During November the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary has many wonderful events celebrating the return of the humpback whale to Hawaiian waters. We're also giving away beautiful posters to celebrate! Find out more in the blog post.
Welcome to Lāʻau Letters: Native Plants of Kaʻū. Read about Kaʻū's native plants and their moʻolelo (stories), uses, preferred habitats, and opportunities to adopt them for stewardship. This column seeks to encourage making new plant friends and to reunite with others.
For eight years, HWF and volunteers kept track of the marine debris items that washed ashore with brand names and UHH graduate student, Mike Stone, investigated the patterns and what it told us about the most common debris items, types, and brands washing up along the Kaʻū coastline.