Jack Jeffery Grant Fund
The Friends of Hakalau Forest established the annual Jack Jeffrey Conservation Education Grant award in 2009 to honor Jack for his service as Wildlife Biologist, Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge, and his commitment to conservation education in Hawaii. The purpose of the grant is to “recognize a worthy individual or organization for their excellence in environmental education and/or conservation work relating to Hakalau Forest NWR and its surrounding ecosystems”.
Big Island photographer and wildlife biologist Jack Jeffrey, is intimately familiar with Hawai‘i’s hidden valleys, remote rainforests, and rare birds. He brings to his photographic images the knowledge from over 50 years of observation and study of Hawai‘i’s endemic forest birds. Jack combines a naturalist’s curiosity with a photographer’s patience and technical skill to produce beautiful photographs that have played a key role in protecting Hawai‘i’s endangered species and their island habitats. Recently retired as senior wildlife biologist at Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge on the Big Island, Jack is recipient of numerous awards including the prestigious National Sierra Club Ansel Adams’ Award for Conservation Photography, Hawai‘i Audubon Society Conservationist of the Year Award, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services Employee of the Year Award and Endangered Species Recovery Champion Award, and The Nature Conservancy of Hawai‘i Kako‘o ‘Āina Award. He is co-author of several books and his photographs have been featured in numerous local, national, and international magazines, books and calendars.
The awardee of the grant in 2011, ‘Imi Pono no Ka ‘Āina, used the funds awarded by Friends of Hakalau Forest to support a three-day segment of each of three summer sessions at the Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge, where local youth were educated about conservation issues in native wet forest ecosystems.
In 2011, Colin Phifer, a graduate student at the University of Hawaii Tropical Conservation Biology program, studied relationships between plant pollinator communities (birds and insects) and seed production within small, medium and large kipukas of east Hawaii Island. Phifer trained undergraduate students to assist with data collection and will develop Hawaii-specific pollination lessons to share with local K-8 teachers.
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