March 25-27, 2011 -- Kahaualea Natural Area Reserve, Big Island -- Prince Kuhio Day Weekend **This trip requires a Thursday Night Departure **
Leader: Deborah Blair Email: deborahblair1@mac.com Phone: 955-4168

We will be working with NARS (Natural Area Reserve System) clearing a new 5 acre fenced enclosure. We will park by Thurston Lava Tube in Volcanoes National Park and then it's an easy 1/2 mile hike to our worksite.

The work for the weekend will be eradicating Kahili Ginger and Faya Tree. This is a new and exciting enclosure that we are working on and eventually when it's cleared we will be able to fill it with native plants.

Our accommodation will be at a well equipped house in Hilo at the NARS base yard.

April 22-24, 2011 -- Haleakala National Park, Maui -- Easter Weekend
Leader: Clyde Kobashigawa Email: clydekobashigawa@clearwire.net Phone: 262-6092

Our accommodation for the weekend is Kapalaoa Cabin situated in the center of Haleakala Crater. The work will be eradicating California Telegraph Plant and Plantago.

This trip is for hikers in good physical condition and for those who don't mind "Roughing It". We have a 7 mile hike in via the Sliding Sands Trail and we will exit via the Halemau'u trail. Participants will also have to deal with the elevation. The cabin was build in the 1930's by CCC workers and is very rustic. There is no washroom or shower facilities. There is an outhouse and people will have to live with "Horse Baths". We do have a 2 burner gas stove top and a wood burning stove to keep warm.

The reward for this service projects, if your up to the challenge, is spending the weekend in a very beautiful and fascinating National Park.

August 19-21, 2011 -- Kahaualea Natural Area Reserve, Big Island -- Admission Day Weekend ** This trip requires a Thursday Night Departure **
Leader: Deborah Blair, Phone: 955-4168, E-mail: deborahblair1@mac.com; Clyde Kobashigawa, Phone: 262-6092

We will be working with NARS (Natural Area Reserve System) clearing a new 5 acre fenced enclosure. We will park by Thurston Lava Tube in Volcanoes National Park and then it's an easy 1/2 mile hike to our worksite.

The work for the weekend will be eradicating Kahili Ginger and Faya Tree. This is a new and exciting enclosure that we are working on and eventually when it's cleared we will be able to fill it with native plants.

Our accommodation will be at a well equipped house in Hilo at the NARS base yard.

September 3-5, 2011 -- Hakalau, Big Island -- Labor Day Weekend
Leader: Deborah Blair Phone: 955-4168, E-mail: deborahblair1@mac.com

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is creating makai-mauka corridors of native vegetation across open pasture lands for native forest birds to use in their migrations up and down the slopes of Mauna Kea. The service projects often involve planting native species such as Koa or working in the greenhouse. Accommodations are at a well-equipped cabin the 6 200 - foot elevation with electricity, running water, a flush toilet, hot shower, kitchen and bunk beds with mattresses. The free time activity may include a hike in a koa-ohia forest to observe native forest birds, some of which are on the endangered species list.

November 11-13, 2011 -- Haleakala National Park, Maui -- Veterans' Day Weekend
Leader: Deborah Blair Phone: 955-4168, E-mail: deborahblair1@mac.com

Our accommodation for the weekend is Kapalaoa Cabin situated in the center of Haleakala Crater. The work will be eradicating California Telegraph Plant and Plantago.

This trip is for hikers in good physical condition and for those who don't mind "Roughing It". We have a 7 mile hike in via the Sliding Sands Trail and we will exit via the Halemau'u trail. Participants will also have to deal with the elevation. The cabin was build in the 1930's by CCC workers and is very rustic. There is no washroom or shower facilities. There is an outhouse and people will have to live with "Horse Baths". We do have a 2 burner gas stove top and a wood burning stove to keep warm.

The reward for this service projects, if your up to the challenge, is spending the weekend in a very beautiful and fascinating National Park.