In the final event of a series of summer evening programs celebrating the 2008 International Year of the Reef, cetacean, monk seal and sea turtle researchers and conservationists will be on hand to offer presentations and informational booths beginning at 6:00 pm at the City and County’s Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve.

The events, titled Lei Ko’a - Exploring the Reefs that Surround our Islands, are offered free of charge and will provide both residents and visitors alike an opportunity to learn about and build an appreciation for Hawaii’s ocean environment. Craft activities for the keiki (children) will be held in the Hanauma Bay Visitor Center and can be taken home to enjoy! 

Presentations will be held throughout the evening and include:
6:30-7:00 pm:  “Protecting cetaceans, sea turtles and monk seals in Hawai’i” by scientists from the National Marine Fisheries Service Pacific Islands Regional Office, Protected Species Division
7:00-7:30 pm:  “Small turtles, large journeys: Tracking juvenile loggerhead migrations across the North Pacific” by Dr. Evan Howell, Research Oceanographer, National Marine Fisheries Service Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Ecosystem and Oceanography Division
7:30-8:00 pm:  “The Hawaiian Monk Seal” by Dr. Charles Littnan, Monk Seal Research Program Leader, National Marine Fisheries Service Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Protected Species Division
 
For more information, contact the UH Sea Grant Hanauma Bay Education Program:
phone: (808) 397-5840, email: hanauma@hawaii.edu, or visit http://www.hanaumabayeducation.org.

Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai`i
University of Hawai`i at Hilo
600 Imiloa Place

Attendees can learn about wayfinding or navigation without instruments. Talks, demonstrations and hands-on experiences will show how well Polynesian wayfinders are in tune with nature.
Featuring: knot-tying, Hawaiian compass, canoe carving, Planetarium program, plants carried by Polynesians, films, lectures by Hokule`a crewmembers.
Free for festival offerings. Regular admission charged for entry to Imiloa’s Exhibit Hall and Planetarium shows. Six day pass is $20 for adults; $10 for children
(info@imiloahawaii.org)
(www.imiloahawaii.org)
Ph: 808-969-9700

IPMEN is an emerging network of marine educators (using the widest sense of the word) dedicated to sharing resources and undertaking concrete actions to promote the health of the Pacific Ocean and the communities who depend upon it. As part of the IYOR, the conference is featuring a keynote presentation on the Pacific Year of the Reef and a special dinner presentation on ocean acidification and global warming impacts on the Great Barrier Reef. This is an opportunity for interested persons to participate in the conference in real time via the web in a group setting. For more information, visit www.ipmen.net <http://www.ipmen.net/>.

*Where*: October 16 and 17 (Th and F) at the Pagoda Hotel, 1525 Rycroft St., Honolulu; and October 18 (Saturday) at the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council office, 1164 Bishop St., Suite 1400, Honolulu.

RSVP Required 

*Contact: *Sylvia Spalding, 383-1069, Sylvia.spalding@noaa.gov <mailto:Sylvia.spalding@noaa.gov>, and Jen Metz, 944-2268, jennifer.metz@noaa.gov

Where: The “race track” beach east of Lydgate with Surfrider Foundation at 9 a.m. & Anahola Beach Park with Malama Na ‘Apapa at 9 a.m.

Save Our Seas, Surfrider Foundation, Kula Elementary, Malama Na ‘Apapa & PADI present: The Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup “Get the Drift and Bag It” event on Saturday, September 20th. The Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup is the world’s largest volunteer event of its kind. Last year, nearly four hundred thousand volunteers from seventy-six countries and forty-five states cleared six million pounds of trash from oceans and waterways and recorded every piece of trash collected. In Maui Nui alone, nine hundred volunteers collected sixteen thousand pounds of litter and marine debris from shorelines and underwater. Included were five hundred plastic bags, eight hundred fifty pieces of fishing gear, fifteen hundred recyclable beverage containers, and sixty-five hundred cigarette butts. In celebration of the 2008 International Year of the Reef, Hawaii’s citizens are being called to action to stop littering and to pitch in and help cleanup our beaches and waterways. Let’s all do our part to maintain the health of our precious reef ecosystems and marine life - our Hawaiian culture, sustenance, and livelihood depends on it!  Volunteers will be provided garbage bags and data cards. Data cards should be returned to Kula Elementary by September 26^th to be added to the international database!

