The Hawai‘i Wildlife Fund recently received a $15,000 donation from Hawaiian Electric to support its Ka‘ū Coastal Restoration Program. The program focuses on coastal restoration efforts within and around the Ka‘ū Forest Reserve in Wai‘ōhinu plus environmental education efforts, anchialine pool and estuary restoration, and capacity-building across Hawai‘i Island.

Hawaiian Electric and Hawaiʻi Wildlife Fund also partnered on stewardship activities where employees and their families volunteered to collect marine debris that washed ashore on Kamilo Point in October 2019 and April 2023

Hawai‘i Wildlife Fund has been working with community members on coastal habitat restoration and marine wildlife protection efforts along the Ka‘ū coastline since 2001. With the help of thousands of volunteers, it has collectively removed more than 320 tons of marine debris from shorelines and reefs on the island. To learn more, visit www.wildhawaii.org.

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