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Range Technician
(Waimea, Hawai‘i Island)

July 7, 2021 in /by

NOTE: THIS POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED.   POSITION TITLE: Range Technician FLSA STATUS: Exempt REPORTS TO: Director of Applied ʻĀina-based Agriculture JOB SUMMARY/PURPOSE: The Range Technician will work in partnership with the National Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) on projects to develop technologies and techniques for use in natural resource conservation work on Hawai‘i’s range and […]

Kohala Center Receives 150K For Native Hawaiian Support

June 7, 2021 in /by

June 7, 2021 (BigIslandNow.com)—The Kohala Center announced Monday, June 7, that it has received a grant award totaling $150,000 through the Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ ‘Ohana and Community Based Program Grant for Hawaiʻi Island. The grant will help to reinforce and strengthen native Hawaiians’ ‘ohana (family), mo‘omeheu (culture), and ‘āina (land and water) in the […]

The Kohala Center receives $150,000 from Office of Hawaiian Affairs

June 7, 2021 in /by

WAIMEA, Hawai‘i Island, Hawai‘i (June 7, 2021)—The Kohala Center today announced that it received a grant award totaling $150,000 that will support the native Hawaiian community through the Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ (OHA) ‘Ohana and Community Based Program Grant for Hawaiʻi Island. The grant will help to reinforce and strengthen native Hawaiians’ ‘ohana (family), mo‘omeheu […]

Big Isle beach to close 1 week for coral spawning starting May 28

May 17, 2021 in /by

May 17, 2021 (Honolulu Star-Advertiser)—Kahaluu Beach Park will once again be closed to the public during the week of May 28 to June 5 to protect spawning cauliflower coral, according to Hawaii County officials. The state’s Division of Aquatic Resources and The Kohala Center, a nonprofit, are requesting the public’s cooperation in staying out of […]

Community Voice: Hawaii Shouldn’t Wait To Ban Harmful Chemical Sunscreens

March 31, 2021 in /by

March 31, 2021 (Honolulu Civil Beat)—There is another big sunscreen issue in Hawaii, and this one needs immediate action.

Although two harmful chemical sunscreens have already been banned in the state, there is strong scientific evidence that two more are harmful to both human health and coral reefs. In fact, mounting research suggests that these two chemicals, avobenzone and octocrylene, are life-threatening to Hawaii’s reefs and are bad for people, including our keiki.

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