The South Kohala Coastal Partnership Speaker Series was developed to provide a deeper dive into our partners' areas of expertise. With a network of over 70 partners, it can be challenging to stay updated and share relevant information. The recorded videos from the Speaker Series allow for our partners and community members to access important information about the work being done within the partnership at their leisure.
Previous Speaker Series videos:
2023:
2022:
2023:
- August 2023, Bryant Grady from The Nature Conservancy presented "Pelekane Vegetation Restoration Trials: Successes, Opportunities, and the Path Forward."
- July 2023, Mia Akau-LaClair and Kaimana Chock with The Kohala Center presented "Kohala Stewardship Practices and Honokoa Watershed Improvements."
- June 2023, Dr. Elliot Parson with UH and the Pacific Regional Invasive Species and Climate Change Network presented "Exploring the Nexus of Climate Change and Invasive Species with the Pacific Regional Invasive Species and Climate Change Management Program".
- April 2023, Avalon Paradea, Master of Science student in the UH- Hilo Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science program, presented on their internship experiences with the South Kohala Coastal Partnership in preparation for their graduation in May.
- March 2023, Dr. Shawn Larson from the Seattle Aquarium presented data from a multi-prong study of coral reef ecosystems in West Hawaiʻi.
- January 2023, Kim Hum and Cindy Among-Serrao from the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary presented "Where and What is the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary."
2022:
- December 2022, Dr. Ryan Perroy with the UH- Hilo Department of Geography and Environmental Science and Kevin Sullivan with the Hawaii County Planning Department Long Range Division presented "Big Island, Big Coastline! Island-wide Coastal Survey & Analysis Updates."
- November 2022, Kamuela Plunkett, Climate Adaptation Planner & Research Scientist Fellow presented, "Waimea Kalana: Lessons for Land Use Planning from a Cultural Landscape."
- September 2022, Kealiʻi Thoene, Community Program Manager at Terraformation, presented "Who is Terraformation and what are they up to."
- June 2022, Casey McKenzie and Henrietta Dulai from the Department of Earth Sciences at UH Mānoa, and Kim Falinski from The Nature Conservancy, presented "Following the flow - tracing groundwater and nutrients fluxes using chemical tracers in South Kohala, Hawai’i."
- May 2022, David Sakoda from the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Land & Natural Resources presented "2021 Ocean Legislation: Bills that Became Law."
- April 2022, Michael Burnett from The Nature Conservancy presented "Vegetation Restoration Trials and Land Cover Mapping in the Pelekane Watershed."
- March 2022, Pualani Lincoln Maielua from the Kailapa Community Association and Kō ā Kai presented about the youth stewardship program Kō ā Kai.
- February 2022, Elizabeth Pickett from Hawaii Wildfire Management Organization presented "Wildfire in Hawai‘i Part 2: What science tells us about wildfire impacts on landscapes, watersheds, and more."
- January 2022, Clay Trauernicht from The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa presented "Wildfire in Hawai‘i Part 1: What science tells us about wildfire impacts on landscapes, watersheds, and more."
- December 2021, Chris Teague from the State of Hawaiʻi Division of Aquatic Resources presented "Holomua! Safeguarding Hawaii's coral reefs for future generations."
- November 2021, Mahina Patterson and Jake Merkel from The Kohala Center presented "'Eke Project: Protecting and Sustaining Source Waters of Kohala."
- August 2021, Dr. Eric Conklin from The Nature Conservancy presented "How healthy are our reefs? Results from reef surveys in West Hawai‘i."
- July 2021, Willie Rice and Carolyn Stewart presented "Healing Kawaihae: Mauka to makai. Restoring watersheds and preventing erosion."