HANDS ON MARINE EDUCATION
HAWAII ISLAND CHARITY WALK Charity Walk at Wailkoloa Beach Resort, Queen’s Marketplace, May 13, 2023. Laura Jim and 4 HPA students hosted a sea turtle research and conservation booth at the Charity Walk on Saturday. They set up around 0630 and answered questions about Hawaiian sea turtle conservation and research through the eyes of the …
Makala continues to remain in the same area on the southern Great Barrier Reef. See Video of her Home Range as of 7/31/23 https://youtu.be/KXHhmP6gs1E Makala has remained in her home range habitat on the southern Great Barrier Reef. The video above highlights Makala’s movements during the time period from 4/2/2023 to 5/26/2023. The trajectories are …
HPA STRP Visits Hualalai resort HPA students, resort personnel and guests walk down to the ocean to release a honu after it was weighed, measured, tagged and numbered. As you can see, the surf was rather high making it difficult to locate the honu. https://turtle.hpa.edu/wp-content/uploads/IMG_1748-2.mov Laura Jim, Marc Rice and 7 HPA student volunteers joined …
HPA STUDENTS DO WELL AT STATE SCIENCE FAIR Two HPA students were invited to participate in the Hawaii State Science and Engineering Fair which was held at the Neil Blaisdell Center on 4/5 and 4/6/2023. The two students, Alden Mazo and Minami Asbjornson, both took second place in their categories (Animal Sciences and Microbiology) for …