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Rare Plant Partnerships

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 The Hawaii Rare Plant Restoration Group
The Plant Extinction Prevention Program (PEPP) was established as the implementation arm of the Hawai‘i Rare Plant Restoration Group (HRPRG). The HRPRG is a consortium of over 60 public and private land management agencies and landowners with a common goal to protect Hawai‘i’s rarest and endangered plant species. With guidance from the HRPRG, PEPP conducts in-the-field (in situ) management actions to preserve the rarest of Hawaiian plants statewide.  PEPP's primary targets are the 
236 “PEP species” which have fewer than 50 plants remaining in the wild. This designation signifies their imminent risk of extinction and a heightened need to protect all remaining plants. The Plant Extinction Prevention Program operates as a project of the Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and is supported by State and Federal funds, grants, and donations from public and private institutions.  

Collaborating  Programs and Land Owners

Recovery of Hawai‘i’s rarest plants relies on PEPP's strong teamwork and collaboration with organizations across Hawai‘i who share a common goal of preventing the extinction of Hawai‘i’s flora. The breadth of organizations committed to supporting PEPP's mission represents one of the largest rare plant conservation networks in the United States. 

Statewide

  • Bishop Museum Herbarium Pacificum
  • Castle and Cooke
  • Hawai‘i Biodiversity and Mapping Program
  • Hawai‘i Dept. of Agriculture
  • Hawai‘i Dept. of Hawaiian Home Lands
  • Hawai‘i Dept. of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) Division of Forestry and Wildlife
  • Hawai‘i DLNR Division of State Parks
  • Hawai‘i DLNR Natural Area Reserve System
  • ​Island Invasive Species Committees
  • Kamehameha Schools
  • Laukahi: The Hawai‘i Plant Conservation Network
  • Nature Conservancy of Hawai‘i
  • ​Offshore Islet Restoration Committee
  • Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
  • Hawaii Rare Plant Facilities (Kōke‘e, Olinda, Pahole, Volcano)
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Ecological Services and Various Refugee Offices)
  • U.S. Forest Service
  • University of Hawai‘i Center for Conservation Research and Training Seed Storage Lab
  • Hawaii Association of Watershed Partnerships

Hawai‘i Island

  • Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden
  • Hawaiian Silversword Foundation
  • Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park
  • HFI Ka'ūpūlehu Dryland Forest Preserve
  • Kohala Watershed Partnership
  • Mauna Kea Watershed Alliance
  • Manuwai Aviation (Volcano Helicopters)
  • Office of Hawaiian Affairs
  • Pohakuloa Training Area
  • Three Mountain Alliance
  • The Nature Conservancy Ka'ū Preserve
  • The Nature Conservancy Kona Hema Preserve
  • Waikoloa Dry Forest Initiative

Kaua‘i

  • Kaua‘i Coffee Company
  • Koke‘e Resource Conservation Program
  • National Tropical Botanical Garden
  • The Nature Conservancy Kanaele Bog
  • The Nature Conservancy Wainiha Preserve

National

  • Center for Plant Conservation
  • Illinois College Orchid Recovery Program
  • Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History

International

  • Guam Plant Extinction Prevention Program
  • IUCN Species Survival Commission
  • Kew Gardens
  • Tallin Botanical Garden​

Maui Nui

  • County of Maui
  • East Maui Irrigation Company
  • East Maui Watershed Partnership
  • Haleakalā Ranch
  • Lāna‘i Petrel Project
  • Makila Land Company
  • Fleming Arboretum
  • Flyin’ Hawaiian Zipline
  • Haleakalā National Park
  • Hawaiian Islands Land Trust - Waihe‘e Dunes Preserve
  • Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission
  • Leeward Haleakalā Watershed Restoration Partnership
  • Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project
  • Maui Invasive Species Committee
  • Maui Land & Pineapple Co. Pu`u Kukui Preserve
  • Maui Nui Botanical Gardens
  • Maui Nui Seabird Recovery Program
  • National Tropical Botanical Garden
  • Native Hawaiian Plant Society
  • ​Native Nursery LLC
  • ​Pulama Lāna‘i
  • The Nature Conservancy Kānepu‘u Preserve
  • The Nature Conservancy Kapunakea Preserve
  • The Nature Conservancy Waikamoi Preserve
  • Ulupalakua Ranch
  • Wailuku Water Company
  • West Maui Mountains Watershed Partnership
  • Windward Aviation

Moloka‘i

  • East Moloka‘i Watershed Partnership (TNC site)
  • Kalaupapa National Historical Park
  • Kapualei Ranch
  • Kawela Plantation Homeowners' Association
  • Moloka‘i Land Trust
  • The Nature Conservancy Kamakou Preserve
  • The Nature Conservancy Mo‘omomi Preserve
  • The Nature Conservancy Pelekunu Preserve
  • Windward Aviation

O‘ahu

  • ​City and County of Honolulu
  • Honolulu Board of Water Supply
  • ​Ko‘olau Mountains Watershed Partnership
  • Kualoa Ranch
  • Leeward Community College Nursery
  • O’ahu Army Natural Resources Program
  • ​UH Mānoa Harold L. Lyon Arboretum Hawaiian Rare Plant Program
  • Wai‘anae Mountains Watershed Partnership

Collaborative Researchers

  • Ruth Aguraiuja, Tallin Botanical Garden
  • ​Kenta Watanabe, National Institute of Technology, Okinawa College
  • Dr. Ann Sakai and Dr. Stephan Weller, University of California, Irvine
  • Chris Johns, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Florida
  • Dr. Neal Evenhuis, Bishop Museum Hawai‘i Biological Survey
  • Dr. J. Christopher Havran, Campbell University
  • Dr. Cliff Morden, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
  • Dr. David Preston, Bishop Museum Hawai‘i Biological Survey
  • Dr. Tom Ranker, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
  • Dr. Warren Wagner, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
  • Alex Loomis, Ph.D. candidate, Duke University
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Past and Present Funders

  • United States Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife
  • United States Forest Service
  • Hawaii Tourism Authority
  • Hawaiian Springs
  • Kamehameha Schools
  • Syngenta??
  • The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund​
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    • About PEPP
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    • Contact Us
    • Get Involved
  • Laukahi Network
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