INTERAGENCY EFFORTS TO COMBAT MICONIA CALVESCENS ON THE ISLAND OF MAUI, HAWAI'I EFFORTS INTER-SERVICES POUR COMBATTRE MICONIA CALVESCENS SUR L'ILE DE MAUI, HAWAI'I

'strack record in Tahiti), and removal of the seven known populations in lowland, windward EastMaui was undertaken, but the ability of the species for dispersal was underestimated. By late1993, when a more comprehensive assessment of the problem was in hand, several thousandfruiting trees were already present in a relatively inaccessible area (on a 500-year-old lava flow,with rugged substrate) upslope of the original introduction. In response to the severity of thethreat, a multi-agency effort at