Mālama Maunalua (“Caring for Maunalua”) is a community based nonprofit stewardship organization committed to conserving and restoring a healthy and productive Maunalua Bay.
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Laura Bailes, +1(808)-395-5050 Ext. 4, lbailes@malamamaunalua.org
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Quick Organizational Facts
DESCRIPTION: Mālama Maunalua (“Caring for Maunalua”) is a community-based nonprofit organization committed to conserving and restoring a healthy and productive Maunalua Bay.
TAGLINE: For the Bay, For the Future, For Life.
FOUNDED: 2005
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Doug Harper
KEY INITIATIVES:
1) Removing invasive alien algae via regular volunteer-based huki (invasive algae pulls)
2) Reducing the runoff of sediment and pollutants from the land into the Bay through volunteer-led land-based projects such as stream and street cleanups, storm drain stenciling, rain garden installations, community education and strategic partnerships with government agencies and others for improved ridge-to-reef management; and 3) leading scientific efforts to better understand the health of Maunalua Bay, including the largest water quality assessment in state history, native algae studies, and coral surveys.
FUTURE INITIATIVES: While continuing the key initiatives above, in 2021, Mālama Maunalua (MM) will be launching the largest coral restoration effort of its kind in state history. In partnership with the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, NOAA, and the State Department of Land and Natural Resources, MM will be identifying corals present in Maunalua Bay that show a propensity to survive warming waters, and in partnership with the community, fragmenting and replanting those selected corals throughout the Bay.
Secondly, MM is helping lead the establishment of a Fisheries Management Area for Maunalua Bay. The FMA will lead to improved stakeholder, government, and non-profit coordination and oversight of harvested populations in Maunalua Bay.
Third, MM is establishing the creation of a Limu Hui. The Hui will coordinate various individuals and organizations in restoring native algae throughout the bay.
BOARD:
Jennifer Taylor
Steve Schatz
Tim Johns
Dawn Dunbar
Dr. Leighton Taylor
Jean T. Tsukamoto
Mitch D’Olier
Amy Monk
PARTNERS: Malama Maunalua works with an array of schools, non-profit organizations, businesses, etc. to accomplish its goals.
CONTACT:
Headquarters: 7192 Kalanianaole Hwy, A143A, Honolulu, HI 96825
Telephone: (808) 395-5050
Website: www.malamamaunalua.org
ABOUT MAUNALUA BAY: Maunalua Bay comprises the coastal waters from Kῡpikipikiō (Black Point) to Kawaihoa (Portlock Point), forming a broad, eight-mile indentation in Oahu’s southern coastline. The land surrounding the bay was once a succession of valleys dominated by ranches, dairies and small coastal villages; today it is home to a series of Honolulu suburbs, commercial centers, schools, and approximately 50,000 residents.
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- Maunalua Bay’s Water a Concern for Steward, Mālama Maunalua (September 2020)
- Future Conservationists Experience Unique Summer Internship Amid COVID Challenges (August 2020)
- Local Nonprofit Launches Gardening Campaign to Encourage Learning While Helping the Environment (June 2020)
- Volunteers Invited to “Huki” Algae for Invasive Species Awareness Week (February 2016)
- Ocean Robot makes Aloha Aina journey from Hawai’i Island to Maunalua Bay (December 2015)