The army has released a video as part of an internal campaign to educate service members, families and Army civilians about the destructive effects off-roading is having on the island environment and help encourage alternative recreation activities at the park. Link PSA: Off-Roading Activities Endanger Environment from U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii on Vimeo.
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Annual Membership Meeting on April 9th
The annual Friends of Ka`ena membership meeting will be Saturday, April 9, at 10 AM, at YMCA Camp Erdman. For more information or to RSVP please email info@freindsofkaena.org. Learn what’s new with Friends of Ka`ena, vote for the 2011-2012 Board, learn more about volunteer opportunities. Light refreshments will be provided. We hope to see you [...]
Laysan Albatross Chicks
It’s a great time to go hike to the Natural Area Reserve. On February 2nd, 18 chicks were observed! They started hatching in the last week of January and will continue to hatch over the next two weeks. In another 3 weeks you’ll start to see the chicks left alone by their parents as they get bigger. There [...]
Dune Protection featured in Honolulu Advertiser
Volunteers and the state Department of Land and Natural Resources have installed signs and 1,500 feet of fencing around native dune vegetation and cultural sites at Ka’ena Point. Read more at http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100203/BREAKING01/100203062/State-volunteers-fence-off-fragile-Kaena-Point-sites
Google maps and Picasa album
Picasa enables easy geo-tagging of images, which can then be pulled into a custom Google map. This is a map of images taken recently, especially in the beach and dune areas. Click an image thumbnail for a larger image or click and drag on the map to pan.
