Some of our exciting new activities for 2010 include naturalist-led hikes, restoration projects with schools and youth, clean-ups, parking lot presence, and outreach. The naturalist-led hikes have been a big success so far. Space is limited, so sign up soon! Email info@friendsofkaena.org to sign up for one of the hikes or to obtain information about any of the events. The schedule of events for 2010 is found below. We will continue to add to this schedule as new events are developed.
Friends of Ka’ena – 2010 Schedule
Annual Membership Meeting
Saturday April 10, 2010 10:00 – 11:30am
Educational Hikes
January 2nd, 2010
February 6th, 2010
March 6th, 2010
April 3rd, 2010
May 1st, 2010
Beach cleanups, Outreach Table, Plantings, Events, Etc
Feb 20 – Planting Service Project
March 14 – Booth at Haleiwa Farmers Market
March 27 – Beach Cleanup
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Jan 14th, 2010
by meredith.
Throughout 2009, Friends of Ka`ena (FOK) have worked to improve conditions at Ka`ena. In April 2009, FOK became a Kokua Partner with the Hawaii State Parks. The Kokua partnership allows stewardship, education, and outreach activities within the park. FOK has completed beach clean-ups, service projects with schools, public outreach, was awarded a National Park Service Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance grant for technical assistance, obtained permits to conduct naturalist-led hikes, completed strategic planning to further develop FOK positions, and are participating in the State’s Ka`ena Stewardship Area Advisory Group. It has been a busy year!
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Friends of Ka’ena has been approved by the DLNR to be the Kokua Partner for Ka’ena State Park. The Kokua Progam allows interested groups help to maintain a specific park or site (often a cultural or archaeological site) with State Parks guidance. The program provides willing people with an opportunity to volunteer and assist with special park projects.
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Images from the April 4 trash cleanup are in the galleries. Mahalo to all of our volunteers!
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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.
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Many of the 70+ comments ( link ) for the Star Bulletin article support limiting vehicles or stopping uncontrolled access to Ka’ena. Read below for an excerpt:
Simple, this one. Limit vehicular access. Limit it stringently. Tutu
Honua will take care the rest of it herself. Plenty of other places for
the fat-wheelers to tear up that aren’t ecologically sensitive
(cane/pine land). Let the noise, fumes, soil erosion and attitude go
somewhere else.
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Join Friends of Ka’ena on April 4, 2009, 9 am – 12 pm at YMCA Camp Erdman. Bring family and friends to help us clean up the coast and then enjoy a delicious lunch and learn more about the Friends of Ka’ena.
Please download the flyer ( April 4 cleanup flyer ) and post it!
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The once remote coastal dunes are now drawing crowds and regulators
In the old days, Kaena Point was so remote, only the hardy ventured that far. But these days, the rugged western flank of Oahu lures hikers from across the globe and hot-rodders who roar over its dunes.
The state is planning to hire an “ambassador” to help handle competing demands on this last coastal dune wilderness on the island, a refuge for seabirds, monk seals and cultural sites. Some fishermen are objecting to what they see as overregulation of their traditional lifestyle.
“There’s a lot of passion for Kaena,” said Dan Quinn, state parks administrator. “Some folks want everything to be the way it was 50 years ago. The world is not the same. The pressures have grown, our population has risen. We need to more actively manage what’s going out there in order to be responsible.”
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The Department of Land and Natural Resources will hold a public workshop on Wednesday, February 25 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Honolulu Community College Marine Education and Training Center at 10 Sand Island Parkway. Turn right at the stoplight just after the draw bridge. The METC facility is on the mauka side of the DLNR Sand Island Launch Ramp Facility parking lot.
To address management issues at Ka‘ena Point, DLNR has formed a Ka‘ena Point Stewardship Planning Group comprised of staff from the state parks, aquatic resources, land, forestry and wildlife, and enforcement divisions who have been working together to develop stewardship and management plans for areas under DLNR jurisdiction.
Now the planning group is gathering community members for the advisory group that will work on solutions to the immediate management issues in the area. At this workshop, the public will have the opportunity to provide constructive suggestions on specific issues relating to Ka‘ena Point as well as self-select representatives from the cultural practitioners, fishing, and conservation communities to sit on the advisory group.
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