WAIKALUA LOKO IʻA - LOWLAND CORE

WAIKALUA LOKO IʻA - LOWLAND CORE

Counts for up to 4 hours of serviceDUAL REGISTRATION REQUIREDFor Waikalua, REGISTER AND SIGN WAIVER ONLINE - Important: Under "Anything we need to know,"  write MINASign up with MINA on the MINA Activity RegistrationACTIVITY DESCRIPTIONWaikalua Loko Fishpond is a loko kuapā—a type of fishpond that is unique to these Islands.  Waikalua Loko I’a was built about 350 years ago. What does an ancient Hawaiian fishpond look like? How did our kūpuna build and maintain it? What kinds of fish were grown and harvested from the loko i’a? The Waikalua Loko Fishpond Preservation Society and the Pacific American Foundation invites you to come learn and support restoration efforts. Help us restore our rock wall against rising sea levels, remove invasive limu, pull mangrove keiki and cut mature mangrove, and more. Please come prepared to work.7:00 Set-Up/Parking7:30 Registration & morning snack 8:00 Morning Circle.  Introductions and Oli. We’ll organize groups and leaders, distribute work tools, and head out to the site.11:30 – 12 noon.  Clean up & light lunch! We rinse off in the ocean, then use fresh water at the hoses, hang our gloves on the line and wash our tools before we eat.To learn more about the history of Waikalua Loko Ia and the organization that stewards it, visit their website thepaf.org/waikaluaTO BE PREPARED• Wear clothing you don’t mind getting dirty. Long pants and sleeves if you will work with mangrove. Surf shorts and tabis (or sneakers), if you will help with limu removal or paepae pōhaku• Covered shoes (MANDATORY, old athletic shoes are good),• Sunscreen, hat• Gloves• Reusable water bottle.  Please, no single use plastic water bottles. We provide ice water for you to refill your bottle!• Mess kit (If you plan on having a lite lunch with us, please be sure to bring your own mess kit to kokua with the reduction of trash)DIRECTIONSTake Pūʻōhala St. across from Castle High School from Kaneohe Bay Drive (the continuation of the Likelike). Turn right onto Kulauli Street. Follow Kulauli past Pūʻōhala Elementary School. Enter the golf course by the gate - DRIVE SLOWLY! - (be ready to veer left when you reach the fork in the road - don't go into the City & County yards). Follow the signs down the dirt road past the golf course caretaker's house to the mouth of Kāneʻohe Stream. Park as directed at the end of the road. You canNOT reach the fishpond from Waikalua RoadCOORDINATORSSite: Herb LeeMINA: Ulla Hasager, WaileiaQUESTIONSQuestions before the day of activity: csssl@hawaii.eduQuestions on the morning of activity? Call Ulla at 808 330 1276 (do not text)

📍 Waikalua Loko Iʻa, 45-231 Kulauli St, Kaneohe, HI 96744, USA

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