Koke‘e Resource Conservation Program

Conservation Service Projects in Koke‘e and Waimea Canyon State Parks,
 Island of Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i

Help preserve Kaua‘i's biodiversity by participating in supervised weed-control projects in native Hawaiian forests.  In exchange for your work we offer you:

• Free accommodation
• Transportation to and from the airport
• Education about Kaua‘i’s special ecology and experience rare native plant communities
• Learn different eradication skills
• Forest awareness/safety management/GPS technology
• An opportunity to meet others who share your passion
• If you meet the requirements, you can receive a $1000 educational grant after completing 300 hours of service through the Community Assistance Program from Kupu Hawaii.  Go to www.kupuhawaii.org for more information and application.

Current News and Events:

Accepting summer internship applications January 1-March 31, 2012

Program starts June 4, 2012

Katie Cassel receives The Nature Conservancy’s Kako‘o ‘Aina Award Garden Island Newspaper Article

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For more information and photos on Hawai‘i’s native plants and a list of some of the invasive weeds we work on click here.

Koke‘e Resource Conservation Program
A Program of
Garden Island Resource Conservation & Development, Inc. (GIRC&D, Inc.)