Laie Native Forest Restoration Service Project

Volunteers spent Saturday May 14, 2011, restoring the Ko'olau mountains above Laie to native forest. The forest restoration is planned by Envision Laie and groups in the Ko'olauloa area. Volunteers met at Laie Park at 8 a.m., hiked up the Laie mountains and worked until mid- afternoon. They spent the day helping restore endangered plants unique to Hawaii and planting Hawaiian koa and sandalwood. This service project is co-sponsored by Envision Laie, land manager Hawaii Reserves, Inc. (HRI), the Ko'olau Mountain Watershed Partnership (KMWP), and Sustain BYU--Hawaii. This is part of ongoing efforts by Brigham Young University--Hawaii biology students who trek to a spot known as "the battlefront" in the hills above the campus once a semester. Envision Laie is about planning a future that protects quality of life and emphasizes the values of the people who live in the Koolau Loa region.

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