West Maui Kumuwai is pleased to announce that its Ocean Partners Program is in full swing! The aim of this program is to promote the sale and use of “Ocean Preferred” products: fertilizers and pesticides that have been identified as less harmful to the marine environment, and in turn reduce the amount of runoff containing […]
MNMRC Executive Director Sarah McLane will be a guest lecturer for the Pacific Whale Foundation’s Making Waves Lecture Series, offering a special evening devoted to Maui’s coral reefs. Sarah McLane of Maui Nui Marine Resource Council will speak about the Maui Coral Reef Recovery Plan. John Fitzpatrick of University of Hawaii – Maui will also […]
Moved to Oct 30th from Oct 23rd CWC meetings are open to the public! We discuss current water issues facing Maui including land-based sources of pollution, waste water treatment, development, streams, gulches, and flooding. We will review our action steps and successes of 2013 and plan for 2014. Your participation and guidance would be very […]
Join Malama Maui Nui at Baldwin Beach Park in Paia for a morning cleanup Saturday, October 19. Supplies will be provided by MMN.
4th Sunday of every month! Sharktastics and Hawaii Wildlife Fund holds a Ka’ehu Beach cleanup in Waiehu for a monthly marine debris cleanups including Japanese tsunami debris monitoring and Sharkastics research (https://www.sharkastics.org). Meet at the beach at the end of Kukona Place Road (off of Waiehu Beach Road) from 9am to 1pm wearing sturdy shoes and sun protection. All […]
The current state bag and size limits are not restrictive enough to effectively sustain our fish populations. The broad statewide rules are not specific enough to address the individual needs of the islands and have proven difficult to enforce. The proposed rule would establish new, more protective fisheries regulations for Maui and Lana’i Islands. The […]
There are plenty of things you can do at home to make a difference in the quality of our water! Can you spot the 14 pollutant sources in the neighborhood photo above? Learn how to stop them here. Here are some recommendations from the County of Honolulu: CAR Don’t Be An Oil Drip-Identify and fix […]
Many thanks to our partner organizations for helping make this event a success: Malama Maui Nui, Surfrider Foundation, Hawaii Wildlife Fund, County of Maui, and Pacific Whale Foundation! This is the second cleanup at Olowalu this month, during International Coastal Cleanup Month, a movement coordinated by Conservation International’s “Get the Drift and Bag It”. Volunteer […]
Did you know that two ingredients found in many popular sunscreen producta — oxybenzone and octinoxate — are known to harm or kill corals? When you apply sunscreen with these chemicals and then swim or snorkel, sunscreen washes off your body and contaminates the reef ecosystem. Sunscreen pollution is especially problematic in popular snorkeling locations, where sunscreen is washing off dozens or possibly hundreds of […]
The Olowalu Town environmental impact statement is up for public review and comment as part of their planning process for a proposed 1,500-home development. The project includes impacting 636 agricultural land. In the early 2000’s, Dr. Eric Brown conducted a baseline study on marine life in the area adjacent to the proposed development. Dr. Brown […]
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