Tag Archives: reef

Environmentalists Explore Maui’s Water Issues

Panel discusses critical factors that need to be addressed now to avoid a future water crisis. “We must rethink what we have been doing.” Scott Broadbent, Maui Weekly POSTED: June 24, 2010 One of life’s most fundamental needs, clean water, may soon be in short supply on Maui. And the way we dispose of our [...]

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South Maui Water Quality Addressed in KCA Meeting

South Maui Water Quality Addressed in KCA Meeting

The 6/15/10 KCA monthly meeting explored some of the causes of near shore water pollution & deterioration of the coral reef system and some possible ways to rectify them. The DIRE (don’t inject, redirect) coalition, represented by Irene Bowie and Robin Knox explaining the workings of the S W Maui Watershed Group, and Pump Don’t Dump by KCA [...]

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County Council Budget Request Letter

Aloha County Council Member, Thank you for your continued efforts to seek community input as you work through Maui’s current fiscal challenges in determining our 2010 budget priorities. We appreciate your continued willingness to work with the Kihei Community Association to ensure that funds allocated to our district are those of ultimate priority to our [...]

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Reef Celebration & Membership Drive on November 1st Big Success

KCA kicked off November with a celebration, as over 200 Mauians participated in a joyful evening at the Kihei Youth Center’s facility at Kenolio Park with a multi faceted luau featuring the concept of helping to preserve our coral reef systems along the South Maui shoreline, with the announcement that 2-3 more “reef etiquette” signs will [...]

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2008 International Year of the Reef

KCA has placed the “Coral Reef” sign by the life guard tower at KAM III in an effort to educate those visiting our ocean about the need to care for our coral reefs, as they have a vital impact on our environment.  The blessing was on Thursday, May 15 at KAM III by life guard [...]

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