Happy Holidays from Ahahui Malama i ka Lokahi

Aloha kakou:

To all of our Board of Directors, members, supporters, volunteers, cooperating organizations and the rest of you folks:

Happy Holidays

We look forward to a better year ahead.

Kaimi, Doc and the Univ. of Michigan student volunteers at Na Pohaku o Hauwahine

Malama ‘aina

Service Project at Na Pohaku o Hauwahine Sat. Dec. 19th

Please join with us on Saturday Dec. 19th from 8:30 am – 12:00 pm to malama Na Pohaku o Hauwahine located along Kapa’a Quarry Rd. in Kawainui Marsh, Kailua. Our restoration efforts at this site is to remove alien plant invasives and replant with endemic natives. We are also restoring a native wetland bird habitat in the marsh.  We will be primarily concerned with weeding in areas planted with natives and watering to keep the young plants alive and growing.  Wear work clothes, shoes, bring your gloves, weeding or cutting tool, water and snack. Contact Kaimi Scudder at 593-0112 if you’re coming and for more information. Also, see Ahahui Malama I ka Lokahi’s website at: <www.ahahui.net>

Save Feb. 6, 2010 for World Wetlands Day in Kailua

Wetlands Day Save the date

Click on the link above to see the flyer for World Wetlands Day to be held on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. Event to be held in Kailua town with exhibits, activities for kids, booths, tours etc.

Upcoming service projects

Ulupo Heiau service project – Dec. 12th 8:30 am

Na Pohaku o Hauwahine service project – Dec. 19th 8:30 am

details same as those posted earlier (scroll down to see them)

Birds of the Marsh Tour Sat. Dec. 5th

Birds of the Marsh tour

Leader: Ron Walker, wildlife biologist

Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009   (8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.)

Learn about Hawaii’s endangered waterbirds and the efforts to restore the Kawainui, Hamakua and Kaelepulu wetlands.

The tour will go to Hamakua wetlands at Creekside in Kailua, then to Kaelepulu. The third stop would be at Kawainui Neighborhood Park (Kaha) to look at the Kawainui Estuary and islets and, finally to Na Pohaku o Hauwahine to look at the volunteer created wetland bird restoration project.

This natural history tour is co-sponsored by Ahahui Malama i ka Lokahi, Kailua Hawaiian Civic Club, Kawai Nui Heritage Foundation and the Hawaii Audobon Society.

A $5.00 donation is requested. We will car-pool between sites.

Please sign up for the tour with Ahahui Malama i ka Lokahi by calling 593-0112 or emailing to email@ahahui.net.

Service project at Na Pohaku o Hauwahine Sat. Nov. 21

Please join with us on Saturday Nov. 21st from 8:30 am – 12:00 pm to malama Na Pohaku o Hauwahine located along Kapa’a Quarry Rd. in Kawainui Marsh, Kailua. Our restoration efforts at this site is to remove alien plant invasives and replant with endemic natives. We are also restoring a native wetland bird habitat in the marsh.  We will be primarily concerned with weeding in areas planted with natives and watering to keep the young plants alive and growing.  Wear work clothes, shoes, bring your gloves, weeding or cutting tool, water and snack. Contact Kaimi Scudder at 593-0112 if you’re coming and for more information. Also, see Ahahui Malama I ka Lokahi’s website at: <www.ahahui.net>

Service Project at Na Pohaku o Hauwahine Sat. Oct. 17th

Please join with us on Saturday Oct. 17th from 8:30 am – 12:00 pm to malama Na Pohaku o Hauwahine located along Kapa’a Quarry Rd. in Kawainui Marsh, Kailua. Our restoration efforts at this site is to remove alien plant invasives and replant with endemic natives. We are also restoring a native wetland bird habitat in the marsh.  We will be primarily concerned with weeding in areas planted with natives and watering to keep the young plants alive and growing.  Wear work clothes, shoes, bring your gloves, weeding or cutting tool, water and snack. Contact Kaimi Scudder at 593-0112 if you’re coming and for more information. Also, see Ahahui Malama I ka Lokahi’s website at: <www.ahahui.net>

Save Oct. 2 evening for Ahahui membership meeting and talk by Dr. Floyd McCoy

Ahahui is planning a general membership meeting and lecture by Dr. Floyd McCoy at Windward Community College on Friday, October 2, 2009 at Hale Akoakoa room 105. At 6:00 p.m. learn more about Ahahui Malama I Ka Lokahi, its programs and projects and meet fellow members, volunteers and others interested in learning more about Hawaii’s environment. Dr. McCoy will be talking at 7:00 p.m. about the Geology of the Kailua ahupua’a. This will be an excellent way to learn more before the Ahahui geology tour on Oct. 3rd. The public is invited to attend. For further info. contact Kaimi Scudder at 593-0112, or email <email@ahahui.net>

Note: we changed the site to Hale Akoakoa room 105.

Service Project at Na Pohaku o Hauwahine Sat. Sept. 19th

Please join with us on Saturday Sept. 19th from 8:30 am – 12:00 pm to malama Na Pohaku o Hauwahine located along Kapa’a Quarry Rd. in Kawainui Marsh, Kailua. Our restoration efforts at this site is to remove alien plant invasives and replant with endemic natives. We are also restoring a native wetland bird habitat in the marsh.  We will be primarily concerned with weeding in areas planted with natives and watering to keep the young plants alive and growing.  Wear work clothes, shoes, bring your gloves, weeding or cutting tool, water and snack. Contact Kaimi Scudder at 593-0112 if you’re coming and for more information. Also, see Ahahui Malama I ka Lokahi’s website at: <www.ahahui.net>

Natural & Cultural History Tour of Kawainui Marsh Sept. 5th

Ahahui Malama i ka Lokahi and the Kailua Hawaiian Civic Club will begin
their Fall Kawainui Marsh Educational Series, Saturday Sept. 5, 2009 with an
introductory natural and cultural history tour of Kawainui Marsh.  It will
include possible interpretive sites around Kawainui Marsh that could be used
for kiosks and even a Kawainui Gate Park Visitor Center.  (Next month on Oct.
3rd, Dr. Floyd McCoy, geologist at UH/Windward Community College will lead
the geology tour.)  Handouts of our educational tours and service projects
schedule for the remaining of this year and 2009 will be distributed on
Saturday, and see post below for further information.

Travel back in time when Kawai Nui Marsh and Kaelepulu Pond (Enchanted Lake)
were ocean bays and the first Polynesians came to the shores of the ancient
Kawainui Lagoon, constructed their heiau, (sacred temples), fishpond and
taro terraces.  Chuck “Doc” Burrows, Hawaiian naturalist will lead
participants on a driving/walking tour from Ulupo Heiau to Na Pohaku o
Hauwahine and the Kawainui Estuary at Kawainui Park. He will explain how
these sites were used in ancient and historic periods and present plans by
community volunteers, State and Federal agencies to restore the health of
the natural and cultural ecosystems of the marsh and the Kailua Ahupua¹a.
New residents to Kailua are encouraged to come. The tour will start at 8:30
am and be completed by 12:00 pm.  A donation of $5 is requested.

Contact Kaimi Scudder at 593-0112 or reply <chuckb@hawaii.rr.com> for more
information and registration.