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November 2018
11/17/18 Ala Mahamoe Cultural Garden Volunteer Workday
The Ala Mahamoe Cultural Forest Project seeks to restore the dryland forest to a more native-dominated system to increase water recharge capacity in this high-priority watershed area. The project will provide opportunities for students and community members to be involved in land stewardship and conservation work through the establishment of a community-supported garden with native Hawaiian and Polynesian-introduced cultural plants. Ala Mahamoe was once abundant in native Hawaiian vegetation and was utilized by cultural practioners for lā‘au lapa‘au (Hawaiian herbal…
Find out more »December 2018
12/1/18 Ala Mahamoe Cultural Garden Volunteer Workday
The Ala Mahamoe Cultural Forest Project seeks to restore the dryland forest to a more native-dominated system to increase water recharge capacity in this high-priority watershed area. The project will provide opportunities for students and community members to be involved in land stewardship and conservation work through the establishment of a community-supported garden with native Hawaiian and Polynesian-introduced cultural plants. Ala Mahamoe was once abundant in native Hawaiian vegetation and was utilized by cultural practioners for lā‘au lapa‘au (Hawaiian herbal…
Find out more »12/15/18 Waiheʻe Valley Volunteer Workday
Waiheʻe Valley on the Windward side of Oʻahu is on Honolulu Board of Water Supply (HBWS) land and has been identified by HBWS as a “potentially high recharge watershed”. KMWP has partnered with HBWS to begin clearing a large site area of invasive and non-native trees and shrubs to replace them with native Hawaiian and Polynesian-introduced plants. The goal is to implement a Riparian Learning Center for nearby schools and communities to utilize, learn from, and give service to. How…
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