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Kupu calls for conservation leaders on Maui, Hawaiʻi Island, Oʻahu, and Kaua’i
Kupu, Hawai‘i’s leading youth-focused conservation and environmental education nonprofit, is now accepting applications for the Conservation Leadership Development Program. The deadline to apply is July 18, 2025.
Statewide survey shows strong public support for protecting natural resources
A statewide survey commissioned by the Care for ‘Āina Now coalition, formerly known as the Hawai‘i Green Fee Coalition, shows strong support for state funding of legislative bills to fund natural resource stewardship, the coalition announced.
Schatz secures $530M in new earmarks for Hawai‘i nonprofits, local projects
US Senator Brian Schatz, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, secured $530 million in new congressional directed spending, also known as earmarks, in this year’s government funding bill.
Kim Hum named superintendent of Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries announced the appointment of Kim Hum of Maui as superintendent of Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary.
$775,000 to Assist with Axis Deer Management in Maui County
The County of Maui Department of Housing and Human Concerns has awarded six grants totaling $775,000 to assess and manage feral animal populations, including axis deer, throughout Maui County.
Kupu Now Accepting Applications for Hawai‘i Youth Conservation Corps Summer Program
The HYCC summer program is a seven-week opportunity that runs from June 7 – July 23, 2021, providing young adults typically between the ages of 17-22 with meaningful field service experience into the world of conservation while giving back to the community.
UH: Forest Conservation Could Save $1.4M to Maui Water
Preventing the degradation of the native forest and facilitation of conservation efforts could save the local water utility up to $1.4 million and make important contributions to local water supplies in East Maui according to research conducted by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
135 Acres Donated for Protection of Rare Wildlife
After The Nature Conservancy acquired 4,000 acres next door at Honomalino in 1999—Akina decided that one day he would donate the land to TNC.
State Legislature Protects Watersheds with Funding
An estimated $6.5 million in Capital Improvement Project funding was authorized by the Hawai‘i Legislature for fiscal year 2019, including three critical projects on Kaua‘i that will protect approximately 4,000 acres of priority watersheds through fencing.
Local Companies Donate Over $200K to The Nature Conservancy
Since its launch in 1987, the Corporate Council has raised over $4 million to protect Hawai‘i’s natural resources.
Shark Study Sets Baseline for Healthy Populations
The study suggests that declining world shark populations may be more precarious than previously thought; but also that restoring populations may be obtainable
Naeʻole Hired as Manager of Hale Huakaʻi in Kāʻanapali
Longtime Immersion and Conservancy educator, Iokepa Nae’ole has been hired as manager of the new Hale Huaka’i, activities center at the Kāʻanapali Beach Hotel.
Nature Conservancy Director Selected to Head DLNR
Governor David Ige today announced the nomination of The Nature Conservancy executive director, Suzanne Case to head the state Department of Land and Natural Resources.
New Waikamoi Fence Protects East Maui Watershed
The Nature Conservancy has completed a three-mile fence through East Maui’s remote high elevation forest, adding new protection to more than 1,000 acres in the heart of the East Maui watershed.
Biomimicry Conversation Featured on Maui
It’s the practice of abstracting essential design lessons from nature, and applying those ideas to healthier, more sustainable human technologies.
Celebs bag groceries for Earth Day in advance of plastic ban
By Wendy Osher Local celebrities will bag groceries this Saturday in celebration of Earth Day, and in advance of a plastic bag ban that is set to go into effect on January 11, 2011. The plastic bag reduction bill prohibits the distribution of plastic bags at the point of sale. When the council passed the […]
Funding Considered for Kahikinui Watershed Protection and Haleakala Koa Forest Restoration
By Wendy Osher The state will consider the expenditure of more than $1 million in federal funds for six landowner incentive program projects across Hawaii. Nearly half of the funding would go to Tri-Isle Resource Conservation & Development Inc. for watershed forest protection at Kahikinui, Maui. The allocation would be used to protect an estimated […]
FERAL FENCE SUCCESSFULLY SECURES NATIVE PLANTS AT MAUI’S WAIKAMOI PRESERVE
Efforts to protect shrub land and forest at Maui’s Waikamoi Preserve are proving successful. The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii says native species have staged a dramatic recovery, in some cases increasing native plant cover by 300 percent or more after hooved animals were fenced out. The Nature conservancy conducted a survey in 1994 immediately after […]
50 SHEARWATER BIRDS KILLED AT MOLOKAI’S NATURE CONSERVANCY
Fifty adult wedge-tailed shearwaters were found dead yesterday morning at The Nature Conservancy’s Mo’omomi Beach Preserve on the island of Moloka’i. The ground-nesting seabirds were the victims of an attack by a loose dog, which was captured roaming the dunes with a shearwater in its mouth. “We’re all devastated,” said Ed Misaki, the Conservancy’s Moloka’i […]
DLNR, WILDLIFE PARTNERS TO SURVEY WATERBIRDS STATEWIDE
With notebooks and binoculars in hand dozens of wildlife biologists will take to Hawai`i’s wetlands on Wednesday, Jan. 21 for the statewide bi-annual waterbird surveys. Department of Land and Natural Resources’ (DLNR) Division of Forestry and Wildlife staff and volunteers will set out as early as 6 a.m. to survey more than 250 wetland sites […]
