City & County of Honolulu Department of Environmental Services

Earth Day at Pouhala Marsh 2006

Mahalo for all your hard work on Saturday, April 29!

RESULTS

50 volunteers (WE ORIGINALLY HAD NEARLY 200 VOLUNTEERS SIGNED UP FOR OUR CLEANUP ON APRIL 1; CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER)
6 TONS of debris from banks of Kapakahi Stream as of 10:30 am 4/29/06 10 Kou trees Removed mangrove seedlings from the banks of Kapakahi Stream Volunteers also reported removing tires, batteries, metals, large pieces of wood State and City staff weed wacked near planting area and along Kapakahi Stream on 4/28/06

With your help, we focused on what we as government agencies, community groups and individual volunteers can do in positive, hands-on volunteer efforts to preserve our island environment, e.g. stream cleanup, removing trash from streets, using oil change boxes for instance, planting native species.

THANK YOU TO THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR SITE COORDINATORS AND VOLUNTEERS WHO MADE IT HAPPEN.

Hosts

Office of the Mayor, City and County of Honolulu
City and County of Honolulu Department of Environmental Services
State Department of Land and Natural Resources
DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife - Wetlands

Cooperating Agencies

City Department of Facility Maintenance
Waipahu High School
Air Force
Naval Station Pearl Harbor
Hawaii Nature Center
Grace Bible Church
Waipahu Community Association
Oahu Resource Conservation & Development Rene Mansho

Big mahalo to Sherry and faculty at Waipahu High School, Gerald, Athan, Randall, Benny, Mark, Sus, Ramon, Ethan, Mahina, Larry, David H, Tyler, Tom (I'll get nets to you on 5/3/06), Darlynn (mahalo for setting up the water stations and the fruit donations), Chad, Terri, Randy, Adeline, Pastor Camille, Kevin and the gang at ORCD, David S, Chris Ramos, Rene, Farley, Robyn, Keith, Darrell, Mark Matsunaga, Russell (Waste Management Hawaii for Earth Month T-shirts). Stay tuned to storm water pollution prevention PSAs on KHUI.

Need to follow up on plastic bags and water lettuce in Kapakahi Stream near the old bridge and status on equipment.

Please consider making a long term commitment to environmental awareness and ongoing change in our daily habits. For more information, go to www.cleanwaterhonolulu.com or http://www.dofaw.net/. To register for the next cleanup, go to www.cleanwaterhonolulu.com, click on contact us and complete the online form.

Next cleanup is Saturday, October 28, 2006; 8:00 am - 11:00 am.

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