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2 HAWAI‘I ISLAND MIDWEEK SEPTEMBER 21, 2022 PROOF POSITIVE
Refuge Nonprofit Walks For The Wild
with J. B. Friday, president of Friends of Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge
Hakalau Forest Na- tional Wildlife Ref- uge was established in 1985 high on the slopes of Mauna Kea, at a place where ranges of three of Hawai‘i’s rarest forest birds overlap: the bright orange ‘ākepa, the alawī (formerly known as the Hawai‘i creep- er), and the woodpecker-like ʻakiapōlāʻau.
dangered alawī in a 15-year- old koa tree. Jack Jeffrey, a former refuge biologist, re- cently observed ʻakiapōlāʻau nesting in koa trees that vol- unteers had planted and re- marked that they thought it would take much longer than that to re-create the habitat.
is managed to be free of fe- ral ungulates and the worst weeds, invasive species con- stantly breach the fences, and lapses in funding, such as have happened in the past, have led to a loss of restored habitat.
The nonprofit Friends of Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge was estab- lished in 2006 to help further the refuge’s mission through volunteering, education and fundraising.
A native ‘akiapōlā‘au
PHOTO COURTESY JACKJEFFREYPHOTO.COM
There is no public access to the refuge, so the nonprofit works to educate communi- ty members about the forest though organizing volunteer trips, hosting communi- ty talks and webinars, and though our newsletter and social media.
On Oct. 15, we will be hosting the biggest event on the refuge since COVID: the national Walk for the Wild. Participants will go on a 5K (3.1-mile) walk through the refuge with local naturalists as guides. Participants can sign up for free at support. americaswildliferefuges.org/ team/443695.
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The organization and oth- er groups have planted over 600,000 trees and plants, in- cluding koa, ‘ōhi‘a and ‘āka-
The native forest birds are already using these new for- ests. On a trip this summer, volunteers were treated to the sight of a nest of the en-
The group established an endowment to ensure that there is a constant stream of funding for protection of the land. Although the refuge
Learn more and donate via friendsofhakalauforest.org or email friendsofhakalau- forest@gmail.com.
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