Become part of Hawaii’s conservation story
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Join us this and every First Saturday for the Kawainui Volunteer Day. Support some of Hawaii’s most endangered waterbirds! Contribute to the success of our new Restoration Ponds!
REGISTER HERE:
http://dlnr.ivolunteer.com/kawainui_12
Bring: rubber boots/shoes that can get wet and muddy, work gloves, sunscreen, dry clothes.
Sat, Aug 1 2015
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9am - 12pm Where: The Kawainui Restoration Ponds, behind Castle Medical Center in Kailua. 40 Ulukahiki Street, Kailua, HI 96734
Through a joint project between the Army Corps of Engineers and the Hawaii State Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Forestry and Wildlife, the southern portion of Kawaianui Marsh was restored to create a habitat for four endangered Hawaiian waterbirds: Aeʻo (Stilt), ʻAlaeʻulaʻula (Moorhen), ʻAlaeʻkeʻokeʻo (Coot) and Koloa Maoli (Hawaiian Duck). The site consists of two ponds (North and South) excavated from upland pasture adjacent to Kawainui Marsh. Preferred habitat requirements (water depth, vegetation cover, etc.) for each of the listed waterbird species vary, therefore the depth of the ponds is designed to have a maximum range from 18 in. to 24 in.. Each of the two ponds are subdivided into five or six interior cells in an arrangement that follows the site topography to collectively drain downslope from mauka to makai. Rainfall is the primary source of water supplying the ponds supplemented by two solar powered pumps utilizing groundwater wells to provide adequate water circulation within the ponds. Ample water circulation is critical to prevent outbreaks caused by natural toxins produced by bacteria in pond soils. Volunteers are needed to assist in removing invasive sedges that over crowd nesting areas, prevent water flow or aid to water drainage.
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