Happenings
Last November when many people were preparing for family vacations or holiday dinners, I was training to guide our waterfall tour with Uncle Danny. My Uncle Danny is not my real uncle--he has thousands of nieces and nephews, and you will become one of them if you join his tour.
Listen to local conversations and you will hear people calling the...
I do not particularly like or understand insects, especially moths with their inexplicable need to plaster themselves nightly against my windows and french doors. I have found nothing to stop their relentless flight toward the light inside except turning off all my lights...but who wants to sit at home in the dark?...
Every year, for a week in late January or early February a group of people from a variety of backgrounds from the USGS, University of Hawaii, Mauna Kea Restoration Project, Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project, Mauna Kea Watershed, Hakalau, Three Mountain Alliance, HVNP plus others get together to help census the Pali...
Yesterday's Google Trekker mission took us to Kaloko-Honokohau National Historic Park. KAHO, as it's known in NPS acronym jargon, is a real jewel amidst the developed setting of North Kona. Bordered by Honokohau Harbor to the south, the busy Queen Kaahumanu Hwy. and Kaloko Light Industrial to the east, the new Shores at Kohonaiki golf course resort...
Sunday we finally got out with the Google Trekker and collected data! Our first Trekker outing was to to Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historic Park. We started from the Visitor Center then hiked the 1871 trail to the boundary of the park at Kiilae. It was hot with the 43 pound pack but lots of fun. We had the trail to ourselves until near t...
To most folks, wiliwili trees don’t look like much. Most of the year, they look half dead with a sprinkling of leaves scattered atop an otherwise empty crown. Thankfully, the good folks at the Waikoloa Dry Forest Initiative understand that Hawaii’s native wiliwili trees, Erythrina sandwicensis, along with other key trees, shrubs and plants...
Why is Rob Pacheco, Hawaii Forest & Trail president and founder, carrying a blue soccer ball on top of his backpack? Because he's super excited about the World Cup next year!
Nah, just kidding. The truth is way cooler than the World Cup....
