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“Federal demonstration projects should test making biochar from forest material, including facilities, uses, and markets, with a practical goal that at least half the material comes from thinning and forest management on federal public lands.”
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“The Forest Service should keep providing money or other financial support to slow the spread of Rapid Ohia Death and restore Hawaii's native forests.”
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“The U.S. Geological Survey should keep studying how Rapid Ohia Death spreads and what carries it from place to place.”
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“The Interior Department should work with the Agriculture Department and Hawaii on the response to Rapid Ohia Death, instead of each government actor handling the work separately.”
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“Federal Rapid Ohia Death work should focus on the Ceratocystis fungus affecting native trees in Hawaii.”
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“Federal programs should support large forest and watershed restoration projects, protect water sources, expand seeds and nurseries for replanting, restore priority Interior Department lands, help replant Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon fire damage, and update USDA disaster recovery programs.”
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“Federal agencies should keep studying how Rapid Ohia Death spreads among ohia trees, and the Forest Service should keep funding the staff and facilities needed for that research.”
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“Federal agencies should plan for more native seeds, seed storage, seed permits, and tree nursery capacity, and the Interior Department should publish annual priority lists for reforestation and restoration projects on its lands.”
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“The Fish and Wildlife Service should keep working with Hawaii and local groups to manage hoofed animals, such as feral pigs, goats, or deer, in Rapid Ohia Death control areas on federal, state, and private land.”
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“Agencies should manage hoofed animals such as pigs, goats, or deer in Rapid Ohia Death control areas, including on federal and state land and on private land when the owner agrees.”
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“Federal forest programs should support work that protects drinking water sources from wildfire and forest health risks, and agencies should update how they track watershed health.”
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“Federal agencies should coordinate white oak restoration, test projects on federal lands, help grow new white oak trees, support habitat, nurseries, seeds, and seed banks, fund research with Tribes and colleges, and organize USDA's white oak work into a formal initiative.”
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“Federal agencies should create several efforts to restore and study white oak and upland oak habitat, including a national coordination group, pilot projects, voluntary grants, research agreements with Tribes and colleges, and a USDA initiative.”
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