Planting volunteers, please apply your prodigious energy and aloha to other worthy projects, while Auwahi staff focus on some urgent reporting deadlines for the next month or two. We'll post new Auwahi planting dates once this hurdle is passed. Mahalo for your patience and mana`o!
After planting 860 seedlings, we got rained out halfway through the day, so didn't make it to the 100,000th plant. Hopefully we'll get there on our next trip. Love to have you there for that milestone! We are currently at 99,726 plants planted at Auwahi.
Why does Hawaii need biocontrol? Here's a link to Art's perspective, from his Sept. 13th presentation at an international conference held in Waikoloa:
http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/sections/news/local-news/biocontrol-missing-piece-saving-hawaiis-forests.html
Our 31 volunteers planted 962 keiki of 10 species on the slopes of Auwahi III. While those numbers are terrific, they don't hold a candle to the level of cameraderie we felt working, laughing and eating together in the fresh breeze under scattered clouds.
A special accomplishment was planting some 200 individuals of the endangered vine, Vigna o-wahuensis. That ...
36 volunteers put 1,849 native seedlings back in the ground on this beautiful day at Auwahi III. If we’d had more plants along, we would have easily beat the Auwahi record of 1,861 plants in a single day! The roster of 15 species included our “ecosystem engineer” shrub, 'a'ali'i, plus widespread natives mamane, naio, maile ...
As spring rains continue to bless Auwahi, the crew is out counting and measuring just how native species are rejuvenating at this first exclosure, fenced in 1997. Here’s a few of our tantalizing findings – all examples of natural regeneration, that is, seedlings that have sprouted on their own from seeds in the soil.
Keiki of the red-flowered endangered 'iliahi ...
As usual, this trip was all about reclaiming land once dominated by native species. But instead of planting keiki in newly prepared areas within the 184-acre Auwahi III exclosure, we fanned out across previously planted sections to spot-check for weeds and pukas deserving additional plants.
We pulled tree poppy (Bocconia frutescens), fireweed (Senecio madagascariensis), and balloon plant (Asclepias physocarpa), preventing ...
We planted 1,053 seedlings at Auwahi III with just 18 people. A beautiful day -- the weather kept changing. A great variety of species planted -- 'a'ali'i (663 seedlings), 'aiea, ko'oko'olau, halapepe, vigna, mamane, 'akia, 'ala'a, naio, holei, 'iliahi, maua and 'ohi'a! What a diversity! Bringing back the forest.
Also had quite a variety of ...
A record-breaking planting trip (in terms of total plants for the number of volunteers). 24 volunteers planted about 1,800 keiki at Auwahi III. Beautiful weather and camaraderie. Volunteer George elected to spend his 21st birthday working at Auwahi!
Nearly 1,400 of our plantings were 'a'ali'i, the “ecosystem engineer” shrub that grows so quickly (2 feet/year ...
We returned some 1,300 native Hawaiian plants home today, under crisp clear skies and forever views of the mountains and the Pacific.
The volunteers and crew put about 1,200 plants in their native home. A beautiful sunny day with a spectacular view across the Pacific.
We planted quite a few seedlings of the rare tree 'aiea, host plant for the incredibly rare Blackburn's hawkmoth, found only in the Hawaiian Islands. As caterpillers, they need to eat `aiea leaves to survive ...
We returned another 1,700 native Hawaiian plants home today.
1,700 more native Hawaiian trees added to Auwahi III today. Perfect weather and soil, incredible views, lots of friends, and Sunnie and Andrea’s cookies.
Today, 36 volunteers and staff, led by Art Medeiros, set a record by planting 2,000 native Hawaiian plants in 1 day. Halapepe, maile, holei, 'ulei, and 'a'ali'i were among the trees and shrubs we returned to their original home.
Cool and sometimes misty conditions made for perfect planting weather. Cookies by Andrea, Persis, and Sunnie kept our ...
We had 38 hardworking volunteers plant about 1,000 trees today. Also enjoyed a tour of the new Auwahi III fenced exclosure, 150 additional acres ! And we got to check out Auwahi I, the original dream of Art’s. A warm and beautiful day at Auwahi.
