Heʻeia National Estuarine Research Reserve was recently featured on HI Now in a three-part segment highlighting ʻāina-based education, community stewardship, and collaborative research in Heʻeia . Heʻeia NERR Education Coordinator, Fred Reppun, shared about the community-driven establishment of the Heʻeia NERR and how hands-on learning and mālama ʻāina promotes deeper connections for teachers and students … Read more
A new collaborative study is exploring the “whale pump”—the process by which whales cycle nutrients into the ocean through their waste, fueling the growth of phytoplankton that support marine food webs. Heʻeia NERR is proud to partner with researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Marine Mammal Research Program and Aquatic Microbial Ecology Lab, … Read more
Heʻeia NERR is proud to participate in the 33rd annual Hawaiʻi Conservation Conference, taking place July 14 – 16, 2026. Heʻeia NERR’s Aimee Sato and Trevor Taylor from the Nature Conservancy were invited to share about the conference on Hawai’i News Now. This year’s conference theme is “Imi i Ke Ēwe o Ka ʻĀina,” which … Read more