Hui o Ko'olaupoko

We are an environmental non-profit that focuses on watershed management. We accomplish our mission in a variety of ways including active restoration, stakeholder participation, and community education. In an effort to get the community involved, our organization coordinates monthly opportunities for volunteering such as stream clean-ups, active restoration through erosion control and native plantings, and water quality monitoring. Participants are educated on the health of the watershed, sources of pollutants, and opportunities to take individual action to improve watershed health and ocean protection. We also conduct community outreach and education through thought-provoking presentations to community groups as well as natural resource management coordination with public agencies.

The mission of Hui o Ko`olaupoko (HOK) is to improve watershed health for the protection of ocean resources in the Ko`olaupoko moku (Makapu`u to Kualoa).

HOK relies heavily on community input and participation to initiate and maintain projects. We offers multiple monthly opportunities for volunteers to mālama ʻāina. Volunteers for HOK often work on projects involving erosion control, water quality monitoring, invasive species removal, and habitat restoration using native Hawaiian flora.