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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Monday, October 16, 2006

For the Environment

Advertiser Staff

ROAD TO HANA CLEANUP — The third phase of the Road to Hana Cleanup, from Nahiku to Hana town, will be Saturday, with volunteers picking up trash, trimming brush and doing other work. Contact Community Work Day Program at (808) 877-2524 or cwdkhb@pixi.com.

NATIVE FOREST PLANTING — The Maui Dryland Forest Restoration Group will hold a planting trip to the Auwahi native forest enclosure Oct. 28; meet at 'Ulupalakua Ranch Store. Hiking boots required; bring raingear, 2 liters of water, lunch, sunscreen, hat. Register by e-mailing auwahi@yahoo.com or call (808) 572-4471.

KAWAI NUI PROJECTS — 'Ahahui Malama i ka Lokahi and the Kailua Hawaiian Civic Club conduct regular service projects to restore ethnobotanical and cultural features at the Kawai Nui Marsh state park. Next project is 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Bring lunch, water, rain gear, bug repellent, gloves, tools. Call Chuck "Doc" Burrows at 595-3922 or Rick "Kaimi" Scudder at 589-2963.

LIMAHULI GARDEN HELPERS — Limahuli Garden & Preserve of the National Tropical Botanical Garden in Ha'ena, Kaua'i, seeks volunteers 8 to 11 a.m. Thursdays to help restore native Hawaiian forest. Orientation 9:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday at garden headquarters. Contact Lea Taddonio at (808) 332-7324, ext. 228, or volunteer@ntbg.org.

SUNSET BEACH CLEANUP — The North Shore Outdoor Circle will hold a Sunset Beach cleanup 8 a.m. to noon Oct. 28. Meet at 'Ehukai Beach Park; wear gloves and shoes; bring broom, rake and pruners. Call 638-7075.

MARSH RESTORATION — The Hawai'i Nature Center is restoring Pouhala Marsh in Waipahu. Volunteers are needed to pull pickleweed and mangrove 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Oct. 28. 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.

MAKIKI WAI HELPERS — The Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Hawai'i Nature Center are looking for help 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 28 to make trail improvements, remove weeds and plant native plants along the Makiki trail, as part of the Makiki Wai (Watershed Awareness Initiative). 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 check www.hawaiitrails.org/trail.asp?TrailID=OA+19+004 &island=Oahu.

WEED & POT CLUB — Maui Nui Botanical Garden's Weed & Pot Club meets 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays at 150 Kanaloa Ave. in Kahului to work on nursery plants and perform other tasks. 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 to 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.

SHOW TURTLES ALOHA — Monitor and protect Hawaiian green sea turtles on O'ahu's North Shore as a volunteer with the Show Turtles Aloha program. Spend a few hours a week educating beachgoers and caring for honu; on-site training provided. www.turtles.org/laniakea.

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. to noon one day a week, through December. 638-9199, ext. 210.

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