The Subterranean Ecology Institute is administering a grant led by Principal Investigators Dr. Megan Porter (University of Hawai’i at Manoa), Dr. Christy Slay (University of Arkansas), and Mike Slay (The Nature Conservancy) for a project titled “Biodiversity, Biogeography, and Conservation of Unique Hawaiian Island Cave Communities.” This project, funded by the Cave Conservancy Foundation, seeks to: 1) identify locations of rare, endemic, and common cave fauna to inform land managers for decision making; 2) document these species’ baselines prior to the impact of the fungal disease rapid ‘Ohi’a death and communicate these baselines land managers; 3) deposit specimens and publish a catalog of cave specimens in partnership with the Bishop Museum; and 4) publish a Hawai’i cave life pictorial guide. The project proposes bioinventories and limited specimen collections for lava tubes found mainly in the Ka’u district of Hawai’i Island.