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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Friday, September 1, 2006

For the Environment

Advertiser Staff

HUI NALU RECYCLING — Bring scrap metal, appliances, car parts, newspaper, cardboard, HI 5¢ containers, car batteries, green waste, old tires, usable clothing and household items and other recyclable items to Maunalua Bay boat ramp in Hawai'i Kai from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 9, to benefit Hui Nalu Canoe Club. Volunteers and van/truck drivers are needed. Call Rene Mansho at 306-1876, Lyla Berg at 586-6510 or Alyssa Miller at 228-0027.

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

GET THE DRIFT — The Community Work Day program will hold a "Get the Drift & Bag It" event on Sept. 16, with volunteers cleaning shorelines around Maui County and documenting what they find. To sign up: (808) 877-2524.

WEED & POT CLUB — Maui Nui Botanical Garden's Weed & Pot Club meets 8:30 a.m. 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.

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