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MEDIA RELEASE June 1 marked the official start of the 2011 hurricane season. In anticipation of this and other natural hazards, County Civil Defense and Emergency Management agencies, the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program (UH Sea Grant), and the NOAA Sea Grant Coastal Storms Program are teaming up to offer free public workshops [...]

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UPDATED Tuesday, April 20 ReefTalk is cancelled due to illness. The presentation will be rescheduled. MEDIA RELEASE The free educational ReefTalk at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 20 at Thelma Parker Library in Waimea will feature Hooululahui Erika Perry, Big Island Cultural Coordinator, National Marine Fisheries Service. Perry will discuss the new cetacean rehabilitation facility in [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE ReefTalk: 6:30-8:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 9, Kealakehe High School library. Topic: New Technologies for Water Quality Monitoring The Hawaii Ocean Observing Systems Near Shore Sensor Groups representative, Dr. Ross Timmerman, will share the latest approaches (instrumentation) to water quality monitoring including Autonomous  Underwater Vessels.    He will describe the study area, the challenges [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Offering more than 50 booths and activities that showcase the Big Island’s environment, the Earth and Ocean Fair at Keauhou is 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, April 25 at the Keauhou Beach Resort and adjacent Kahaluu Beach Park. Volunteers still are needed to help with the event – for both the Kahaluu (Ocean) side [...]

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