Opportunities to engage in stewardship in the South Kohala area.

Ala Kahakai Trail Association: The Ala Kahakai Trail Association hosts community workdays and hikes. These events are an opportunity to learn about significant archaeological, historical, and cultural information about the wahi pana of Hawaiʻi Island. Please visit their website for more information.

Hawaiʻi Wai Ola: Hawaiʻi Wai Ola is a group of water quality champions that is dedicated to measuring and sharing the status of Moku O Keawe’s ocean water. Comprising community member volunteers, scientists, government and non-government organizations, Hawaiʻi Wai Ola recognizes the value of a clean ocean for all of Hawaii's residents, visitors, and natural resources. The goal is to improve Hawaii Island's coastal water quality through science, communication, and collaboration to accelerate positive change. To volunteer please visit their website or email [email protected]

​Keep Puakō Beautiful:  This volunteer group coordinates coastal cleanups and environment education efforts in the South Kohala region. For more info or to learn about upcoming coastal cleanups please visit their website or email [email protected]​
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​The Kohala Center: is an independent, community-based nonprofit focused on research, education, and ‘āina stewardship for healthier ecosystems. By turning ancestral knowledge and research into daily practice, we cultivate conditions that reconnect us with our place, water, food, and people, so that communities in Hawai‘i and around the world can thrive—ecologically, culturally, economically, and socially. They work on a variety of restoration projects in Kohala. For more info about volunteer opportunities, please visit their website or email [email protected]

​Hawai'i Wildfire Management Organization (HWMO): HWMO is a non-profit organization that serves as a hub of wildfire prevention, mitigation, and planning activities in the Hawaiʻi-Pacific region through proactive, collaborative, and forward-thinking projects.  HWMO supports community initiatives to reduce wildfire risk around the state. To get involved or learn how you can reduce your risk of fire, visit HWMO's website.   
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Mālama Kai Foundation (MKF): The Mālama Kai Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to ocean stewardship in Hawaiʻi through community service and public education. One of their accomplishments was obtaining funding, assisting with the installation, and maintaining Hawaiʻi’s day-use mooring buoy system.  To learn more on how to get involved visit their website.

​The Waikoloa Dryland Forest Initiative (WDFI): 
The Waikōloa Dry Forest Initiative is a nonprofit working to protect, promote, and restore native Hawaiian dry forest. Volunteers are invited to get involved at the Waikōloa Dry Forest Preserve through restoration activities. To learn more visit their website.