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Keeper of the Bay
A STORY OF CARING FOR KAHALUʻU
Feeding Hawaiʻi: Portraits of Resilience
It's about feeding our children. So there will be fish in the bay, the bay will be healthy, and corals will flourish. That's when the bay will be pono.
Coral nursery under construction in Kona for program to save West Hawai‘i’s reefs
Greg Asner, director of Arizona State University’s Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science and a longtime resident of Hawai‘i, is at a new research and coral propagation facility that is being built in Kailua-Kona. June 26, 2023. (Tiffany DeMasters/Big Island Now)
Hawaiʻi Plans Koa Canoe Management Forest In Kaʻū
The 1,257-acre area is the only state land currently designated for cultivating and providing koa for use in kālaiwaʻa, or traditional Hawaiian canoe construction.
Critical Native Cloud Forest on Kohala Mountain to Receive Protection
The Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), in partnership with The Kohala Center (TKC), recently received $234,000 in funding from the Hawaiʻi State Department of Health (DOH) to protect and improve the quality of water resources in leeward Kohala and reduce nonpoint source pollution by mitigating soil erosion and increasing groundcover.
Land Deal Will Protect, Conserve Nearly 1,400 Acres at Kaunāmano
Nearly 1,400 acres of Big Island land, and troves of accompanying Hawaiian culture, will be protected
Miloli‘i Community Based Subsistence Fishing Area Designated
The CBSFA rules include certain size and/or bag limits, and seasonal restrictions for fish species, including ‘ōpelu.
Coral Spawning Observed After Popular Beaches Closed
Once a year, with spring tides and the full moon, corals spawn and send millions of tiny gametes into the water column.