07-12-2014, 12:27 PM
This project is mainly focused on Kauai. As bananahead pointed out, it's geared towards Australian tree fern which is a much bigger problem there than on the Big Island. It is present - people plant it, and ou can find it scattered in a few places like on the way up to the hydro plant diversion in Piihonua - but it's not nearly as invasive in native forest. On Kauai it's penetrated deep into some of the remote, inaccesible valleys like Limahuli and Wainiha on the north side, where they have to be controlled individually by helicopter before they completely take over.