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MEDIA RELEASE Eco-educator and award-winning author Dr. S. Deacon Ritterbush, also known as “Dr. Beachcomb,” will be the featured speaker at the next Ohana Night at the Energy Lab, presented by Hawaii Preparatory Academy at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 9. The event is free and open to the public. Ritterbush, one of the world’s leading [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Sustainable Hawaii Youth Leadership Initiative announces the following schools and organizations have nominated youth to serve as delegates to the 8th Annual Youth Leadership Summit for Sustainable Development. The deadline for submitting nominations is May 1. For more information, watch video, read press: www.shyli.org and Applications: shyli.org/application 1. Konawaena High School nominated [...]

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Maikai Kamakani O Kohala, Inc. purchases more than 27.5 acres in Halaula for $1.3 million

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaii Volcanoes National Park invites everyone to “Picture Yourself” at the park April 21-29. Hawaii Volcanoes will join national parks across the country in waiving entrance fees all nine days during National Park Week. This year’s theme, “Picture Yourself in a National Park,” encourages visitors to share photos or videos of themselves, their [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii Ocean Resources Management Plan (ORMP) sets forth guiding principles and recommendations for the state to achieve comprehensive and integrated ocean and coastal resources management. Section 205A-62, Hawaii Revised Statutes, charges the Office of Planning, Coastal Zone Management (CZM) Program, with the review and periodic update of the ORMP, as well as [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Volunteers are needed to plant native seedlings during the Friends of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park’s “Forest Restoration Project” 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday, April 20. “Plantings will take place in an area of the Mauna Loa strip where natural regeneration of the forest has not occurred,” said Mark Johnson, who co-chairs the Friends’ Forest [...]

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Volunteers are needed to plant native seedlings during the Friends of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park’s “Forest Restoration Project” on Friday, April 20 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

“Plantings will take place in an area of the Mauna Loa strip where natural regeneration of the forest has not occurred,” explained Mark Johnson, who co-chairs the Friends’ Forest Restoration Committee.

“We need help to plant a total of 600 seedlings from nine different species in an open area surrounded by native forest. We’ll also learn about the park’s native forest restoration program,” he added.

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaii Electric Light Company, KTA Super Stores, and KWXX are helping you go green by supporting the use of re-useable shopping bags. Through this partnership, events are being held islandwide that feature shopping bag exchanges, energy efficiency and conservation education, and recycling at four locations across the island. At the Three Bag Re-bag, [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaiian Islands are home to bird species that are found nowhere else on earth. The Keauhou Bird Conservation Center (KBCC) in Volcano is one of two centers operated by the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research as part of its Hawaii Endangered Bird Conservation Program. Using intensive captive propagation and release [...]

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The Hawai’i State Department of Health (DOH) Clean Air Branch has amended Hawai‘i Administrative Rules 11-60.1 (related to air pollution control) by adding new restrictions on open burning of trash and green waste. These additions will improve the Agricultural Burning Permit process and expand the issuance of field citations.

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An anonymous donation of $50,000 has been given to the Waimea Trail and Greenway, a planned 5 mile trail through the heart of Waimea.

“We are overwhelmed by the donor’s incredible generosity,” said trail committee member and PATH Executive Director Laura Dierenfield. “This is a wonderful gift towards the health of our community.”

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Two scholars from World Heritage Sites in China and the Philippines are studying how Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, also a World Heritage Site, operates.

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