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To bring seabirds back to Kaho‘olawe, you need to first find the cats. And to find the cats on Kaho‘olawe, you need to know where to find the bombs. Eleven kilometers, about 7 miles, off the coast of Maui, the island of Kaho‘olawe — the smallest of the main Hawaiian Islands — presents conservationists with […]
During a three-day site visit, members of the Senate Ways and Means Committee were met by state officials and community members who delivered presentations on their plans for a range of both Governor’s and Senate priorities, including: economic and workforce development, investments in infrastructure, and the coalescing of a food innovation network. The group also discussed the future of Kahoʻolawe and Kalaupapa.
The commission that cares for and manages the Kahoolawe Island Reserve is once again asking for the community’s help to ensure important funds are in the stat
mtanji@mauinews.com Volunteers Nevaeh Howard (in blue) and Elena Beauchamp-Estrella (in red) volunteer on Kahoâolawe in February. With the ongoing pandemic, Kahoâolawe Island Reserve Commission has cut their volunteers making the trip to the island in half. Photo courtesy Kahoâolawe Island Reserve Commission When the COVID-19 pandemic kept volunteers from traveling to Kaho’olawe to help with planting, the weeds started to grow. The 14 staff members of the Kaho’olawe Island Reserve Commission tried as much as they could to spread native plant seeds on the island, but it coul...