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MEDIA RELEASE Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is launching Operation Reef Defense, a global campaign to end the destruction of coral reefs and the many threats they face worldwide. Coral reefs represent some of the planet’s most biologically diverse ecosystems providing critical habitat to approximately 25 percent of all marine species, but they are disappearing at [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary announced eight primary and six alternate non-governmental members to serve on its sanctuary advisory council. The new appointees bring a valuable range of experience to the council, which provides sanctuary managers with input and recommendations on sanctuary programs and management. Serving in a volunteer capacity, the [...]

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Community volunteers plant silversword on mountain

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Land and Natural Resources has announced that six new Hawaiian trees have been crowned as national champions in the American Forests’ Big Tree Program. The Big Tree Program is a nationwide competition to find the largest trees in the United States that are recognized as “champions” of their species. [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Pelika Bertelmann has been named the new University of Hawaii Sea Grant Extension Specialist for Hawaii Island. The Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resources Center (PACRC) at the University of Hawaii at Hilo has partnered with the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program to create a new position focusing on the diverse needs [...]

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Gary Gill: ‘Hawaii has depended on volunteers to keep marine debris off our beaches. We are providing a little support for the very big job they do.’

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Land and Natural Resources is taking part in a “Hoala Loko Ia,” initiative with cultural practitioners in Hawaii to assist with the restoration and operation of traditional Hawaiian fishponds. “Hawaiian fishpond systems, loko ia, are some of Hawaii’s most significant traditional cultural resources,” said William J. Aila, Jr., DLNR [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE On April 15, youth leaders celebrated a year full of accomplishments at the Sustainable Hawaii Youth Leadership Initiative’s Graduation. They inspired everyone with their life-changing experiences. They also passed the torch to the new youth who were nominated by their communities to serve as SHYLI delegates for the coming year. To honor the [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE On Saturday, April 27 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Ab Kawainohoikalai Valencia and Tim Tunison lead the field seminar “Plants of Hula: Na Mea Kanu o Ka Hula” in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. “Please join us for this exciting program, following on the heels of the Merrie Monarch Festival, in which a [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had announced it has selected the U.S. Postal Service and Housing and Urban Development as award winners, and the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park with an honorable mention in the EPA’s Federal Green Challenge Program. “EPA is pleased to recognize the U.S. Postal Service, Housing and Urban Development, and [...]

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No juveniles ever reported; no evidence of white sharks being residents or pupping

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaii Volcanoes National Park celebrates the tenth anniversary of the Kahuku Unit by offering free programs to introduce visitors and residents to the park’s southernmost section, April through June 2013. For all activities below, enter Kahuku on the mauka (uphill) side of Highway 11 near mile marker 70.5, and meet near the parking [...]

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