
Kapua Kawelo
Natural Resources Manager
O‘ahu Army Natural Resources Program
Honolulu, HI USA
“We have such an impact on everything around us...more and more people need to build conservation into their lives.”
O‘ahu Army Natural Resources Program
Honolulu, HI USA
“We have such an impact on everything around us...more and more people need to build conservation into their lives.”
Natural Resources Manager
I am a biologist working to conserve hundreds of threatened and endangered species in Hawai‘i.
I hike or fly (by helicopter) into a remote site in the Koolau Mountains. I am searching for rare endangered plants. I hike through untouched forest, nearly 100% native and I discover a plant that is extremely rare or that I have never seen before. Along the way I see amazing views, breathe fresh air and work hard physically. At the end of the day, I am tired but fulfilled. I have seen a bit of what Hawaii would have been like before humans arrived.
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