February 5, 2015—The Hawai‘i Association of Watershed Partnerships (HAWP) presents a capacity building workshop for conservation professionals statewide. The workshop will highlight innovative approaches in conservation and natural resource management, specifically imagery and image technology. Sharing technology-based practices is critically important for resource managers to keep pace with rapidly expanding technologies and applications. The workshop will feature presentations on satellite imagery applications and advances, LIDAR, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), remote camera applications, and field applications for smart tablets.
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January 31, 2015—Fountain grass is from Northern Africa, where it is well-adapted to droughts and frequent fires. It displaces slow-growing native dry forest species in Hawai‘i, and when it burns, it creates hot, fast fires that kill native seeds and plants. Unfortunately, the fountain grass itself is not killed by these fires, so the resulting cycle of growth and fire creates dense thickets of a single species: fountain grass.
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January 19, 2015—Aloha and Happy New Year, wonderful volunteers! Please join us on Martin Luther King Day for a day of invasive weed control in the wet forest of Kohala.
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December 20, 2014—Speaking for the KWP crew and volunteer team, sometimes we’re a bit confused about the difference between “work” and “play.” When it comes to certain kinds of “work” like hiking through the forest, planting native trees, controlling invasive species, and building things with rocks, we just seem to have a whole lot of fun!
This Saturday, we’re going to offer a job for everyone, as we go to work in the Koai‘a Tree Sanctuary: planting, controlling weeds, and stabilizing the nature trail. Here’s the menu of work options:
Nurturing – time to plant some baby mamane trees
Destruction – vent any pent-up energy by attacking fountain grass
Construction- trails along the stream need some banking & stabilization
Creativity – design and construct stone steps on stream crossings
Bring along your ‘ohana, visitors, neighbors, and friends for this fun day in the native koai‘a forest of Kohala!
Meet at The Kohala Center office at 8:30 am. Wear boots or sturdy shoes and long pants, and bring along a sack lunch & water bottle. Be prepared for sun, wind, and rain. We will provide plants, tools, gloves, and snacks. Don’t forget your Santa hat for the final group photo!! We will return to Waimea by 3:30.
December 6, 2014—Join us in planting native trees on Kohala Mountain. Recent wet weather is perfect for our babies as we pack native soil around their roots and send them on their way to grow into a forest. Saturday will be a great day to come out and work with your family, neighbors, and friends. Lots of baby trees to “set free,” including koai‘a, mamane, ‘a‘ali‘i and hō‘awa.
November 13, 2014—Last year, 200 community members gathered in Waimea at the first Hawai‘i Island Conservation Forum to learn about the good things happening here to connect people to the land, the water, and to mālama our island home.
We want to continue the conversations we started last year, and bring the discussion into the realm of politics and government to answer some questions that we’ve heard so many times: What are the roles of county, state, and federal governments in protecting and regulating our natural resources? Who writes the bills that become laws? How can unfavorable laws and policies be changed? What are the issues we care about most? And how can we involve government in these issues effectively?
We are bringing together environmental and community leaders to inspire us with their stories of political successes in protecting our coastline from development and enacting fishing laws that work for local communities. We’ll also hear from people representing different levels of government who will help us understand how we can get involved in the policymaking process.
Much of the day, however, will be spent on discussions focused on topics of concern, identifying key laws and policies that need work, and forging alliances to advance the changes we seek. We will be sending out a survey to gather pre-Pilina ideas to help us organize discussion groups.
What do you need to do now?
1. Save Thursday, November 13th on your calendar, and spread the word to your colleagues and ʻohana. If you want to stay connected to this island-wide movement, you will need to add your name via this link for new subscribers to sign up for the Pilina email list: http://eepurl.com/Fe8zT
2. Think deeply about the environmental issues in our community that you care most about, and if you choose to add your name to the Pilina email list, then answer the survey when you get the link in the next couple weeks.
3. Look for the registration email coming to those on the Pilina list soon, and reserve your spot!
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November 8, 2014—There is nothing like the sound of the sickle slicing through a ginger stem, and that funny squeak of the sprayer as you squirt the blue stuff, stem by stem, knowing that you are liberating native plants to live free of a noxious forest invader. Some of you ginger ninjas out there are nodding your head, smiling, knowing just what I mean! For those of you who are ginger control neophytes, this coming Saturday may be your day to join the ranks of the forest protection posse, and find out why we love to spend time in this gorgeous forest controlling an invasive plant!
