Instructional Videos
RNGR has partnered with J.B. Friday, University of Hawaii, Cooperative Extension, who has many tropical videos available to view online, via YouTube.
Steven Young-Uhk (Yap Cooperative Research and Extension) and Dr. Murukesan Krishnapillai (College of Micronesia-FSM, Yap Campus) have developed a method for using local coconut husks as a high quality potting mix for vegetables and tree nurseries. Dr. J.B. Friday, UH CES interviews them for his video which illustrates their process. July 2018.
In this virtual forestry field day, Dr. J.B. Friday, CTAHR Extension Forester, visits four nurseries on Hawai'i Island to examine proper containers for forestry and conservation projects in Hawaii and other Pacific Islands. (July 2013)
In this forestry field day, Jill Wagner, owner of Future Forests Nursery and Director of the Hawaii Island Native Seed Bank joins Dr. J.B. Friday to demonstrate how to clean, dry, and package native plant seed for long term storage by Pacific island nurseries. (May 2013)
Dr. J. B. Friday, CTAHR Extension Forester, joins Steve Coffee, Educational Solutions Inc. in an instructional video about how to outplant koa seedlings to maximize their survival. Filmed at Kaiholena, Ka'u, Hawai'i Island. Partial funding provided by USDA NRCS and USFS (June 2012).
Dr. James Leary, CTAHR Invasive Weed Scientist, Dr. J. B. Friday, CTAHR Extension Forester, and Dr. Travis Idol, CTAHR Associate Professor of Tropical Forestry, research an innovative approach to restoring koa corridors on pastureland in Hawaii for land management to support both cattle and koa production. Herbicide trials and scarification methods are examined. Funding from USDA NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant (NRCS-CIG), RREA and TSTAR.
