Hawai‘i collaborating to keep rare native plant wild April 29, 2023 Home Explore The Naturalist's Journal Hawai‘i collaborating to keep rare native plant wild Share FacebookTwitterEmail Earlier this month, staff from the Plant Extinction Prevention Program, Laukahi, and the Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Forestry and Wildlife visited the area as part of a collaborative project to restore Lobelia oahuensis to the wild. It’s a species endemic to the island.