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 […]
July 11, 2015—Join our Kohala Watershed Partnership (KWP) for a work day in the Koai‘a Tree Sanctuary! KWP continues its efforts to remove invasive fountain grass and replace it with native trees and shrubs. Our work will be very focused: get the grass OUT and the trees IN! Our goal is to create a tree sanctuary that is […]
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June 27, 2015—Yes, we know; they are not exactly cute and cuddly like baby animals, but we are in love nonetheless. Our native trees are full of life, and ready to grow into a forest… but not quickly. They take their time, in germination (some seeds can take over a year or more to sprout), and in growing (how about 2-3 years to reach 6 inches tall, like kawaʻu or lama?). But whatever their velocity through time, it is clear that these trees are meant to be out there, on the slopes of Kohala.
https://kohalacenter.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/keiki_trees.jpg252484adminhttps://kohalacenter.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/TKC_logo_1.pngadmin2015-06-27 08:30:212015-07-10 10:03:59KWP Volunteer Day: Reforestation in the Koaiʻa Corridor
June 13, 2015—Join us for a morning work day in the Koai‘a Tree Sanctuary, where we are continuing our efforts to remove invasive fountain grass and replace it with native trees and shrubs. Our work will be very focused: get the grass OUT and the trees IN! The thriving baby trees planted so far this year are testament to the strength and adaptability of our native dry forest flora. Oh, YEAH!
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…
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.
https://kohalacenter.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/kwp1.jpg252484adminhttps://kohalacenter.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/TKC_logo_1.pngadmin2015-05-16 07:51:012015-05-17 11:01:36KWP Volunteer Day: Working in Wet Wilderness
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 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.
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March 7, 2015—In the 11 miles from Kawaihae to the summit of Kohala Mountain at Kaumu o Kaleiho‘ohie, the annual rainfall varies from a couple inches to over 150 inches. Wow! KWP is blessed to work across this gradient, and for the first time, we are going to hit three different climate zones in one volunteer work day.
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.
KWP Volunteer Work Day: Let’s Plant! (Waimea)
/in KWP Past Events /by adminAs 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 […]
Native Domination: KWP Volunteer Work Day (Koai‘a Tree Sanctuary)
/in KWP Past Events /by liamJuly 11, 2015—Join our Kohala Watershed Partnership (KWP) for a work day in the Koai‘a Tree Sanctuary! KWP continues its efforts to remove invasive fountain grass and replace it with native trees and shrubs. Our work will be very focused: get the grass OUT and the trees IN! Our goal is to create a tree sanctuary that is […]
KWP Volunteer Day: Reforestation in the Koaiʻa Corridor
/in KWP Past Events /by adminJune 27, 2015—Yes, we know; they are not exactly cute and cuddly like baby animals, but we are in love nonetheless. Our native trees are full of life, and ready to grow into a forest… but not quickly. They take their time, in germination (some seeds can take over a year or more to sprout), and in growing (how about 2-3 years to reach 6 inches tall, like kawaʻu or lama?). But whatever their velocity through time, it is clear that these trees are meant to be out there, on the slopes of Kohala.
KWP Volunteer Day: Koai‘a Tree Sanctuary
/in KWP Past Events /by adminJune 13, 2015—Join us for a morning work day in the Koai‘a Tree Sanctuary, where we are continuing our efforts to remove invasive fountain grass and replace it with native trees and shrubs. Our work will be very focused: get the grass OUT and the trees IN! The thriving baby trees planted so far this year are testament to the strength and adaptability of our native dry forest flora. Oh, YEAH!
KWP Volunteer Day: Trees, Trees, Trees!
/in KWP Past Events /by liamMay 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…
KWP Volunteer Day: Working in Wet Wilderness
/in KWP Past Events /by adminMay 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.
KWP Volunteer Day: Earth Day 2015
/in KWP Past Events /by adminApril 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.
KWP Volunteer Day: Conservation and Art
/in KWP Past Events /by adminApril 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.
KWP Volunteer Day: Makai to Mauka
/in KWP Past Events /by adminMarch 7, 2015—In the 11 miles from Kawaihae to the summit of Kohala Mountain at Kaumu o Kaleiho‘ohie, the annual rainfall varies from a couple inches to over 150 inches. Wow! KWP is blessed to work across this gradient, and for the first time, we are going to hit three different climate zones in one volunteer work day.
KWP Neighborhood Kōkua Day
/in KWP Past Events /by adminFebruary 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.