Happenings

Yesterday's Google Trekker mission took us to Kaloko-Honokohau National Historic Park. KAHO, as it's known in NPS acronym jargon, is a real jewel amidst the developed setting of North Kona. Bordered by Honokohau Harbor to the south, the busy Queen…

Sunday we finally got out with the Google Trekker and collected data!  Our first Trekker outing was to to Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historic Park.  We started from the Visitor Center then hiked the 1871 trail to the boundary of…

To most folks, wiliwili trees don’t look like much.  Most of the year, they look half dead with a sprinkling of leaves scattered atop an otherwise empty crown.  Thankfully, the good folks at the Waikoloa Dry Forest Initiative understand that…

Why is Rob Pacheco, Hawaii Forest & Trail president and founder, carrying a blue soccer ball on top of his backpack? Because he's super excited about the World Cup next year! Nah, just kidding.  The truth is way cooler than the…