagules in Kosraean mangrove forests Loss of mangrove land to filling in Kosrae	MASSIP	Kathy Ewel, John Bourgeois Kathy Ewel
Catherine Dano UH-Hilo	2000	Mangrove ecology on Oahu: windward-leeward comparison	UHHIP	Jim Allen, Kathy Ewel
Lubuw Falanruw UH-Hilo	1996 1998 1999	Video documentation of traditional stone fish weirs Production of environmental education video Assisted with production of underwater film; produced Smokey Fruit Bat character for t-shirts for 1999 Fire Training Workshop in Palau and Yap	MASSIP PMA Studios	Marjorie Falanruw
Teresa Filepin UH-Hilo	1997 1999	Compilation of environmental legislation and public opinion of environmental legislation in Yap Compilation of background information on natural resource stewardship for upcoming meeting of traditional Micronesian leaders; Palau Conservation Society	MASSIP	Marjorie Falanruw Marjorie Falanruw
Sami Freitas Chaminade University of Honolulu	1998 1999 1999-2000	Structure development of natural and planted Acacia koa stands in Hakalau Forest National wildlife Refuge Koolau watershed Partnership assessment Senior thesis: Seed banks of Hawaiian forests	UHHIP	Paul Scowcroft Karl Dalla Rosa, Pat Costales Jack Ewel
Olyvia Idechong University of Guam	1997	Suggested native trees and shrubs for planting along the Compact Road in Palau		Marjorie Falanruw
Candice Javar	2000	Koolau Mountains watershed Partnership	UHHIP	Pat Costales, Earl Pawn, Katie Friday
Elston Joe California State - Chico	2000	Community education on appropriate harvesting techniques	MASSIP	Kathy Ewel, Rob Hauff
Aurora Kagawa MIT	2000	Research on natural resources in Hawai`i	UHHIP	Kathy Ewel, jack Ewel, Jim Allen
Malia Lee Uh-Hilo	2000	Science on the Mountain – Forest Research Interpretation for Koke’e Natural History Museum	UHHIP	David Penn
Afu Tolu Lefaoseu UH-Hilo	1998	Follow-up on 1997 project on traditional village malae in American Samoa	MASSIP	Chris Jones
Melissa Lockyer Univ. of San Diego	1999	Litter and understory plant biomass and nutrient contents in mature plantations of introduced trees	UHHIP	Paul Scowcroft, David Fujii
Ricktari Lowary College of Micronesia	1999-2000	Use of burrows by mangrove crabs	Kosrae Island Resource Management Program	Rob Hauff
Alice Malepeai UH-Hilo	1997, 1998	Cooperative education student, Mt. St. Helens National Forest, WA Environmental educator for coastal zone management program (2000: serving as a mentor to a MASSIP intern!)	American Samoa Department of Commerce
Mila Misa UH-Hilo	1998-1999 2000	Germination of native species on various substrates in Hawaiian forests Restoration of mangrove forests in American Samoa	MASSIP	Bob Cabin Orlo Steele
Holden Nena UH-Hilo	2000	Tracking mangrove crabs	MASSIP	Kathy Ewel
Cheyenne Perry UH-Hilo	1998 1998	Mangroves as indicators of environmental contamination on O`ahu Measuring sediment accumulation in mangrove swamps in Micronesia	UHHIP	Jim Allen Jim Allen
Noelani Puniwai UH-Hilo	1997	Decline of Acacia koa on windward O`ahu	UHHIP	Jim Allen
Francis Quitazol UH-Hilo	1997 1998 1998-1999 1999-	Woody weed invasion of abandoned agriculture lands on the Big Island Sawtooth, Challis, and Targhee National Forests, Idaho Student research assistant Hot Shot crew, Eldorado National Forest	UHHIP UHHIP	Dennis O'Dowd Stephen Hight
Francis Ruegorong UH-Hilo	1996 1997 1999	Survey of soil characteristics and vegetation dynamics of sites used in two gardening methods on selected agricultural sites on Yap Use of mangroves in Yap, FSM Coordinator of volunteers, Yap Urban & Community Forestry Program, Yap State Office of Forestry	MASSIP	Marjorie Falanruw Kathy Ewel, Marjorie Falanruw, Mark Drew
Lasha-Lynn Ha’awinalani Salbosa Washington State University	1999 2000	Acacia koa research trials National Park Service: Endangered wildlife monitoring at Haleakala National Park	UHHIP	Karl Dalla Rosa, Nick Dudley
Asher Sigrah UH-Hilo	1998	Economic and social importance of Terminalia carolinensis in Kosrae	MASSIP	Kathy Ewel, Mark Drew
Malama Souza UC-Santa Cruz	1998 1999 2000	Native and alien plant regeneration at Hakalau National wildlife Refuge The effect of mangroves on management and restoration of Hawaiian fishponds Hawaii State Legislative Aide	UHHIP	Bob Cabin Jim Allen, Ken Krauss
Bertram Kalani Spain UH-Hilo	1999 2000	Christmasberry density and potential limiting factors over an elevational gradient within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and Manuka Natural Area Reserve Native and exotic raspberries and their impacts on native forests: habitats and distributions	UHHIP	Stephen Hight, Bob Cabin Julie Denslow, Bob Cabin, Duane Nelson, Susan Cordell
Ku’upuamakamae Swain UH-Hilo	1999	The effect of fire on native and alien plant seed viability	UHHIP	Stephen Hight, Bob Cabin
Tara Tara UH-Hilo	1996 1998-1999 1999-	Efficiency of firewood harvesting in Kosrae Research assistant, Kosrae Department of Agriculture and Land High school teacher, Marine Biology, Kosrae	MASSIP	Kathy Ewel
Daniel Tavares UH-Hilo	1998	Monitoring past releases of biological control agents against Christmasberry (Schinus terebinthifolius)	UHHIP	Stephen Hight
Fuata’i Tuialuulu UH-Hilo	1996	Propagation of mangroves for wetland restoration in American Samoa	MASSIP	Frank Miller, Kathy Ewel
Jeannette Tuitele UH-Manoa	1999 2000	Traditional obstetric and gynecological medicine on Tutuila, American Samoa: an ethnobotanical and abundance survey Non-timber forest products in American Samoa	Urban & Community Forestry	Kathy Ewel, Orlo Steele, Bob Cabin
Kia Weaver	2000	Applied research in tropical forestry	UHHIP	Nick Dudley, Katie Friday
Earlene Wilson UH-Hilo	1997 1998	Impacts of Miconia calvescens seed banks in Hawai`i Monitoring the impact of herbicide application on the reproductive biology of Miconia calvescens	UHHIP	Dennis O'Dowd Duane Nelson
Vida Yap, UH-Hilo UH Manoa	1997 1997-1998	Ecology of mangroves in Hawai`i Student research assistant	UHHIP	Jim Allen
Stephen Giltamag Young-Uhk University of South Pacific	1998-1999	Traditional cropping systems techniques and knowledge on Yap		Judy Drexler, Marjorie Falanruw

Italics designate related activity not directly supported by a formal Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry program

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