Aloha mai Kākou! Announcing Spring Volunteer Outplanting Opportunities with Mauna Kea Forest Restoration Project (MKFRP) Come kick off our Spring Outplanting Season and join us planting Māmane and other native ...
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Aloha mai kākou! MKFRP is happy to announce that we are kicking off our fall out planting season this September with numerous opportunities for you, your friends and ...
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We are half way through our spring planting season on Mauna Kea. Come plant māmane and ‘iliahi at the Ka‘ohe Restoration Area. We’ll be working during the week at about 6,500 feet on the southwestern slope of Mauna Kea, above ...
Read More NEW Volunteer Dates Added: May 2016
MKFRP will be building a new 1-mile loop interpretive trail that takes hikers into the heart of palila habitat. The self-guided trail will include educational kiosks and QR codes linked ...
Read More Palila Forest Discovery Trail announced
Volunteer on Mauna Kea! Plant a few trees and mālama ‘āina. Join the Mauna Kea Forest Restoration Project (MKFRP) as we head up to the slopes to our Pu‘u Mali ...
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Volunteer Outplanting Ka‘ohe Restoration Area day tripsPu‘u Mali Restoration Area campovers Join us as we thaw out of winter and start our planting season on Mauna Kea. We’ll be planting ...
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Newly published is the article Evaluating the long-term management of introduced ungulates to protect the palila, an endangered bird, and its critical habitat in subalpine forest of Mauna Kea, Hawai‘i. It focuses heavily on ...
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The U.S. Geological Survey today announced the availability of a report, “Palila Restoration Research, 1996−2012,” which summarizes long-term studies on the conservation biology of the palila (Loxioides bailleui), a critically endangered Hawaiian ...
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