Materials can be picked up at Kula Elementary in Kilauea, Monday – Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. or call 651-3452 for coordination!

Contact: Capt. Paul Clark, Kaua’i County Coordinator at (808) 651-3452.  sos@saveourseas.org

A state-wide volunteer water monitoring event to raise awareness of water quality concepts and issues and engage people in the stewardship of our waters. Training will be held prior to the event. Also part of World Water Monitoring Month.

Where: Statewide- Hawai’I (Miloli’i, Kahalu’u, Puako, Waiulaula); Kauai (Hanalei); Maui (Ahihi Kina’u, Ho’okipa, Honolua); Moloka’i (tbd); Oahu (Hanauma Bay, Maunalua Bay, Waikiki, Pupukea)

Contact Jill Komoto, jkomoto@gmail.com  for local training times and more information

9am-1pm at YMCA Camp Erdman
Bring friends and family to help cleanup the Ka’ena point coastline.
Lunch will be provided
Sponsored by the “Friends of Ka’ena” and YMCA Camp Erdman.
For more information please call 637-4615 or email friendsofkaena@gmail.com

Cleanup on the Waianae side of Ka’ena is being led by Nani O Waianae. For more information call 696-1920 email nnaniowaianae@hawaii.rr.com or check the web at naniowaianae.org

During October, the UH Sea Grant Hanauma Bay Education Program will partner with the Beach Environmental Awareness Campaign Hawai`i for Marine Debris Awareness Month, a series of events in celebration of the International Year of the Reef. All events are free and open to the public. 

On Thursday October 30th, Regina Woodrom Rudrud, Maritime and Fisheries Anthropologist, University of Hawai`i at Manoa, will be at Hanauma Bay to discuss “Our Ocean Dumping Grounds: Consequences and Repercussions for Sea Turtles”.  This presentation will focus on the consequences of life for sea turtles within an ocean of marine debris as well as sea turtle biology, behaviour and life history. 

6:30 p.m. in the Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve Theater.  Parking is free after 5:30 p.m.  Contact information Ph: (808) 397-5840

For information about Marine Debris Awareness Month events:  www.b-e-a-c-h.org

During October, the UH Sea Grant Hanauma Bay Education Program will partner with the Beach Environmental Awareness Campaign Hawai`i for Marine Debris Awareness Month, a series of events in celebration of the International Year of the Reef. All events are free and open to the public. 

During October, the UH Sea Grant Hanauma Bay Education Program will partner with the Beach Environmental Awareness Campaign Hawai`i for Marine Debris Awareness Month, a series of events in celebration of the International Year of the Reef. All events are free and open to the public.

On Thursday October 16th, Suzanne Frazer, co-founder of the Beach Environmental Awareness Campaign Hawai`i will be at Hanauma Bay to discuss marine debris and the work of the Beach Environmental Awareness Campaign Hawai`i (B.E.A.C.H.), an all volunteer organization that is concerned with reducing marine debris on Hawai`iʼs beaches through beach clean-ups, litter prevention and environmental education.

6:30 p.m. in the Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve Theatre. Parking is free after 5:30 p.m. Contact information: Ph: (808) 397-5840

For more information please visit the B.E.A.C.H. website: www.b-e-a-c-h.org

During October, the UH Sea Grant Hanauma Bay Education Program will partner with the Beach Environmental Awareness Campaign Hawai`i for Marine Debris Awareness Month, a series of events in celebration of the International Year of the Reef. All events are free and open to the public.  On Thursday October 9th, Dr. David Hyrenbach, Associate Professor of Oceanography at the Hawai`i Pacific University will be at Hanauma Bay to discuss “Sea Birds as Indicators of Plastic Pollution in the Marine Environment”.  The pervasive problem and impacts of plastic ingestion by seabirds will be presented with emphasis on the ecology and habitat of the Laysan and black-footed albatross.
6:30 p.m. in the Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve Theatre.  Parking is free after 5:30 p.m.  Contact information: Ph: (808) 397-5840

For information about Marine Debris Awareness Month events:  www.b-e-a-c-h.org