Pu‘uhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park will present an evening program about Rapid ‘Ōhi‘a Death in the park’s amphitheater on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Corie Yanger, an educational specialist at the Komohana Research & Extension Center in Hilo, will share current information about ROD and how it affects the Big Island and Big Island residents.

Corie received her B.S. degree in biological aspects of conservation from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her M.S. degree in tropical conservation biology and environmental science from the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.

She has six years of experience working for the Native Plant Restoration Program and Inventory and Monitoring Program at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park.

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This is a fee free event.

For more information, contact Ranger Charles T. Hua at (808) 328-2326, ext. 1241, or go online.