#Maui Nui Marine Resource Council

A group of citizen scientists and water quality experts are working to find out what’s causing recent changes offshore.

Four Seasons Resort Lānaʻi is reinforcing its commitment to sustainability and environmental preservation by reducing single-use plastics throughout the Resort with a new on-site, closed-loop water bottling and filtration system.

The Kula Community Association invites community members to attend its General Meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, featuring timely updates on invasive species, water quality, watershed restoration, and East Maui water management. The meeting is open to the public and will be held in the evening, beginning with food and informal conversation.

The Lahaina Restoration Foundation announced its new leadership team, introduced at the LRF Annual Meeting held recently at the Lahainaluna High School Cafeteria. Ekolu Lindsey has been named President of LRF, bringing his deep roots in Hawaiian cultural and environmental stewardship to guide the organization’s mission of preserving Lahaina’s historic and cultural resources.

The Maui Nui Marine Resource Council will host its quarterly Know Your Ocean Speaker Series on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, featuring Lead Researcher at The Keiki Kohola Project, Dr. Rachel Cartwright, at 5:30 p.m. via Zoom.

The Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa and Hyatt Regency Maui Resort & Spa are now “Gold Certified” in Reef-Friendly Landscaping, according to the Maui Nui Marine Resource Council.

The latest round of coastal limu sampling on Maui appeared to find unusually high nitrogen levels at Kahului Harbor and Pōhaku Park, also called “S-Turns,” but low wastewater indicators, according to the Maui Nui Marine Resource Council, which coordinated the project. Researchers say the mixed results require further investigation to determine the nitrogen source.

The Maui Nui Marine Resource Council will continue its restoration efforts at Kahoma Village in Lahaina with a $26,000 grant from the Hawai‘i Rotary District 5000 Foundation Maui Fires Relief Fund.

In honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Pilikahakai Foundation and partners invite the community to take part in a weekend of events dedicated to protecting Maui’s coral reefs and ʻāina.

A “floating workshop” hosted by the DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) brought lawmakers, agency leaders, community organizations and landowners onto the water to see for themselves the stark differences between coral reefs in decline and reefs that remain healthy and resilient.

Four Seasons Resort Lānaʻi and Sensei Lānaʻi have been recognized for environmentally responsible business practices with an Earthcheck Silver certification. The Lānaʻi resorts are the only ones in the state of Hawaiʻi to hold the Silver certification. Earthcheck is the world’s leading scientific benchmarking, certification and advisory group for sustainable travel and tourism. Since 1987, […]

The Maui Nui Marine Resource Council will host its first quarterly “Know Your Ocean Speaker Series” on Wednesday, June 4, 2025 featuring Dr. Lisa McManus of the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology at 5:30 p.m.via Zoom.

The Pilikahakai Foundation, a nonprofit rooted in Native Hawaiian values and dedicated to preserving Kāʻanapali Beach, hosted its inaugural Reef-Friendly Landscaping Summit over the weekend, aimed at advancing sustainable land care practices that protect West Maui’s coastline.

A coalition of ocean and cultural organizations announces the launch of “Cultures & Coastlines,” a new speaker series focused on exploring the intersection of cultural heritage and coastal stewardship. The series debuts with “A Conversation with Walter Ritte: The Past and Future of Aloha ʻĀina,” on May 20, 2025, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Maui Ocean Center’s Sphere Theater.

Nearly 200 Kahoma Village homeowners, community members, and local organizations gathered Saturday to restore the landscape in Lahaina by planting 100 native and resilient species to support ongoing post-wildfire recovery.

After losing four buildings in the Lahaina wildfire, the residents of Kahoma Village will be hosting a community planting day to kick off the revitalization of their park space on Saturday, April 26.

A notice to proceed with construction of the Haʻikū Fire Station is scheduled for April 2026, if all permits and entitlements are approved. Then, in July 2028, the fully outfitted station is expected to be ready to house firefighters, fire trucks and other equipment, Fire Chief Brad Ventura told Maui County Council members in an […]

Maui Nui Marine Resource Council’s Jill Wirt is the guest speaker at the Rotary Club of Kīhei-Wailea’s upcoming meeting on April 9, 2025. Wirt will discuss the nonprofit’s Reef Friendly Landscaping Program.

A new Community-Based Coral Restoration Area, established in South Maui, is offering damaged corals a chance to recover.

This first-of-its-kind interactive augmented reality experience features 11 leading cultural educators and scientific experts. The “living portraits” on the plaques consist of portrait images that “come to life” by employing augmented reality (AR) technology. By using the AR viewer on a smartphone and pointing the camera towards the portrait, it creates a lifelike experience for the guest as the image begins to move and speak when viewed on the phone’s screen.