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June 25: Mālama O‘ahu Update

  • Posted on 25 Jun 2012
  • In Environment

While sailing around O‘ahu on Hōkūle‘a, crew members are joining communities in working to take care of the ‘āina.

June 25: Weeding and maintenance at Papahana Kuaola Lo‘i (kalo-growing ponds)

Today a handful of crew members helped out at Papahana Kuaola to remove weeds from the stream and areas surround the lo‘i.

Crew members paddled up the stream to the work site, and started removing the last patches of mangrove along the stream’s banks:

The canoe club uses three barges to help with moving the mangrove to an offload site:

Crew members Haunani Kane, in blue, and Waimea McKeague helped to trim back and remove the mangrove that has encroached on this particular lawn:

Crew member Kimo Moncrief compacted the pile by trimming the bunches into smaller pieces:

Kailua Canoe Club members and Hōkūle‘a crew members worked together to fill the barges full of the last bits of the mangrove.

A pile of mangrove braches on the towing barge:

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