|
|
|
|
Home >
Media Page >
HWF in the News
HWF in the News
|
|
Get the drift - Beach cleanup mahalo
Copyright © 2009 West Hawaii Today
by Terry Miura, Aquatic Program Assistant, County of Hawaii
December 18, 2009 - I would like to thank all the volunteers, from keiki to kupuna, who
participated in this year's International Coastal Clean-up (ICC),
Get The Drift & Bag It, held Sept 19. Community groups, school groups and
individuals participated in the largest single-day volunteer event to protect our ocean and waterways.
 With most of the results in, we had over 841 volunteers participate this year. These volunteers picked up a huge amount of trash both in
and out of the water totaling over 12,626 pounds. This year the
Hawaii Wildlife Fund volunteers at Kamilo hauled out 4,000 pounds of derelict
fishing nets and another 1,580 pounds of other debris. Along the Puako and Waialea Bay area, volunteers there collected over 3,957
pounds on shore and another 1,406 pounds under the water.
>
Read full letter to the editor at westhawaiitoday.com
>
Watch video
Teach Maui - A science and Hawaiian culture enrichment program for children
August 13, 2009 -
Local educators Evelyn and Ed Zayas have concluded that the best way to develop a sense of stewardship in
 our community would be
an investment in the minds and attitudes of our children.
“Our enrichment program for fourth through eighth grade Maui students coordinates and delivers engaging activities in a four-week
Saturday morning format,” they said. “We want to teach our children to appreciate and care for the environment, making them aware
of our natural resources.” ... Hawai‘i Wildlife Fund Maui Research Coordinator
Cheryl King gave a presentation on Maui turtles at the National Marine Sanctuary Education
Center in Kihei. The children learned about turtle nesting habits and ways to help with marine conservation.
“We are all so lucky to live here, but our island ecosystems need our help,” said King. “We hope that by engaging the children’s
imaginations through hands-on learning, we can teach them the ethics of respect and conservation needed here.”
>
Read full article at mauiweekly.com
HWF sea turtle rescue topic of online news video
August 5, 2009 -
 Maui Community Television's Akaku On Demand "Maui Daily" online video
show featured Hawai'i Wildlife Fund's Ocean Resource Specialist Cheryl King working with
Hawaii Department of
Land and Natural Resources Aquatic Specialist Skippy Hau and
Maui Coastal Land Trust
to excavate an endangered green sea turtle nest, freeing hatchlings that were not able to get out
of the nest on their own.
>
Watch video
HWF sponsor of April conference on Maui
'More Fish in the Sea, A Common Vision'
April 4, 2009 - Hawai'i Wildlife
Fund was one of about 60
different organizations that came together to sponsor an
environmental event held on Maui on April 4 called, "More Fish
in the Sea, A Common Vision, A Shared Kuleana."
The group's mission states: "We are an island people dependent on the
ocean. Our ocean is in trouble and we can help make it better.
Working together and separately in our own way,
all of us can assist in the revitalization of the health and beauty
of our ocean."
The one-day event was held at Maui Community College and included speakers and musical entertainment from some of
Hawaii's best.
ARTICLES & PHOTOS FROM 'MORE FISH IN THE SEA' EVENT
>
View photos at 'More Fish In The Ocean' website
>
April 2, 2009 -
Maui Time: 'Ocean Sustainability Event'
>
April 4, 2009 - Photo Gallery on
Maui News website
>
April 6, 2009 -
Maui News editorial: 'Ocean needs the help of all'
>
April 8, 2009 -
Haleakala Times: More Fish in the Sea creates ...'
>
April 24, 2009 -
Maui Weekly: 'More Fish in the Sea'
Animal Planet's Corwin signs MRF Diver's Pledge
Animal Planet's Jeff Corwin receives a Maui Reef Fund tag from HWF President Hannah Bernard. |
Feb 2009 - Jeff Corwin, one of the nation's leading environmentalists who created and stars in Animal Planet's "The
Jeff Corwin Experience" and "Corwin's Quest," has visited Maui many
times and worked to preserve the island's marine environment
through his films.
