Four volunteers trudged uphill along a roadway in the Hawaiian Ocean View Estates subdivision of Ka’u Saturday toward their target. Just moments before, they spotted a patch of mounding fountain ...

At one site on Hawaii island, fountain grass (ignited by humans) has increased fire frequency from once every 500 to 1,000 years to once every six to eight years.

There’s an unnamed insect that eats the seeds of fountain grass and a “smut fungus” that grows on them in their natural range. “A project like this is not going to come in one or two years.

Back to homepage / Live news Invasive firestarter: How non-native grasses turned Hawaii into a tinderbox. Washington (AFP) – After a catastrophic wildfire that killed more than 100 people in ...

Fountain grass grows as an invasive species in Arizona, Nevada, California and Hawaii. Hawaii regulates it as a noxious weed. Producers in Lafayette County reported its presence in 2021, and it ...