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Posted November 30, 2009
Koolau Mountains Watershed Partnership participating in Hawaii Conservation Alliance event on Saturday, December 12th at ING Cafe in Waikiki from 1-4:30pm. Click here for more information.
Koolau Mountains Watershed Partnership participating in Hawaii Conservation Alliance event on Saturday, December 12th at ING Cafe in Waikiki from 1-4:30pm. Click here for more information.
Posted July 28, 2009
Various Watershed Partnerships featuring August public events to celebrate the 5th anniversary of Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Day in the State. Click here for the press release and event details.
Posted June 25, 2009
Koolau Mountains Watershed Partnership hiring for two watershed field assistant positions (position one, position two). Applications due July 3rd.
Posted April 13, 2009
Posted October 1, 2008
Posted Summer 2007
Koolau Mountains Watershed Partnership featured in Division of Forestry and Wildlife Newsletter on the Opening of Poamoho Trail, page 4.
Get Involved
Periodically check back to this section to see specific KMWP job or volunteer opportunities. In the meantime, some statewide job and volunteer opportunities can be found at:
Hawaii Ecosystems at Risk (see left panel for jobs and volunteer options)
Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii (click on "see job announcements")
Malama Hawaii (see "get involved" tab at the top)
Get InvolvedPeriodically check back to this section to see specific KMWP job or volunteer opportunities. In the meantime, some statewide job and volunteer opportunities can be found at:
Hawaii Ecosystems at Risk (see left panel for jobs and volunteer options)
Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii (click on "see job announcements")
Malama Hawaii (see "get involved" tab at the top)
Photo Gallery
Explore the Koolau Mountains we are working to protect by enjoying images taken by staff, researchers, volunteers, teachers/students, and others in the field. Click here and on any of the images to begin the slideshow.
Watershed Benefits
A University of Hawai'i study looking at the natural resource value of the Ko'olau Mountains estimated the services the watershed provides to be between $7-14 billion dollars worth of benefits. These services include water production, water quality, protection of nearshore waters, flood mitigation, native habitats and species, recreation, eco-tourism, education, cultural significance (see example below), and climate change regulation. The Ko'olau watershed provides an estimated 135 billion gallons of water each year to the majority of O'ahu's over 880,000 residents. To learn more about how a watershed functions and the benefits they provide to support our daily lives, click here.
Watershed BenefitsA University of Hawai'i study looking at the natural resource value of the Ko'olau Mountains estimated the services the watershed provides to be between $7-14 billion dollars worth of benefits. These services include water production, water quality, protection of nearshore waters, flood mitigation, native habitats and species, recreation, eco-tourism, education, cultural significance (see example below), and climate change regulation. The Ko'olau watershed provides an estimated 135 billion gallons of water each year to the majority of O'ahu's over 880,000 residents. To learn more about how a watershed functions and the benefits they provide to support our daily lives, click here.
This hula (A Ko'olau Au) tells of Hi'iaka's journey to Kaua'i to bring Lohiau back to Pele. Among the many obstacles she encountered was the rain at Ko'olaupoko, O'ahu.
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A Ko'olau au, 'ike i ka ua
E kokolo la lepo ana ka ua
E ka'i ku ana, ka'i mai ana ka ua
E nu mai ana ka ua i ke kuahiwi
E po'i ana ka ua me he nalu la
E puka, e puka mai ka ua la
Waliwali ke one i ka hehia e ka ua
Ua holowai na kahawai
Ua koke wale na pali |
Twas in Ko'olau I watch with the rain
It comes with lifting and tossing of dust
Advancing in columns, dashing along
The rain, it sighs in the mountain
The rain, it beats and whelms, like the surf
It smites, it smites, now the land
Pasty the earth from the stamping rain
Full run the streams, a rushing flood
The mountain walls leap with the rain |