#Clay Trauernicht

Panel discusses how ancestral knowledge can guide Lahaina rebuilding following 2023 wildfire

Hundreds gathered at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa for the 2024 Piʻo Summit: Hulihia: Fire and Rain, a free series of forums focused on leveraging ancestral ʻike (knowledge) to support long-term recovery efforts for communities affected by the Lahaina wildfires and the 2018 Kauaʻi floods.

UH study: Pacific Islanders used fire to shape landscapes 

The geographic and ecological breadth of the research points to the use of controlled burning by the inhabitants to shape island vegetation. 

Link between wildfire and drought serves as platform for prevention campaign

The link between drought conditions and wildfire in Hawai‘i “is already in full play,” according to state officials, and conditions this summer are expected to worsen. 

Free Public Lecture on Maui Wildfires, Feb. 6

Clay Trauernicht, Ph.D., will give a free public lecture on Maui wildfires at the Māʻalaea Harbor Shops on Feb. 6 from 5 to 7 p.m.