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Celebrate Earth Day at Kahalu‘u

April 5, 2019 (BigIslandNow.com)—For Earth Day, April 22, 2019, you can give back to Mother Nature and deepen your relationship with one of West Hawai‘i’s most beloved environmental and cultural treasures as well, thanks to The Kohala Center. »Read more

Efforts Underway to Improve Pelekāne Bay Water Quality

April 3, 2019 (BigIslandNow.com)—One of Hawai‘i’s most degraded watersheds, Pelekāne Bay watershed, is receiving some much-needed attention. The Hawai‘i State Department of Health, through its Polluted Runoff Control Program and in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is helping restore watersheds in the state and supporting the implementation of polluted runoff control projects in […]

Efforts underway to improve Pelekāne Bay water quality

WAIMEA, HAWAI‘I ISLAND, Hawai‘i—April 3, 2019—One of Hawai‘i’s most degraded watersheds is receiving some much-needed attention. The Hawai‘i State Department of Health (DOH), through their Polluted Runoff Control Program and in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is helping restore watersheds in the state and supporting the implementation of polluted runoff control projects in […]

ReefTeach Volunteer Orientation Set for March 16

March 8, 2019 (BigIslandNow.com)—The Kohala Center’s Kahalu‘u Bay Education Center is seeking community members interested in volunteering to help protect Kahalu‘u Bay and its coral reefs, fish and turtles. A free orientation session for new ReefTeach volunteers will be held on Saturday, March 16, 2019, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. in the Mayor’s Conference Room […]

Eruption spurs creation of real-time air pollution network

January 30, 2019 (MIT News)—As red molten lava oozed out of Kilauea on the Island of Hawaii (“the Big Island”) in May 2018, destroying houses and property in its path, clouds of ash particles and toxic gases from the volcano — known as vog — filled the air and drifted across the island with the […]

A Boost for Young, Diverse Farmers

The Atlantic (December 16, 2018)—The average American farmer, according to the most recent United States Department of Agriculture data, is white, male, and 58 years old. Just 8 percent of America’s 2.1 million farmers identify as anything other than non-Hispanic white; only 14 percent are women. And as the average age of American farmers has […]