The Malama Maunalua Waialae Limu Huki

November 2011 Event

Andrea and I went to Waialae Beach Park at 8:00 AM Wednesday the 9^th of November, to help 70 4^th graders from Waialae Elementary School learn about conservation and restoration and pull invasive limu (leather mudweed) from the water.

They fit all 70 4^th graders on one school bus, threee to a seat.

Uncle John teaches the students a song about conservation.

A large overlaid aerial photo of Maunalua Bay helps Ralph and me teach about the watersheds.

Andrea helps Ralph teach about the watershed.

Meanwhile, Kimo has half the students out in the water pulling (huki) out the leather mudweed.

Tegan teaches about the different kinds of limu, native and invasive.

The students enjoyed the hands-on lesson.

April 2012 Event

On Thursday, April 5^th, Andrea and I went help at the limu huki (seaweed pull) at Waialae Park. Mudweed is an invasive non-native alga that holds silt and kills coral. Pulling the mudweed has had beneficial effects on the reef and reef fish.

Tegan of Malama Maunalua greeted us by Waialae Stream in Waialae Park with Diamond Head in the distance.

Teaching the watershed session to the seventh graders.

Kimo talks to the 100 students from Kamehameha School with Koko Crater and Koko Head in the distance.

50 of the students go into the water to pull the invasive mudweed.

There were a couple of weddings on the beach that morning. The public restroom exhibits the distinctive palm tree style.

Andrea and I stayed at the Kahala Hilton (left) on our honeymoon 31 years ago.

Andrea helped teach the four watershed student sessions.

Another of the four watershed teaching sessions.

Tegan taught the four limu biology sessions.

Tegan teaches both the scientific and Hawaiian names of the various alga.

Afterward the students sang a Hawaiian song with the wedding setup in the background.

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