During a recent visit, Corwin was named an honorary member of the
Maui Reef Fund after saying that he was willing to sign MRF's
Diver's Pledge (see below). When divers sign the pledge, MRF
gives them a tag to hang on their dive BCD or dive tank.
MRF DIVER’S PLEDGE
> DOWNLOAD DIVER'S PLEDGE (pdf 22kb)
To ensure that the reefs I dive on continue to thrive, I pledge to:
- Follow all applicable State and Federal laws related to marine life and protected areas.
- Be respectful to all marine life.
- Never touch, stand, kick, stand or rest on corals.
- Never chase, harass, flush from shelter or relocate marine life.
- Not feed fish or other marine life.
- Keep a respectful distance from turtles and never chase them, block their path or try to ride them.
- Secure dive flags to the sandy bottom using weights or other anchoring device or tie off to non-living surfaces.
- Be extra careful if taking photos or videos, being aware of the reef and respectful of the marine life.
- Look before touching the bottom for balance, making sure it is non-living substrate and when absolutely necessary using only one
or two fingers for contact.
- Minimize glove use unless required by a medical condition, for thermal protection, or for safety.
HWF featured in 'Preserving Paradise' book
Hawai’i Wildlife Fund is proud to have three programs featured
in a new book, “Preserving Paradise,” by Maui author Kirsten
Whatley. The book provides
 ways
the island visitors and residents can volunteer with HWF and other
environmental groups.
In a description of her experience volunteering with
HWF's Hawksbill Sea Turtle Nestwatch Project, Whatley writes,
“Sleeping on the beach has its lures – black night skies, sand in
your hair, the lullaby of waves tumbling at the foot of your bed.
Then the alarm goes off and you're up again. It's 2:00 a.m. You
scan the sand for turtle tracks. Nothing. You look for baby turtles
wandering in the darkness, instinctively trying to reach their
saltwater home. Not yet. You reset the alarm and lean back against
a cushion of sand, breathing in the seaweed air, knowing that if
just one in a hundred hatchlings survives its journey from nest to
ocean tonight, you'll have done your job. ...”
HWF President named Conservationist of the Year
Oct 6, 2007: HWF's president Bill Gilmartin receives the Conservationist of
the Year Award from Casey Jarman (left) of the Conservation Council for
Hawai'i. HWF's Vice President Hannah Bernard (right) was there to see Bill receive the
honor.
|
|
Articles about Hawai'i Wildlife Fund:
>
Viewpoint
by Hannah Bernard: E ola ke kai, e ola kakou
- as the ocean thrives, so do we
April 12, 2009, The Maui News
>
New Hawaii ferry could endanger whales, court told
Sept 11, 2007, AP & Seattle Times
>
Round One of Superferry Testimonies
Sept 10, 2007, KHNL TV
>
Giving Back
How you can promote our oceans’ sustainability and health
Feb 8, 2007, Maui Time Weekly
>
Isle conservationists: Military move ’tragic’
Jan 24, 2007, Maui News
>
March of the turtles
Nov 9, 2006, Independent Record, Helena, Montana
>
Plague of Plastic Chokes the Seas
Aug 2, 2006, LA Times
>
Thirty-five tons of trash
Feb 2006 Big Island Clean Up coordinated by Hawai'i Wildlife Fund
July 2006, Sea Grant's Hawaii Fishing News (pdf 794kb)
>
Marine debris brings together agencies, biz, volunteers
Nov-Dec 2005 Big Island Clean Ups coordinated by Hawai'i Wildlife Fund
Jan 2006, Sea Grant's Hawaii Fishing News (pdf 529kb)
>
Leadership: Hannah Bernard
Hawaii’s sea life owes this marine biologist a big mahalo
2006, Coastal Living Magazine
>
Tending Turtles
Volunteers are helping bring hawksbills back from the brink
Oct 2005, Maui noka'oi magazine
>
Environmental Heroes
Jan 2005, Maui noka'oi magazine
>
Watching Out for Makana
Hawaiian monk seal sightings at Maui beaches are on the rise
July 2004, Maui noka'oi magazine
|
|
|
|
