Ungulate Working Group Partners
University of Hawaiʻi
Hawaiʻi Wildlife Ecology Lab
Assistant Professor: Dr. Melissa Price (pricemel@hawaii.edu)
Ungulate Project Lead and Spatial Planner: Derek Risch (drisch@hawaii.edu)
Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit (PCSU)
Director: Dr. Shaya Honarvar
UH Extension
Extension Specialist: Dr. Mark Thorne
Hawaiʻi Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW)
Administration
Game Program Coordinator: Jason Omick
NARS Planner: Emma Yuen
Oʻahu Branch
Wildlife Biologist: Nicholas J Vargas
NARS Specialist: Jared Char
Hawaiʻi Branch
Branch Manager: Steven Bergfeld
West Hawaii District Biologist: Kanalu Sproat
East Hawaii District Biologist: Ian Cole
Maui Nui Branch
Wildlife Biologist: Shane DeMattos
Molokai Wildlife Biologist: Justin Luafalemana
Kauaʻi Branch
Branch Manager: Sheri Mann
Wildlife Manager: Thomas Kaiʻakapu
Wildlife Biologist: Lindsey Ibara
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - Wildlife Services
State Director: Darrin Phelps
Assistant Director: Trevor Lu
Feral Swine Coordinator: Homer Leong
NWRC, Field Station Leader: Dr. Steven Hess
Wildlife Disease Biologist: Samuel Goldstein
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
State Range Management Specialist: Carolyn Wong Auweloa
Pūlama Lānaʻi
Director of Conservation: Jonathan Sprague
Director of Conservation: Rachel Sprague
National Parks Service
Haleakala National Park
Supervisory Wildlife Biologist: Cathleen Bailey
Feral Animal Removal and Management Program Lead: Timothy Bailey
Feral Animal Removal and Management: Clinton Fukushima
Game Management Advisory Commission (GMAC)
Member at large: Nancy Timko
Kauaʻi Representative: Nicolai Barca
Hawaiʻi Association of Watershed Partnerships
Kohala Watershed Partnership
Field Supervisor: Jake Merkel
Three Mountain Alliance
Program Coordinator: Colleen Cole
The Nature Conservancy
Field Coordinator: Nicolai Barca
Army Natural Resources Program - Oʻahu
Conservation/Control Program Supervisor: Matthew D. Burt
Animal Program Manager: Tyler Bogardus