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501(c)(3). An alliance of volunteers making Hawaiʻi cleaner, safer and stronger from mauka to makai. Share Your Cleanups @808cleanups #808cleanups

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Happy Aloha Friday and Big Mahalo to today's stellar stewards! We got some heavy duty work done today. Stone weavers went right to work gathering and building stone walls at the top of the hill. Others dug in and dug out invasive koa haole and guinea grass. Coming along nicely!

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Another wonderful day learning from great people and a beautiful place, full of so many incredible species. Talia opened us up with an introduction to the species and work, as well as the importance of our Botanical Gardens. We went to work from there, pulling out multiple...

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Some unfortunate news within the last week. According to eyewitness reports, some folks decided to drive onto the sand here on Monday night, breached the enclosure for monk seal Rocky and her pup, and some were even throwing beer bottles at them. Unacceptable, folks.

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Big Mahalo to today's tremendous team! We were wondering if we could even work today with the sudden downpour ☔️😎 Thankfully things cleared up and we went right into removing invasive grasses. Naupaka berries continue to multiply and we gathered and spread those to new areas.

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Mahalo to our awesome team! Today we leaned into the many connections and cultural sites in the area, several with connections from offshore islands all the way up to the valley. We worked on removing the regrowth of beggars tick, chinese violets, bittermelon and guinea grass.

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Mahalo everyone for an awesome afternoon of service and stewardship. Aloha Lā Mākuakane! We focused on the Nuʻuanu Stream today, learning about the confluences of Pauoa and Nuʻuanu Streams which then continue on as Nuʻuanu Stream then joined by Waolani Stream.

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Hauʻoli Lā Makuakane!

Happy Father’s Day!

Mahalo Nui Loa to all the Fathers who bring guidance and love to the world. Let's treat all our Fathers with respect. 🥰

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Happy Saturday and Big Mahalo to today's stellar stewards! We had excellent conditions today both on land and sea. Underwater team removed hundreds of feet of line and collected lead as well. Beach team removed lots of scattered rubbish- some looked like it was out for some time.

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Happy Juneteenth, Happy Aloha Friday, and Big Mahalo to today's stellar stewards! Another fantastic day here with the team and everyone went to work removing invasive grass and shrubs by the roots along the hillside. We also took breaks to gather native seeds from...

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t was certainly hot out there today. We started with a recognition and discussion about the upcoming Summer Solstice, Ke Ao Polohiwa a Kāne. The seasons are changing, the weather is weathering, and the elements are in full display. What a privilege we have to bear witness...

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I want to personally wish everyone well this Juneteenth!

A most important holiday observing the end of slavery in the U.S. and marking the day (June 19, 1865) when news of emancipation reached people in the deepest parts of the former Confederacy in Galveston, Texas.

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Precious pup! 🧡🦭 Kalaeloa (Nimitz Beach) has been blessed by the arrival of monk seal matriarch, ROCKY, and her precious newborn pup! Perhaps the first time in recent memory a pupping has occurred at this site. Thankfully our nonprofit and government friends at HMAR and NOAA...

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Mahalo nui to our fantastic friends today who joined us for learning at the Kaʻiwi State Park. We had an opportunity to partner with the Division of Aquatic Resources to share time and learning with students K-6 who are apart of a summer program being hosted by the EPIC...

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Big Mahalo to today's tremendous team! As it gets hot and dry going into summer, we are racing to remove invasive plants that also increase our wildfire risk. Phase one involves string trimming those invasive plants shorter to the ground. Phase 2 involves digging those out by...

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Another beautiful day in Hawaiʻi nei to Mālama ʻĀina. Muliwaiʻōlena has transformed over the many years of our stewardship. It is far from perfect and has been a blueprint for our sand dune reatpration work. Today we got to lean into the diversity of plant species and...

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Big Mahalo to Krista Jaspers and Team!

"Despite the challenging conditions (surf and murk), 10 of us (2 missed the photo) cleaned up 65lbs of lead, line, hooks and other assorted trash and fishing gear from the Kahe intake / Tracks zone today.

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A nice overcast morning of service in Nānākuli today. The canal was a lot worse today than we have seen it in prior months. Great work to the team for making that cleanup a priority and being creative in the cleanup. Folks also moved along the shoreline and road side.

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Big Mahalo to today's stellar stewards and Happy Saturday! We had a wonderful turnout today of community members including our military friends as well as Team HEMIC! We were able to spread far and wide on this central starting point. Found lots of little bits and a few bigger...

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We welcomed our friends from Mālama Maunalua to join us in an introduction to Uhau Humu Pōhaku, dry stack masonry. The group learned terminology and functions after helping to move pōhaku to the build site. We spent the later part of the afternoon weaving rock into wall...

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A nice surprise today as a bus load of YMCA kids and staff made it out to us at Kaloko Inlet. While our morning crew was getting into the weeds and work of the day, I was able to take this group around the 15 acre pennisula to show them different areas of the stewardship work.