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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Monday, August 21, 2006

For the Enviroment

Advertiser Staff

NATIVE FOREST PLANTING — The Maui Dryland Forest Restoration Group is holding a planting trip to the Auwahi native forest 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday; meet at 'Ulupalakua Ranch Store. Hiking boots required; bring rain gear, two liters of water, lunch, sunscreen, hat. Register at auwahi@yahoo.com or (808) 572-4471.

MAKIKI WAI HELPERS — The state Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Hawai'i Nature Center are looking for help 9 a.m.2 p.m. Saturday to make trail improvements and do other work along the Makiki trail. Bring long pants, long-sleeved shirt, shoes or boots, gloves, insect repellent, water and lunch. Meet at the Makiki Forestry Baseyard. Call 973-9782 or see www.hawaiitrails.org/trail.asp? TrailID=OA+19+004&island=Oahu.

HAWAIIAN PLANT SALE — Maui Nui Botanical Gardens will sell native and Polynesian-introduced ground covers, shrubs and trees 9 a.m.-noon Saturday at 150 Kanaloa Ave., Kahului.

FARM WORKDAY — The Sierra Club will hold a workday Saturday at Ma'o Organic Farm in Wai'anae. Be prepared for hard work in the sun while learning about the farm's programs for youth and community involvement in food production. Call 753-0528.

POUHALA MARSH RESTORATION — The Hawai'i Nature Center is restoring Pouhala Marsh in Waipahu. Volunteers are needed to pull pickleweed and mangrove 8:30-11:30 a.m. Sept. 9. Bring work gloves, water, hat, sunscreen, towel and change of clothes; covered footwear and long pants required. Contact Pauline Kawamata at 955-0100, ext. 18.

WEED & POT CLUB — Maui Nui Botanical Garden's Weed & Pot Club meets 8:30-10:30 a.m. Wednesdays at 150 Kanaloa Ave. in Kahului to work on nursery plants and perform other work. Tools, gloves and drinking water provided; bring sunscreen, wear shoes.

KANAHA POND — Join Native Hawaiian Plant Society volunteers at Kanaha Pond Wildlife Sanctuary 7:30-11 a.m. Thursdays for weeding and brush cutting; work also done at Maui Ocean Land Trust wetlands. (808) 572-6338.

MAUI TRAIL CREWS — Na Ala Hele volunteers meet Saturdays, Sundays and Tuesdays to build and clean Maui trails. Leave from Kahului Baseyard at 7:30 a.m.; bring lunch, water and sturdy shoes; tools and transportation provided. (808) 873-3509 or mark.a.peyton@hawaii.gov.

WAIMEA VALLEY DOCENTS — The Waimea Valley Audubon Center is training volunteers to work as teaching docents alongside field educators in school programs. Must commit to 8:30 a.m.-noon one day a week, September to December. 638-9199, ext. 210.

Send listings to: For the Environment, P.O. Box 156, Wailuku, HI 96793; cwilson@honoluluadver tiser.com; or fax (808) 242-1520.