Day: July 31, 2020

Be on the lookout for invasive corals!  Invasive species pose a threat to native ecosystems, by land and by sea.  This week the Heʻeia NERR team helped the State Division of Aquatic Resources and Waikiki Aquarium to remove several exotic invasive corals from a patch reef within the Reserve boundary in Kāneʻohe Bay.  These fast-growing … Read more

The health of the land is tied to the health of its people!  The Tropical Medicine Clinical (TMC) Laboratory at UH Mānoa was established in April 2020 to support Hawaiʻi’s COVID-19 pandemic response.  Playing key roles in the effort were Heʻeia NERR Coastal Training Program Coordinator Katy Hintzen and Dr. Rosie Alegado, associate professor of … Read more

by Eryn Opie Eryn is a Heʻeia NERR Graduate Assistant studying Natural Resources & Environmental Management at the University of Hawai‘i, Mānoa.  Her research focuses on the “birdscape” in Heʻeia.  Eryn is from Kailua, Oʻahu. Heʻeia is a place where people, water, birds and plants are connected. Someone once said that “kalo is like people,” … Read more