October 11, 2014–KWP has been growing Kohala’s native trees and shrubs from seeds collected during workdays across the mountain since 2009. We just did the math and an amazing 600 people have planted trees on Kohala Mountain; the total number of trees from volunteers alone is 27,000 trees! That added to the more than 50,000 trees planted by the KWP partners and crew comes to a whopping total of 77,000 trees. WOWEE!
September 27, 2014–As we work in the Koai’a Tree Sanctuary, the profound nature of our work becomes very real: by providing a refuge for native plants in the midst of “intensely-managed landscapes,” we are preventing extinction. That’s important stuff, people!
Join us on Saturday, 9/27 to care for this 13-acre refuge of native dryland forest, the last place on leeward Kohala where you can stand under a canopy of native trees that once made up a 40,000-acre forest. Our work will include invasive plant control, planting native species, collecting native seeds, clearing and stabilizing the trail, and upgrading some of the steps. Fun and varied work for everyone.
Meet at 8:30 at The Kohala Center office in Waimea: 64-1291A Kawaihae Rd. After a short orientation, we will carpool up to the Sanctuary. Our work will take us through lunch in the shade of Grandmother ‘Ōhiʻa, then back home by 2:00 pm.
Wear sturdy shoes or boots and long pants, and bring a water bottle and sack lunch. We will provide tools, supplies, plants, gloves, drinking water, and snacks.
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September 13, 2014—We started calling this narrow valley in the middle elevations of Waiakamali Stream “Magic” quite a few years ago, because this ecosystem represents a unique assemblage of native plants seen few places on Kohala. In a 7-minute walk from the truck up above, you descend into a native wet forest, with a flowing stream, and birds singing. It is beautiful.
Conservation Innovation: Imagery at Different Scales
/in KWP Past Events /by adminFebruary 5, 2015—The Hawai‘i Association of Watershed Partnerships (HAWP) presents a capacity building workshop for conservation professionals statewide. The workshop will highlight innovative approaches in conservation and natural resource management, specifically imagery and image technology. Sharing technology-based practices is critically important for resource managers to keep pace with rapidly expanding technologies and applications. The workshop will feature presentations on satellite imagery applications and advances, LIDAR, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), remote camera applications, and field applications for smart tablets.
KWP Volunteer Work Day: Koai‘a Tree Sanctuary
/in KWP Past Events /by adminJanuary 31, 2015—Fountain grass is from Northern Africa, where it is well-adapted to droughts and frequent fires. It displaces slow-growing native dry forest species in Hawai‘i, and when it burns, it creates hot, fast fires that kill native seeds and plants. Unfortunately, the fountain grass itself is not killed by these fires, so the resulting cycle of growth and fire creates dense thickets of a single species: fountain grass.
Ginger Ninja at Pu‘u Pili
/in KWP Past Events /by adminJanuary 19, 2015—Aloha and Happy New Year, wonderful volunteers! Please join us on Martin Luther King Day for a day of invasive weed control in the wet forest of Kohala.
KWP Volunteer Day: Koai‘a Tree Sanctuary
/in KWP Past Events /by adminDecember 20, 2014—Speaking for the KWP crew and volunteer team, sometimes we’re a bit confused about the difference between “work” and “play.” When it comes to certain kinds of “work” like hiking through the forest, planting native trees, controlling invasive species, and building things with rocks, we just seem to have a whole lot of fun!
This Saturday, we’re going to offer a job for everyone, as we go to work in the Koai‘a Tree Sanctuary: planting, controlling weeds, and stabilizing the nature trail. Here’s the menu of work options:
Meet at The Kohala Center office at 8:30 am. Wear boots or sturdy shoes and long pants, and bring along a sack lunch & water bottle. Be prepared for sun, wind, and rain. We will provide plants, tools, gloves, and snacks. Don’t forget your Santa hat for the final group photo!! We will return to Waimea by 3:30.
Click here to RSVP by Thursday, December 18.
KWP Volunteer Day: Setting Them Free!
/in KWP Past Events /by adminDecember 6, 2014—Join us in planting native trees on Kohala Mountain. Recent wet weather is perfect for our babies as we pack native soil around their roots and send them on their way to grow into a forest. Saturday will be a great day to come out and work with your family, neighbors, and friends. Lots of baby trees to “set free,” including koai‘a, mamane, ‘a‘ali‘i and hō‘awa.
