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Hawai‘i Land Trust, Hawaiʻi’s statewide local nonprofit land trust that protects, stewards, and connects people to the lands that sustain Hawaiʻi, will honor the Ed Lindsey ʻohana at its 23rd annual Buy Back the Beach benefit lūʻau from 5-9 p.m. on Jan. 25, 2025.

Hawaiʻi Wildlife Fund co-founder Hannah Bernard is happy with the successes of her groups on Maui and Hawaiʻi islands, including the scores of volunteers who help to clean up marine debris. The nonprofit educational organization is part of a broad movement to protect endangered species, such as the Hawksbill and green sea turtle, and to take measures to maintain clean coastal waters. Maui Now writer Gary Kubota talks to Bernard about Hawaiʻi Wildlife Fund’s successes and future challenges in this People of Maui series.

The County of Maui, Department of Planning announced the selection of Edwin “Ekolu” Lindsey as the recipient of the 2019 Hawaiʻi Chapter of the American Planning Association’s Grassroots Initiative Special Recognition Award.