Plant Industry Division

Plant Quarantine Education Specialist Kent Dumlao and inspector Shelby Ching hoped to inspire students to pursue careers in agriculture at the Ewa Makai Middle School Career Fair on Feb. 22, 2019. Hopefully, one of these students will become a future plant quarantine inspector with HDOA. Pictured:  Inspector Ching talking to students about the invasive species ...
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Plant Quarantine Education Specialist Kent Dumlao took the show on the road to Kamehameha School’s Kapalama Campus where he spoke to 75 sixth graders on February 20th, 2019. A bunch of kindergarteners and first graders also got a look at the display that Kent brought with him. You can just hear the chatter from the ...
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Plant Quarantine inspectors participated in Maker’s Explorium sponsored by the Ben Franklin company. The science-based event was held at Radford High School on February, 16, 2019. Plant Quarantine inspector Bishnu Bhandari talks with a family about invasive species

On February 12, 2019, 40 kindergarteners and 25 teacher/chaperones from Kamehameha Schools visited the Plant Quarantine Branch near Sand Island to learn about invasive species and work that the Plant Quarantine inspectors do to protect Hawaii. Plant Quarantine Education Specialist Kent Dumlao coordinated the presentation, including live and preserved insect and animal displays. In the ...
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On February 7, 2019, HDOA’s Plant Quarantine Branch participated in the annual Ag Awareness Day hosted by the University of Hawaii – College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR). Students from Oahu schools were invited to visit the CTAHR’s Urban Garden Center in Pearl City to preview the event that was open to the ...
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