RECOVERY PLAN FOR - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

A cooperative agreement between Parker Ranch and DOFAW governs
management efforts of these species on Parker Ranch land. To
date, these efforts are aimed at preventing grazing and wildfire
on three of the cinder cones that are habitat for one or both of
these species. DOFAW completed a fence around the base of the
cinder cone at Site #1 in December 1991 (5. Bergfeld, pers. comm.
1992). It is a “hog wire” (rectangular mesh) fence with a strand
of barbed wire at the top and at the bottom. Such a fence should
exclude all domestic cattle and feral pigs, goats, and sheep. The
cinder cones containing Sites #5 and 3 were each fenced with
barbed wire at an earlier date (S. Bergfeld pers. comm. 1992).
These fences exclude domestic cattle but may not be effective in
excluding the feral herbivores. No fencing or other management is
known to have been undertaken at Sites #2, 4, or 6.
DOFAW has considered clearing firebreaks immediately outside the
exclosure fences. Such a firebreak may be in place at Site #5.
However, because firebreaks are not as effective in this area as
in less dry, windy regions, it may be a better strategy to rely on
grazing to prevent the build-up of dry grass (S. Bergfeld, pers.
comm. 1992).
No actions have been taken by the State of Hawaii with regard to
the populations at Sites #2, 4, 6, or 7.
Cultivation and Germ vlasm Reserves for Lipochaeta venosa
Lioochaeta venosa can be grown from cuttings. Plants at the DOFAW
Hilo Baseyard nursery (S. Bergfeld, pers. comm. 1992) and the
Botany Department, University of Hawaii at• Manoa (G. Carr, pers.
comm. 1992) were grown from cuttings taken at the Parker Ranch.
Attempts to grow L. venosa from seed at NTBG failed as no seeds
germinated (M. Chapin, pers. comm. 1992). It is not known if this
species has ever been grown from seed.
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