Ocean Awareness Training Maui

06/18/2013

OAT fans - if anyone from South Maui wants to head over to Lahaina tonight for the Ridge to Reef presentation by Tova Callender, Chris Brosius and Ekolu Lindsey, Rick Long is organizing a carpool and will be leaving from Kealia Pond office at 4pm today.

06/14/2013

Thanks to our great speakers this past week - Mark Deakos (manta rays) and Andy Collins (Papahanaumokuakea)! This weekend field day opportunities on Saturday include a fish survey with the Fish Identification Network (Makena Landing, 8:30 am) and a cultural experience with Hui O Wa'a Kaulua tomorrow (8 am, Kamehameha Iki Park at 505 Front Street), and on Sunday, join us at Kahekili Beach Park at 9 am to learn how you can get involved with Ka'anapali Makai Watch, the West Maui Ridge to Reef Initiative, and the Division of Aquatic Resources' Herbivore Enhancement Area fish surveys (meet at Kahekili Beach Park at 9 am)!

12/21/2011

Thank you, volunteer Ellen Honert, for this great story about our sanctuary, your visit and the love of wildlife that you have!

Volunteering for the Humpback whales on the Island of Maui, Hawaii.

10/21/2011

We have a s***m whale talk planned, results from the 10th Semi-Annual Main Hawaiian Islands Monk Seal Count, and a spaghetti dinner fundraiser in the Volunteer Update for 10/20/11. Take a look inside!

10/04/2011

Maui's active sanctuary volunteers are invited to our Volunteer Meeting 10/7/11 -- Thursday at 6pm.
Also announcing: Ocean Awareness Training, the next Hawaiian Monk Seal Count, and the first humpback whale sighting this season in Hawaii.

09/16/2011

A lot has been happening around the Kihei sanctuary! We have organized a steering committee of volunteers. The South Kihei 10th International Beach Cleanup is happening tomorrow September 17 at 7:30am. Ocean Awareness Training will begin on October 11th in Lahaina. Our youth outreach volunteers will be participating at the annual community Kihei Youth Fair on October 15 and you are invited to help.

07/16/2011

You can pre-register for the Fall session of Ocean Awareness Training!

Please register here for the Kihei or Lahaina training – you will receive more detailed information about the exact dates and times closer to the date.

07/02/2011

We hope to see you at our Native Plants planting on Tuesday July 5th at 8am at the Kihei sanctuary site!

05/27/2011

Aloha –

If you wish to help turtles (or if you know someone who wishes to), we have a Marine Turtle Response volunteer training class coming up this Tuesday, May 31 from 10 to 11 am at the Kihei marine sanctuary.

Volunteers get calls from South Maui citizens that see a turtle they believe is stranded. Our volunteers work with others to determine if help is required. The class teaches you the protocols to do that.

There is a Marine Turtle Stranding Volunteer position description attached with more information. If you are a new sanctuary volunteer interested in helping sea turtles in distress, or if you or someone you know may be interested in becoming one, please plan to attend this class.

Please give me a call (or email me) to confirm your spot. If you wish to attend a future date instead, please let me know that, too.

We hope to welcome you to the training. Please forward this to a friend and help spread the word!


Mahalo.

-- Bo Petty

(808) 879-2818 ext. 22
Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator
Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary

04/29/2011

Here's a link to Dr. Toonen's lab's web site, where you can find more info about his team's work and citations for their research.

Brian Bowen and I share a large lab on CoconutIsland and work closely in both the lab and mentoring our students. Check out this link to all the folks in the lab and their various projects. Brian’s interests tend to run more towards sea turtles and coral reef fishes, whereas mine tend to run more

04/27/2011

For everyone who's interested in contributing data via the CORAL web portal, here is a link. Send an email to [email protected] and we'll set you up with an account!

Welcome to the Coral Reef Data Monitoring Portal! This site was created as a community resource tool, with the goal of supporting ongoing volunteer community-based monitoring efforts in order to provide valuable data for resource management purposes.

03/16/2011

The direct link to register online for Maui's Ocean Awareness Training - Lahaina and Kihei!

Local environmental organizations on Maui in partnership with the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary have joined forces to offer free Ocean Awareness Training certification classes to the community and to commercial marine activities operators. Attendance at all classes is no