 We've made it to the last week of our all-virtual version of our annual community engagement event, the Ridge to Reef Rendezvous, now the Ridge to Reef Rendez-VIEW! Mahalo to all who have been participating in this experiment! This week, we're featuring the University of Hawaii SeaGrant Program, and two divisions of the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources: the Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW), and the Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) (watch our Facebook page, Twitter, and Instagram as well as all the Ridge to Reef Hui partners' channels). On Wednesday of this week (Oct. 28th) we are excited to host the final talk in our October Science Speaker Series, "Who pledges to protect the ocean? The role of place attachment in motivating voluntary commitments and support for conservation among coastal users in West Maui, Hawaii,” presented by Francisca Santana of Stanford University, who partnered with The Nature Conservancy Hawaii and Polanui Hiu Community Managed Makai Area. Register HERE. On Thursday (Oct. 29th), don't miss this week's seminar in the Hanauma Bay Talks series, “Meet your neighbor island Hawaiian Monk Seal Recovery Program” presented by Nicole Davis & Jamie Thomton, NOAA Marine Mammal Response Network Island Coordinators. Register HERE.    Be sure to join us for Trivia Night this Friday, starting at 5:00 pm (HST). Get a team together or join one when we start. Sign up HERE. We'll be giving out great prizes to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place teams ($100, $75, and $50 in gift cards to each team member, respectively), AND everyone who plays will be entered into the random drawing for even more prizes!  Don't forget to participate in our Virtual Scavenger Hunt, and be sure to submit the online form (or email us a scan or photo of a printout) by noon this Friday, October 30th, HST, in order to enter our prize drawing! We'll hold the drawing after we wrap up Trivia Night, then will mail or email out the prizes afterwards.
 Thank you to everyone who has been participating in the all-virtual version of our annual community engagement event, the Ridge to Reef Rendezvous, now the Ridge to Reef Rendez-VIEW! This week, we're featuring CORAL, Hawaii Association for Marine Education and Research (HAMER) (along with Sharkastics and Hawaiian Hawksbill Conservation), and the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary (watch our Facebook page, Twitter, and Instagram as well as all the Ridge to Reef Hui partners' channels). On Wednesday of this week we are excited to host the next talk in our October Science Speaker Series, "The Climate Crisis is at Our Shores: How Rising Seas Are Compelling Action in West Maui," presented by Tara Owens of the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program. Register HERE.  If you missed our Week 1 webinar, “Silver Lining of the Pandemic – COVID creates an experiment to study reduced human impacts on water quality and coral reef health at Kahekili, West Maui,” you can watch the recording on YouTube here. If you haven't checked out our Virtual Scavenger Hunt by now, go take a look, and be sure to submit the online form (or email us a scan or photo of a printout) by noon on Friday, October 30th, HST, in order to enter our prize drawing! And you can also start assembling a team for Trivia Night on October 30th, and sign up here.
Watch our Facebook page, Twitter, and Instagram for posts tagged #R2RR20 all month long!  Thank you to everyone who has been participating in the all-virtual version of our annual community engagement event, the Ridge to Reef Rendezvous, now the Ridge to Reef Rendez-VIEW! This week, we're featuring Hui o Ka Wai Ola, Mauna Kahālāwai Watershed Partnership, Maui Ocean Center Marine Institute, and Whale Trust (watch our Facebook page, Twitter, and Instagram as well as all the Ridge to Reef Hui partners' channels). On Wednesday of this week we are excited to host the next talk in our October Science Speaker Series, “Using technology for better natural resource protection: Community role and outcomes of supporting DOCARE officer response in West Maui” presented by Kirk Deitschman and Cole Hendrickson of the Hawai'i Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Conservation and Resource Enforcement (DOCARE). Register HERE.  If you missed the first weekly webinar, “Silver Lining of the Pandemic – COVID creates an experiment to study reduced human impacts on water quality and coral reef health at Kahekili, West Maui,” it is available to watch on YouTube here. (no guarantees we'll be able to record and post all of the talks, so please register and join us live!) Our Virtual Scavenger Hunt is now live too, check it out! And you can also start assembling a team for Trivia Night on October 30th, and sign up here. Watch our Facebook page, Twitter, and Instagram for posts tagged #R2RR20 all month long!  Thank you to everyone who has been following along as we launch the all-virtual version of our annual community engagement event, the Ridge to Reef Rendezvous, which is now (more appropriately) the Ridge to Reef Rendez-VIEW! The first weekly webinar in our free October Science Speaker Series is tomorrow, October 6th at 5:00 pm HST: “Silver Lining of the Pandemic – COVID creates an experiment to study reduced human impacts on water quality and coral reef health at Kahekili, West Maui.” You can register to attend HERE. This week, we're featuring the Maui Nui Marine Resource Council (Oct. 5th & 6th) and the County of Maui Department of Public Works Stormwater Management Program (Oct. 7th & 8th). MNMRC is hosting a free webinar on Wednesday October 7th by Daniel Amato, Ph.D. on “Sewage Impacts on Hawaiʻi’s Coastlines: Past, Present and Future.” (more info here along with a link to register) Our Virtual Scavenger Hunt is now live too, check it out! And you can also start assembling a team for Trivia Night on October 30th, and sign up here. Watch our Facebook page, Twitter, and Instagram for posts tagged #R2RR20 all month long!  Register HERE
 Welcome to the first week of the monthlong Ridge to Reef Rendez-VIEW!
Throughout the entire month, we will be featuring many of the West Maui Ridge to Reef Initiative partners and their inspiring work. Watch for posts on our Facebook page and the social media accounts of all the partners helping to amplify their messages. Looking for activities for your kids and/or students ? Many of the R2R partners have some suggestions on things you can do to take action for our ocean in your everyday lives. If you've attended the "Before Times" Ridge to Reef Rendezvous, you know that one of the (quite popular) features of the event was giving away lots of fantastic prizes via our educational scavenger hunt activity and a drawing at the end. We've moved that online too now, and have a ton of great prizes to give away at the end of the month via a random drawing on Zoom. All you have to do is fill out this form, featuring everything you'll be learning and doing throughout the month. What's cool is that the more items you fill out, the more chances you'll have to win, so bookmark the site and submit it later! We'll hold the drawing on Zoom after Trivia Night on Friday, October 30th. The full rundown and schedule of events that need registering for is on this page of our website. This week we're kicking off the month with West Maui Kumuwai's #OceanFriendlyMaui activity - show us what you (or your friends and neighbors) are doing to take care of our ocean by posting and sending in a photo we can feature on our website and social media! We have some very specific suggestions about how to make the ordinary things you do in your everyday life more ocean-friendly, such as washing your car, walking your dog, fertilizing, dealing with pests, watering your garden, using native plants, doing some yard and property upgrades, or simply going to the beach. You'll see some of those links provide guidance on how to do these things while under (ever-changing) COVID-19 restrictions. Please snap a photo of yourself, your family, or your friends and neighbors doing any of these things, post it to your social media accounts using #OceanFriendlyMaui, and email it to us. Then be sure to check the box on our scavenger hunt form because the more you do this month as part of the Ridge to Reef Rendez-VIEW, the more chances you'll have to win great prizes! For updates on the Ridge to Reef Rendez-VIEW, please follow us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. The second organization we'll be featuring this week is the Maui Nui Marine Resource Council. Check out their upcoming free webinar on October 7th by Daniel Amato, Ph.D. on “Sewage Impacts on Hawaiʻi’s Coastlines: Past, Present and Future.” It's free to register by visiting this link. (Pssst: there may be a question about it on the scavenger hunt form!) You can also follow MNMRC on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. |
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