Pilina II: Hawai‘i Island Conservation Forum
/in KWP Past Events /by adminNovember 13, 2014—Last year, 200 community members gathered in Waimea at the first Hawai‘i Island Conservation Forum to learn about the good things happening here to connect people to the land, the water, and to mālama our island home.
We want to continue the conversations we started last year, and bring the discussion into the realm of politics and government to answer some questions that we’ve heard so many times: What are the roles of county, state, and federal governments in protecting and regulating our natural resources? Who writes the bills that become laws? How can unfavorable laws and policies be changed? What are the issues we care about most? And how can we involve government in these issues effectively?
We are bringing together environmental and community leaders to inspire us with their stories of political successes in protecting our coastline from development and enacting fishing laws that work for local communities. We’ll also hear from people representing different levels of government who will help us understand how we can get involved in the policymaking process.
Much of the day, however, will be spent on discussions focused on topics of concern, identifying key laws and policies that need work, and forging alliances to advance the changes we seek. We will be sending out a survey to gather pre-Pilina ideas to help us organize discussion groups.
What do you need to do now?
1. Save Thursday, November 13th on your calendar, and spread the word to your colleagues and ʻohana. If you want to stay connected to this island-wide movement, you will need to add your name via this link for new subscribers to sign up for the Pilina email list: http://eepurl.com/Fe8zT
2. Think deeply about the environmental issues in our community that you care most about, and if you choose to add your name to the Pilina email list, then answer the survey when you get the link in the next couple weeks.
3. Look for the registration email coming to those on the Pilina list soon, and reserve your spot!
Ideas? Questions? Concerns? Want to get involved?
Email Melora at coordinator@kohalawatershed.org
Wet Forest Work Day: Controlling invasive ginger on Kohala
/in KWP Past Events /by adminNovember 8, 2014—There is nothing like the sound of the sickle slicing through a ginger stem, and that funny squeak of the sprayer as you squirt the blue stuff, stem by stem, knowing that you are liberating native plants to live free of a noxious forest invader. Some of you ginger ninjas out there are nodding your head, smiling, knowing just what I mean! For those of you who are ginger control neophytes, this coming Saturday may be your day to join the ranks of the forest protection posse, and find out why we love to spend time in this gorgeous forest controlling an invasive plant!
KWP Volunteer Day: Let’s Plant a Forest!
/in KWP Past Events /by adminOctober 11, 2014–KWP has been growing Kohala’s native trees and shrubs from seeds collected during workdays across the mountain since 2009. We just did the math and an amazing 600 people have planted trees on Kohala Mountain; the total number of trees from volunteers alone is 27,000 trees! That added to the more than 50,000 trees planted by the KWP partners and crew comes to a whopping total of 77,000 trees. WOWEE!
Keeping native plants safe: A day in the Koai‘a Tree Sanctuary
/in KWP Past Events /by adminSeptember 27, 2014–As we work in the Koai’a Tree Sanctuary, the profound nature of our work becomes very real: by providing a refuge for native plants in the midst of “intensely-managed landscapes,” we are preventing extinction. That’s important stuff, people!
Join us on Saturday, 9/27 to care for this 13-acre refuge of native dryland forest, the last place on leeward Kohala where you can stand under a canopy of native trees that once made up a 40,000-acre forest. Our work will include invasive plant control, planting native species, collecting native seeds, clearing and stabilizing the trail, and upgrading some of the steps. Fun and varied work for everyone.
Meet at 8:30 at The Kohala Center office in Waimea: 64-1291A Kawaihae Rd. After a short orientation, we will carpool up to the Sanctuary. Our work will take us through lunch in the shade of Grandmother ‘Ōhiʻa, then back home by 2:00 pm.
Wear sturdy shoes or boots and long pants, and bring a water bottle and sack lunch. We will provide tools, supplies, plants, gloves, drinking water, and snacks.
Click here to RSVP by September 25.
Kohala Watershed Partnership Volunteer Day: Magic Valley
/in KWP Past Events /by liamSeptember 13, 2014—We started calling this narrow valley in the middle elevations of Waiakamali Stream “Magic” quite a few years ago, because this ecosystem represents a unique assemblage of native plants seen few places on Kohala. In a 7-minute walk from the truck up above, you descend into a native wet forest, with a flowing stream, and birds singing. It is beautiful.