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.-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.

ATTACK ALIEN ALGAE — Volunteers are needed from 8 a.m.-noon Saturday to remove alien algae from the Waikiki Natatorium. Bring snorkeling gear if you plan to go into the water. Snack and lunch provided. Contact Signe Opheim at 779-2616 or e-mail opheim@hawaii.edu.

HOLIDAY GIFT TO MAUI — The Community Work Day program will hold its annual Holiday Gift to Maui cleanup from 8 a.m.-noon Saturday at various sites. Call (808) 877-2524.

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

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. Nov. 25. 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.

SANDY BEACH CLEANUP — Join the Sierra Club 8-10:30 a.m. Nov. 26 for a cleanup of highway and coastal areas at Sandy Beach. Bring water, hat and sunscreen; bags, gloves provided. Meet at the east restroom. Call 394-2898 or 955-4168.

RESTORE WILD PLACES — Ka'ala Farm Inc. is seeking groups to assist in the floral restoration of five West O'ahu sites. Groups should be willing to commit to two to 12 volunteer days a year. Sites are in Kalaeloa, Nanakuli, Wai'anae, Makaha and Makua. Contact Bruce Koebele at 696-4954 or holopono@pixi.com.

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 tasks. Tools, gloves and drinking water provided; bring sunscreen, wear shoes.

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

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

MAUI TRAIL CREWS — Na Ala Hele volunteers meet Saturdays, Sundays and Tuesdays to build and clean Maui trails. Leave from Kahului base yard 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.