6 Sunday, March 19, 2017 Hawaii Tribune-Herald UNIVERSITY TOWN Learning in the field Unique master’s program preps students for careers in conservation biology, environmental science Spend a day as a student in the Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science graduate program, and you might hike up-close to the Kalapana lava flow to observe succession. You might scuba dive off a beach in Keaukaha to collect water samples. Or, you might trek through the rain forest to record calls of Hawaii Island’s native birds. “Our students are working everywhere, all over the island,” TCBES faculty member Patrick Hart said. “There are whale studies on boats, marine studies of water quality, plant surveys, animal surveys, bats and birds — every ecosystem you can think of. I can’t think of anyplace on the island where our students haven’t worked at one point in time.” TCBES is a master’s program that delves into conservation biology, environmental science, Undergraduate student Justin Cueva holds up a container of adult mosquitoes at a UH-Hilo lab while studying birth control methods for mosquitoes in an effort to save Hawaiian birds. HOLLYN JOHNSON/ Tribune-Herald By KIRSTEN JOHNSON Hawaii Tribune-Herald See FIELD Page 7
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