March 7, 2018 (West Hawaii Today)—The Kohala Center is moving forward again with plans to limit surf school operations at Kahaluu Bay, but local business owners say they still aren’t satisfied with what the nonprofit has planned for the popular surf spot, taking issues with fundamental components of the proposed management program. »Read more
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February 9, 2018 (West Hawai‘i Today)—After two meetings left local business owners with more questions than answers about the proposed surf school regulations, the county has postponed a looming deadline to bid on doing business at Kahaluu Bay.
A new date for the bid submission deadline hasn’t been set.
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January 31, 2018 (West Hawaii Today)—Each year, an estimated 400,000 people flock to Kahaluu Beach Park, where swimmers, snorkelers and surfers gather for a fun day of sun, sand and sea.
And peppered throughout the water are often students from local surf schools, something state and county officials are trying to get a handle on by limiting the number of schools allowed to operate in the bay.
January 23, 2018 (University of Hawai‘i News)—As a child growing up on Hawaiʻi Island, Narrissa Spies thought the classroom and beach were two separate and distinct places. Today, this 35-year-old graduate student in zoology at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa knows that protecting coral reefs is both her future job and life’s passion. » Read more
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November 2, 2017 (Big Island Video News)—Erosion and other issues are impacting Kahalu’u Beach Park, one of the most visited county parks on the entire Big Island, councilman Dru Kanuha says.
The county is rethinking plans for a popular Kona beach park.
Erosion and other issues are impacting Kahalu’u Beach Park, one of the most visited county parks on the entire Big Island. »Read more
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November 2, 2017 (Hawaii Tribune-Herald)—Kona Councilman Dru Kanuha wants to save Kahaluu Beach Park from the sea.
Almost 10 years after a conceptual master plan was created for one of the island’s most popular beaches, Kanuha was successful Wednesday getting fellow members of the County Council to agree to put $600,000 into the budget to plan and design park improvements. »Read more
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July 26, 2017 (West Hawaii Today)—It was another case of the usual suspects.
What Dr. Chip Fletcher, of the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s School of Ocean and Earth Science Technology, set out to accomplish Tuesday afternoon in the Waimea School Cafeteria is encompassed by the same basic goal to which climate scientists have aspired for decades — to educate the public on the scientific truth of climate change.
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May 16, 2017 (West Hawaii Today)—Hawaii teachers and their students will have opportunities this year to leave the classroom and study firsthand the island’s ahupuaa, or traditional Hawaiian mountain-to-sea land divisions.
The Kohala Center is recruiting middle and high school teachers from West Hawaii and throughout the state for its Hawaii Meaningful Environmental Education for Teachers (HI-MEET) program — an innovative, hands-on, science-based program that focuses on bay and watershed education.
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May 11, 2017 (BigIslandNow.com)—The Kohala Center is looking for middle and high school teachers for its Hawai‘i Meaningful Environmental Education for Teachers program. Teachers and their students will have opportunity to leave the classroom and study the island’s ahupua‘a, or traditional Hawaiian mountain-to-sea land divisions. »Read more
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Surf school regulations move forward
/in KBEC News /by liamMarch 7, 2018 (West Hawaii Today)—The Kohala Center is moving forward again with plans to limit surf school operations at Kahaluu Bay, but local business owners say they still aren’t satisfied with what the nonprofit has planned for the popular surf spot, taking issues with fundamental components of the proposed management program.
»Read more
Surf school bid deadline postponed
/in KBEC News /by liamFebruary 9, 2018 (West Hawai‘i Today)—After two meetings left local business owners with more questions than answers about the proposed surf school regulations, the county has postponed a looming deadline to bid on doing business at Kahaluu Bay.
A new date for the bid submission deadline hasn’t been set.
»Read more
Wave of questions: County, nonprofit field concerns to surf school proposal
/in KBEC News /by liamFebruary 2, 2018 (West Hawaii Today)—Following plenty of face time, some say there are still too many gaps in the conversation.
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Surf school management proposal raises concerns
/in KBEC News /by liamJanuary 31, 2018 (West Hawaii Today)—Each year, an estimated 400,000 people flock to Kahaluu Beach Park, where swimmers, snorkelers and surfers gather for a fun day of sun, sand and sea.
And peppered throughout the water are often students from local surf schools, something state and county officials are trying to get a handle on by limiting the number of schools allowed to operate in the bay.
»Read more
A role model who revels in research
/in KBEC News, Mellon News /by liamJanuary 23, 2018 (University of Hawai‘i News)—As a child growing up on Hawaiʻi Island, Narrissa Spies thought the classroom and beach were two separate and distinct places. Today, this 35-year-old graduate student in zoology at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa knows that protecting coral reefs is both her future job and life’s passion.
» Read more
VIDEO: Kahaluu Beach Park Improvement Planning Voted Up
/in KBEC News /by liamNovember 2, 2017 (Big Island Video News)—Erosion and other issues are impacting Kahalu’u Beach Park, one of the most visited county parks on the entire Big Island, councilman Dru Kanuha says.
The county is rethinking plans for a popular Kona beach park.
Erosion and other issues are impacting Kahalu’u Beach Park, one of the most visited county parks on the entire Big Island.
»Read more
Council eyes funds for Kahaluu Beach Park improvements
/in KBEC News /by liamNovember 2, 2017 (Hawaii Tribune-Herald)—Kona Councilman Dru Kanuha wants to save Kahaluu Beach Park from the sea.
Almost 10 years after a conceptual master plan was created for one of the island’s most popular beaches, Kanuha was successful Wednesday getting fellow members of the County Council to agree to put $600,000 into the budget to plan and design park improvements.
»Read more
Tough talk: Scientists, teachers discuss uphill battle of educating community on climate change
/in HI-MEET News, HISGN News, KBEC News, Ke Kumu Aina News, KWP News /by liamJuly 26, 2017 (West Hawaii Today)—It was another case of the usual suspects.
What Dr. Chip Fletcher, of the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s School of Ocean and Earth Science Technology, set out to accomplish Tuesday afternoon in the Waimea School Cafeteria is encompassed by the same basic goal to which climate scientists have aspired for decades — to educate the public on the scientific truth of climate change.
»Read more
Teachers encouraged to apply for outdoor science professional development program
/in HI-MEET News, HISGN News, KBEC News, KWP News /by liamMay 16, 2017 (West Hawaii Today)—Hawaii teachers and their students will have opportunities this year to leave the classroom and study firsthand the island’s ahupuaa, or traditional Hawaiian mountain-to-sea land divisions.
The Kohala Center is recruiting middle and high school teachers from West Hawaii and throughout the state for its Hawaii Meaningful Environmental Education for Teachers (HI-MEET) program — an innovative, hands-on, science-based program that focuses on bay and watershed education.
»Read more
Outdoor Science Professional Development Program for Teachers
/in HI-MEET News, HISGN News, KBEC News, Ke Kumu Aina News, KWP News /by liamMay 11, 2017 (BigIslandNow.com)—The Kohala Center is looking for middle and high school teachers for its Hawai‘i Meaningful Environmental Education for Teachers program. Teachers and their students will have opportunity to leave the classroom and study the island’s ahupua‘a, or traditional Hawaiian mountain-to-sea land divisions.
»Read more