Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 16, Number 6, 1 June 1999 — From OHA to Kahoʻolawe [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

From OHA to Kahoʻolawe

I MUA NA PUA, LANAKILA KAHO'OLAWE - In early Aprll, six volunteers joined Kaho'olawe fsland Reserve Commission staffers, Kaho'olawe lsland Reserve Commissioner/Trustee Colette Machado and Trustee Haunani Apoliona for two days of planting as part of the effort to reforest Kaho' olawe. "Our mission was to plant 2,000 'āweoweo, 'aki'aki, 'a'ali'i, lama and alahe'e seedlings in two days. And we did," said Trustee Apoliona. For more information on this group's trip, see her eolumn on page 6. Editor's note: At presstime, we learned the Meyer Museum on Moloka'i will showcase a Kaho'olawe exhibit/ gathering June 6. For more information, eall Commissioner/Trustee Machado. PHOĪO: HAUNANI APOUONA