Hawaiʻi Wildlife Fund reaches a milestone in its Hawai‘i Large Debris Recovery Partnership

With funding and support from the National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Association (NOAA), Hawaiʻi Wildlife Fund recently reached a major milestone in its collaborative project with the Surfrider Foundation (Kauaʻi Chapter), SHARKastics, and many other community partners. During this extensive two-year project across three Hawaiian Islands, we collaboratively hosted a total of 390 debris-removal activities and we recovered 61.0 metric tons (134,423 pounds) of marine debris!

2023 International Coastal Cleanup on Hawaiʻi Island a Net Success

Hawaiʻi Wildlife Fund, Sea Cleaners NZ, Clean Rewards, Keep Puakō Beautiful and the Marine Option Program at the University of Hawaiʻi - Hilo all team up to clean up coastlines across Hawaiʻi Island for the annual International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) event in September 2023. Read more about this "net" success in the full story!

Hawai‘i Wildlife Fund and partners host the 5th International Symposium on Anchialine Ecosystems (5ISAE)

The 5th International Symposium on Anchialine Ecosystems (5ISAE) was held in Kailua-Kona in November 2022 and provided a platform for sharing the brilliant research, management and restoration projects going on both globally and locally here in Hawai‘i. Want to learn more about the beauty, fragility, importance and conservation of anchialine pools around the world? To see all of the presentations, check out the HWF YouTube channel and the 5ISAE event Facebook page.

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