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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 could not match the level of plantings and seedlings that a large group of volunteers could offer, said Michael Naho’opi’i, the commission’s executive director. ....
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“The pandemic was really the second disaster. The first one was the flood on Kauai,” says Alan Carpenter, assistant administrator of Hawaii’s Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) Division of State Parks. In April 2018, a record-breaking storm dumped more than four feet of rain in 24 hours on the north shore of Kauai, destroying hundreds of homes and the one road leading to the Na Pali Coast’s Haena State Park and its popular Kalalau Trail. Suddenly, one of Hawaii’s most visited attractions went from seeing over 2,000 tourists a day to none. Incidentally, just prior to the flood, DLNR and community members had finished drafting a master plan for Haena State Park, an effort 20 years in the making. It aimed to control the crowds overwhelming the park and surrounding towns, while also restoring the area’s natural and cultural environment. The proposal included stream and ....
Stevens to speak at Rotary Zoom meeting By Staff | Dec 11, 2020 LAHAINA Larry Stevens, a member of the Board of Directors of the Maui Nui Marine Resource Council, will make a presentation to the Zoom meeting of the Rotary Club of Lahaina Sunset at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 16. His presentation will feature information about the work of the Maui Nui Marine Resource Council. Stevens is a veteran software industry executive who now makes Maui his home. In addition to serving on Maui Nui Marine Resource Council’s board as secretary, he serves on the board of the Hawaiian Islands Land Trust. ....