OISC service trip:
Volunteers sigh at the sight of resprouting guava. |
One of our target species of the day: Psidium guajava |
Solomon Enos, from Kokua Kalihi Valley |
Mulch is put down to suppress resprouting weeds! |
20 September 2008 OISC service trip
Target species: Guava (Psidium guajava)
OISC volunteers went to Kalihi Valley Nature Park to remove invasive alien plants. Kokua Kalihi Valley is a community-organized and community-operated non-profit organization that is creating a nature park on 100 acres of public land. The project will create as many as 20 acres of community and native Hawaiian gardens, preserve and restore ancient Hawaiian agricultural walls and terraces, and develop new walking paths and hiking trails. Kokua Kalihi Valley's goal for the park is to create "a place of quiet recreation, nature studies, health education, and the preservation of Hawaiian culture." Our aim is to help Kokua Kalihi Valley remove alien plant species to make room for native species.
Area: Kalihi Valley Nature Park in Kalihi
Thank you to all those who helped to make this trip a success.
| The Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) is currently funded by grants from the Hau'oli Mau Loa Foundation and the U.S. Forest Service with support from PCSU (UH Manoa). Historically, HEAR has also received funding and/or support from the Pacific Basin Information Node (PBIN) of the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII), PIERC (USGS), the USFWS, HCSU (UH Hilo), and HALE (NPS). |
| This page was created on 12 February 2007 by LF, and was last updated on 14 October 2008 by PN. |
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