by Friends of Haleakalā National Park | May 19, 2024 | UPDATES
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...
by Friends of Haleakalā National Park | Apr 22, 2024 | UPDATES
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,...
by Friends of Haleakalā National Park | Aug 2, 2023 | UPDATES
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...
by Friends of Haleakalā National Park | Jul 1, 2023 | UPDATES
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...
by Friends of Haleakalā National Park | Apr 1, 2019 | UPDATES
by Jill Engledow It seemed Haleakalā National Park couldn’t catch a break this past winter, as a series of crises shut the park for weeks at a time. Even amid this string of misfortunes, the mountain experienced a spectacular snowfall that was beautiful to...