Pint & Pizza for the Park: Mahalo to Maui’s Department of the Interior Ohana
Pint & Pizza for the Park: A Small Mahalo for All You Do Earlier this month, Friends of Haleakalā National Park hosted Pint & Pizza for the Park, a gathering to say mahalo nui loa to our Maui-based Department of the Interior ʻohana. This event was created as a...
Announcing 2026 Multi-day Service Trip Opportunities
2026 Overnight Backcountry Service Trips Friends of Haleakalā National Park (FHNP) overnight service trips invite volunteers to give back through hands-on stewardship in Haleakalā’s backcountry and Kīpahulu region. These trips offer the opportunity to visit and care...
Caring for Haleakalā with Aloha ʻĀina During the Shutdown
E mālama i ka ʻāina, a mālama ka ʻāina iā ʻoe – Care for the land, and the land will care for you. Aloha kākou (Greetings, everyone), Haleakalā National Park remains open during the federal government shutdown, but with only a small number of essential staff. Many of...
A Hui Ho & Mahalo Nui Loa to Laura Miller
We want to send a heartfelt mahalo nui loa to Laura Miller for her incredible years of service with Friends of Haleakalā National Park. Laura has been instrumental in building our Kīpahulu service trips, leading our Adopt-a-Highway program, and serving as both...
2025 FHNP Annual Public Meeting Review
Mahalo to everyone who joined us for our annual public meeting in June! It was wonderful connecting with our community in person. We heard updates from FHNP President Elizabeth Speith and Superintendent Natalie Gates, and we learned about the important research and restoration work happening in the Nuʻu Ahupuaʻa (land division) on the “backside” of Haleakalā.
Celebrating our 2025 Scholarship Winners
Celebrating Our 2025 Scholarship Winners We proudly announce the recipients of the 2025 Don Reeser, Mary Evanson, and Dr. Fern Duvall Memorial Scholarships. Each scholar received a $2,000 award supporting their educational journey in environmental conservation: Kaylee...
FRIENDS OF HALEAKALĀ NATIONAL PARK SCHOLARSHIPS GRANTED
Three 2024 graduates of Maui high schools are awardees of the 2024 Friends of Haleakalā National Park’s Memorial Scholarship. Emmi-Lin Felten of Kamehameha Schools Maui, Nyla Mullen of King Kekaulike High School, and Lucia McKinnon of Seabury Hall will each receive...
Dr. Hanna Mounce to speak at the Friends of Haleakala National Park annual meeting
Dr. Hanna Mounce, manager of the Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project, will speak at the annual meeting of the Friends of Haleakalā National Park on Thursday, April 25. The public is invited to the program at 7:00 pm, with talk-story and membership information at 6:30,...
OH, THE BIRDS!
by Paul Wood Before humans arrived less than two thousand years ago, Maui was covered in forest. And the forest swirled and rang with small, brightly colored birds that we call “honeycreepers.” These birds had no predators. They lived on flowers and insects, and in so...
IN DEEP: The Pleasure of Service Trips
Three Service Trippers Speak Up IVY CAMPBELL …to be completely disconnected, there’s something so human about it. To be off the grid and to be totally present. “I’m a walking, live advertisement for service trips,” exclaims Ivy Puanani Campbell, the owner of...