April 9, 2015—The West Hawai‘i Marine Mammal Response Network (WHMMRN) is encouraging community members to sign up to become volunteers. A free training session for new volunteers, will be offered from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, April 9, in Kailua-Kona.
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 14, 2015—Join us at the Kahalu‘u Beach Park Pavilion for an informational talk story about honu (turtles)! Learn all about:
A $10 donation is requested. You’ll receive a FREE turtle card!
Call 808-887-6411 or email kahaluubay@kohalacenter.org for more information.
April 25, 2015—NOTE: This event is open to members of The Kohala Center’s Circle of Friends only. To become a member or to renew your membership, click here or contact Cortney Okumura at The Kohala Center at cokumura@kohalacenter.org or 808-887-6411.
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.
April 25, 2015—Facilitated by Kamuela Naihe. Open to all K-12 teachers. Discover how we can deepen our relationships to place, using the ahupua‘a of Kealakekua and the gardens as the foundation. We will expand our understanding and appreciation of native plants through mo‘olelo, variety names, characteristics and uses. Kamuela will lead us on a walking tour of the Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden through different growing zones and share how to incorporate native plants into school gardens. We will harvest from the garden and prepare a lunch together.
View or download the Teachers Teaching Teachers Workshops poster (PDF).
For more information and to register, contact Donna Mitts at dmitts@kohalacenter.org or 808-936-2117.
May 12, 2015—Farmers frequently need records to obtain loans, file taxes, acquire organic certification, or track yields and profitability. Accurate records are a prerequisite for crop insurance and disaster assistance, can also aid farmers in making better decisions about which crops to grow, and help them operate their farms as businesses.
May 14, 2015—Join us at the Kahalu‘u Beach Park Pavilion for an informational talk story about honu (turtles)! Learn all about:
A $10 donation is requested. You’ll receive a FREE turtle card!
Call 808-887-6411 or email kahaluubay@kohalacenter.org for more information.
May 16, 2015—Our target? Himalayan (formerly called “kahili”) ginger. This plant has the capacity to displace Kohala’s native forest over time. Its rhizomes monopolize the forest floor, and its leaves block sunlight to the native mosses and ferns. So what is KWP doing about it? We have designated special areas on the mountain where our partners think it is possible to beat back the invasion and let the native forest dominate and thrive. Pu‘u Pili at Kahua Ranch is one of those places, and we’ve cleared nearly 30 acres so far.
May 17, 2015—Family ranchers on Hawai‘i Island will be able to access an additional slaughter option through a new mobile slaughter unit for cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs beginning in 2016. Funding from the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture has moved this project from concept to reality, as the unit has been ordered.
