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The Maui News The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has released nearly $600,000 through three grant programs that will support Native Hawaiian communities, including nearly $90,000 to protect iwi kupuna in Central and East Maui. OHA’s newly created Homestead Community Grant, which aims to address community needs and improve the quality of life for homesteaders, awarded $278,095 to communities on Oahu, Kauai and Hawaii island, according to a news release Friday. Another new program, the Iwi Kupuna Repatriation and Reinterment Grant, is providing $167,298 to four community organizations. Three groups working in Maui County received the following: ⢠$50,000 to the Hawaiian Church of Hawai’i Nei for the E Ho’omau O Na Malama I Na Iwi Kupuna project on Maui, Lanai, Oahu, Kauai and Hawaii islands, to address the needs of na iwi kupuna by providing the necessary education and knowledge to gather and prepare the materials needed for the care of na iwi kupuna. ....
Frozen in Time An ancient crustacean could hold the key to restoring the endemic plant species in Waiheâe Refuge â and protecting Maui against climate change. April 26, 2021 Story by Lara McGlashan The Waiheâe Coastal Dunes and Wetlands Refuge consists of 277 acres of protected wetlands, dunes, marine shoreline, reef systems and riparian habitat. It was once inhabited by two thriving ancient villages, Kapoho and Kapokea, and the acreage features an extensive inland fishpond as well as several heiau (sacred sites). The Hawaiian Islands Land Trust is actively restoring critical native habitat while preserving the areaâs rich archaeological and cultural history. ....
Land Trust Alliance Announces First Awards Through Remote Monitoring Grant Program Share Article ‘So Many Are Looking for Ways to Do More As We Continue to Work Remotely’ Remote monitoring has helped stewardship teams and landowners gain new perspectives on their work, respond quickly to threats to conserved land, and work more efficiently to uphold the promise of protecting land in perpetuity. WASHINGTON (PRWEB) April 14, 2021 The Land Trust Alliance, a national land conservation organization working to save the places people need and love by strengthening land conservation across America, announced today its first grants to support land trusts as they integrate new technologies into their work that will help ensure conserved lands remain protected. ....
For The Maui News An adult iiwi feeds on a Lobelia grayana in Waikamoi Preserve. These native plants and birds evolved together, increasing the survival success of both species – the tubular shape of the plant’s flowers perfectly matches the curvature of the bird’s bill, providing food for the iiwi and pollination for the lobelia. FOREST AND KIM STARR photo Hawaii is the most isolated landmass on the planet. Because of this, plants and animals that arrived here millions of years ago have made extraordinary evolutionary adaptations, resulting in unique native species found nowhere else in the world. One example is the relationship between Hawaiian lobelia plant species with native forest birds like the iiwi. The plant and bird evolved together – the tubular shape of the plant’s flowers perfectly matches the curvature of the bird’s bill, providing food for the iiwi and pollination for the lobelia. There are many examples of these specific connections in a nat ....
In the Realm Between Ao and PÅ A full-moon hike through the Waiheâe coastal dunes offers an entry into the land of wandering. April 7, 2020 Story by Judy Edwards | Photography by Bryan Berkowitz Ecologist Scott Fisher leads full-moon hikes in the Waiheâe dunes several times a year, offering a wealth of information about Hawaiâi along the way. Here he stands close to the oceanâs edge, in low dunes where the native plant naupaka grows. The magical hour in which the moon rises has always been a favorite time of day for me. It is a period when linear time and concrete reality feel just a little bit shiftedâand that, really, is the point of the full-moon hike I am about to embark on: to bring all of us who are here for the hike into an in-between-ish state of mind. ....