Engage 10 youths to restore 108 acres through the removal of invasive vegetation and planting of native and endangered plants at Pu’u Wa’awa’a Dry Forest. Project will re-establish native ecosystems to improve watershed health and reduce erosion, increase the abundance of culturally and ecologically important species and protect the endangered dryland forest from wildfire.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Developing the Next Generation
Project Title: Hawai'i Youth Conservation Corps at Pu'uwa'awa'a
Organization:
Kupu
Project ID:
2100.18.061700
Description:
Award Amount:
$54380.05
Location:
This project will take place at the 38,885-acre Pu’u Wa’awa’a unit of the Hawai’i Experimental Tropical Forest. Located on the North Kona coast of Hawai’i Island, Pu’u Wa’awa’a is the only tropical dry forest on any forest experiment station in the U.S., with very few others across the world.