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Reforestation


Mahalo to JAL for planting trees with HLRI!
Mahalo to JAL for planting trees at our Legacy Forest at Haleiwa! Mahalo JAL!


The Tree Trio
<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Do you like these trees so grand?</p><p class="" style="text-align: center; ; white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></p>
Make-A-Wish America Chapter Awards Catherine’s Garden the “Infinite Wish Award”
<p class="">This prestigious award is the highest honor given.</p>
Eco Rotary of Kakaʻako Planted Their 10,000th tree on November 18th, 2023!
<p class="">This year, Ryan Owan and his team used social media and word-of-mouth to spread the word about their reforestation efforts with HLRI and planted 1,000 trees in 2023! </p>


ANA (All Nippon Airways) 'Aha Mele 2023 Event at Gunstock Ranch
<p class="">ʻAha Mele festival is sponsored by ANA (All Nippon Airways) to connect with the people of Hawaii through music and to continue protecting Hawaii's culture and environment.</p>


Mahalo to the Girls Varsity Volleyball team from Medicine Hat High School in Alberta, Canada!
<p class="">The Girls Varsity Volleyball team from Medicine Hat High School in Alberta, Canada “killed” it when they got their hands dirty at the Legacy Forest at Haleiwa.</p>


Never too young to plant trees and contribute to Hawaii's reforestation efforts!
<p class="">On Saturday, September 16, 2023, Eco Rotary of Kaka'ako planned a volunteer work day…</p>


Planting 200 Trees of Hope with Lutheran Church of Honolulu
<p class="">Planting trees of hope, trees to help heal our earth, and trees for our keiki is what the Lutheran Church of Honolulu did…</p>


Mahalo Eco Rotary & HI Pyro!
<p class="">Eco Rotary of Kaka’ako and HI Pyro volunteered with Hawaiian Legacy in the Legacy Forest at La’ie at Gunstock Ranch.</p>


KISCA Cares
The Kahala Hotel & Resort Source: San Francisco Magazine


Eco Rotary Volunteer Day March 18, 2023
Mahalo @rotary_d5000 @pacificbuddhistacademy ! It was the day after St. Patrick's Day and Eco Rotary of Kaka'ako and their team of volunteers were greening up Hawaii. They added another 243 native Hawaiian trees on a hillside overlooking the Rotary District 5000 Legacy Forest in Lai'e. Totalling 9,420 native trees that Rotary volunteers have planted by hand! These hala, ma'o, lonomea, and wiliwili plants have a good chance of surviving with the care from the Hawaiian Legacy


New Year's Resolution: Plant more trees!
The steep and rocky hillside overlooking the Rotary Legacy Forest was teeming with Rotarians and their families and friends when Eco Rotary of Kakaʻako held their Volunteer Service Day in mid-January. Someday, that hillside will be a blanket of white Maʻo cotton and other native Hawaiian plants. Hawaiian Legacy Reforestation Initiative is grateful for the Rotarians' commitment to Hawaii and our environment.
Feds Ramp Up Efforts To Save Hawaii’s Endangered Forest Birds In A Race Against Time
<p class="">Federal wildlife officials aim to direct some $14 million from the new <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/bipartisan-infrastructure-law/"><span style="text-decoration:underline">Bipartisan Infrastructure Law</span></a> toward the <a href="https://www.civilbeat.org/beat/bird-rescuers-desperately-seek-kauai-honeycreepers-as-the-species-faces-extinction/"><span style="text-decoration:underline">urgent, ongoing effort</span></a> to save 12 native Hawaiian forest bird


Halepuna Waikiki by Halekulani & HLRI Partnership (Japanese Publication)
OTONA NO HAWAII Source: OTONA NO HAWAII
Westin Hapuna Beach Resort launches tree-planting initiative
<p class="">The Westin Hapuna Beach Resort is making a commitment to go carbon neutral.</p><p class="">The Hawaii Island resort recently announced a new partnership with the Hawaiian Legacy Reforestation Initiative to create a 100,000-tree forest on-property.</p>
To Grow a Forest
<p class="">It’s nearly winter in Hawai‘i but it feels like summer. On this unseasonably hot, sticky December day, hundreds of volunteers are standing in an empty field at Gunstock Ranch on O‘ahu’s North Shore, awaiting instructions.</p>


Inspiring Communities to be More Sustainable
<p class="">What does the future of Hawaii hold? <a href="https://www.hawaiianelectric.com/">Hawaiian Electric</a> wants to make sure it’s green. The company’s <a href="https://footprint.hawaiianelectric.com/#/">Project Footprint Initiative</a> was launched in 2019 with the aim of creating a system that incentivizes customers to help build a more sustainable future.</p>


Editorial: Clean Up Carbon with More Trees
<p class="">Poems have been written about the loveliness of trees, but less so on how they serve to bolster the fight against climate change. If the planet is becoming generally warmer, as scientists say, the advantage of enlarging the islands’ tree canopy should be obvious.</p>


Companies Contribute to the Community
<p class="">HLRI & The Carbon Neutrality Project partner to reforest 10,000 native and endemic trees at Gunstock Ranch on Oahu.</p>
Coachella Valley Resident Francis A. Wong Works to Save Hawaii — and the World
<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">HLRI recently named Coachella Valley resident <strong>Francis A. Wong</strong> as its new chairman of the board. “I am excited to be elected as chairman and lead a team of exceptional individuals,” Wong said. </p>
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