Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species (CGAPS)

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CGAPS Participants

CGAPS participants are primarily program managers from every major agency and organization involved with invasive species work in Hawaiʻi, including federal, state, county, and private entities. Any agency that regularly attends quarterly CGAPS meetings is listed as a CGAPS participant. Quarterly meetings are open to the public.

2018-2019 Agency/NGO Participants

      • U.S. Department of Agriculture (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Forest Service)
      • U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Customs and Border Protection
      • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office; Law Enforcement)
      • Hawaiʻi Army National Guard/Environmental Office
      • Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (Plant Pest Control Branch; Plant Quarantine Branch)
      • Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources (Division of Aquatic Resources; Division of Forestry and Wildlife)
      • Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (Airports Division; Harbors Division)
      • Hawaiʻi Invasive Species Council (Administrative Staff)
      • University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (College of Tropical Agriculture & Human Resources; University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization; Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit)
      • Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum
      • Hauʻoli Mau Loa Foundation
      • Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance Foundation
      • Hawaiʻi Farm Bureau Federation
      • Invasive Species Committees of Hawai‘i
      • The Nature Conservancy of Hawai‘i
      • SWCA Environmental Consultants
      • H.T. Harvey & Associates Ecological Consultants

 

CGAPS Steering Committee

The CGAPS Steering Committee prioritizes, produces, and implements the Vision and Action Plan and collaborative projects, and guides the CGAPS staff.

Leadership of CGAPS is rotated between participants from state, federal, and NGOs, and is a three-year commitment. At the end of the state fiscal year, a participant is selected to be the Deputy Chair, which is a one year “training period”. This person moves to the Chair position for the 2nd year, then to the Chair Emeritus (to provide guidance for the Chair) for the 3rd year.

          • Dorothy Alontaga (USDA APHIS)
          • Joshua Atwood (HISC & FY 2019 Chair Emeritus)
          • Jodi Chew (US Forest Service)
          • Benton Pang (USFWS)
          • Mark Fox (TNCH & FY 2019 Deputy Chair)
          • Bryan Harry (HCAF)
          • Rob Hauff (DLNR DOFAW)
          • Adam Radford (MISC)
          • James Kosciuk (DHS CBP)
          • Michael Melzer (UH CTAHR & Chair Emeritus)
          • Becky Azama (HDOA PI)
          • Brian Neilson (DLNR DAR)
          • David Smith (DLNR DOFAW)
          • Angela Kieran-Vast (NAVFAC & FY 2019 Chair)

Disclaimer: The Steering Committee and participants of CGAPS engage in CGAPS inasmuch as the actions and views presented are allowable and do not include prohibited practices for government employees or the appearance of such practices.

CGAPS Staff:

      • Christy Martin, CGAPS PIO and Project Coordinator
      • Andrew Porter, CGAPS/UH William S. Richardson Legal Fellow for DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources
      • Stephanie Easley, CGAPS Legal Fellow
      • Ambyr Mokiao-Lee, Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death Statewide Outreach Coordinator
      • Kailee Lefebvre, CGAPS Planner

 

 

 

 

 

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Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species (CGAPS)
Office: (808) 722-0995
E-mail: christym@rocketmail.com

Pest Hotline: 643-PEST
Report a Pest Online

CGAPS is a project of The Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

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