KWP Past Events

February 15, 2015—Kaʻahahui ‘O Ka Nāhelehele is a local non-profit that is working with the County Parks and Recreation Department and Kohala Watershed Partnership/The Kohala Center, with funding from the DLNR Kaulunani grant program to develop a park on the strip of County land along Keanuʻiʻomanō Stream, right across Kawaihae Road from Kamuela View Estates. This park is being developed as a passive nature park for the community, and the first step is cutting back some of the non-native vegetation and planting native trees. Future plans include stream monitoring, development of a walking path and picnic area, stabilizing and rehabilitating the stream banks, and planting native gardens.

April 11, 2015—Our work for this day will be varied. In the morning, we will be installing the new steps along the entrance to the Sanctuary, removing invasive fountain grass, and collecting native seeds. After lunch, we will enjoy the abundant native flowers that are in bloom, and enjoy a talk story and sketching time with our resident volunteer artist, Susan Mitnik. She suggests you bring along a sketch book, pens, pencils and watercolor pencils. If you aren’t the artistic type, no problem! We will have enough work to keep us busy all day.

April 25, 2015—Join us as we continue a six-year tradition of planting native trees in honor of Earth Day. This year, we will be planting the foundational tree of the wet forest of Kohala: ʻōhiʻa lehua. These trees were grown from seed collected right in our own backyard by KWP partners, staff, and volunteers, and now is our opportunity to return them “back home” to reforest the leeward slopes of Kohala Mountain.

May 30, 2015—We have another 1,000 baby trees to set free in our Koaiʻa Corridor restoration area, thanks to our volunteer seed collectors and our partners at DLNR who are growing Kohala ʻōhiʻa. Please join us this coming Saturday to plant ʻōhiʻa, manono, and pilo—all native, all Kohala. The Koaiʻa Corridor is looking greener and greener these days, and it’s not just grass! About 30 species of native trees and shrubs are thriving here, changing the pasture back to forest. Come plant with us, and get your hands in the soil. Read more...

As our volunteers tell us, “Volunteering with KWP feels good in two ways: your body gets a good workout, and your soul feels good from giving back.” Join us in planting native trees and shrubs in the Pelekane Bay watershed restoration area. This is the drier, makai side of the watershed, where we have most of […]