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SPRING 2011 NEWSLETTER Friends of Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park 2011 FEE FREE DAYS News Briefs Emergency Center Opens IN U.S. NATIONAL PARKS Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park PHOTO: JAY ROBINSON pursued a dream—to combine April 16-24 • National Park Week its visitor services and resource June 21 • First day of summer protection operations into one Sep. 24 • National Public Lands Day centralized building. On February Nov. 11-13 • Veterans Day weekend 18, the park realized that dream with the dedication of the new Visitor Unilever Grant Benefi ts Climate Emergency Operations Center The Friends of Hawai‘i Volcanoes (VEOC). And not a moment too Park (FHVNP) was awarded $10,000 soon—eruptions, earthquakes, by the Unilever United States tsunamis, and fi res during March Foundation, Inc. to help the park kicked the center into high gear. create a climate friendly exhibit and Funded under pamphlet. the American “The project’s overall goal is to Recovery and create an exhibit that demonstrates Reinvestment how ‘our’ individual environmental Act, the 4,896 actions impact climate change square foot and what we as individuals and structure is Lava spattered from a new fi ssure that broke families can do to decrease our own open in a fi eld of tephra sparsely vegetated home base for production of greenhouse gases while with 'ōhi'a, ‘ōhelo, and ‘ama‘u. nearly 25 park developing our own green footprints,” staff, including says HVNP Chief of Interpretation Eruptions and Fires and law enforcement Jim Gale. Earthquakes... Oh My! and eruption rangers, fi re managers, The Environmental Protection and dispatchers of the 24-hour Pacifi c Agency (EPA) provided support to the March 5: Komoamoa eruption begins Area Communication Center— park to produce the “Climate Friendly March 5: Lava sparks brush fi re serving parks in Hawai'i, American Family Activity Book,” a pamphlet March 10: Magnitude-4.6 earthquake Samoa, Guam, and Saipan. which was developed collaboratively A new fi ssure opened after the The center was dedicated in by the state’s eight national parks. collapse of the Pu'u 'Ō'ō crater fl oor memory of Park Ranger Steve Park visitors will play ‘Kickin’ on March 5. For fi ve days, lava Makuakāne-Jarrell, who was shot and Carbon to the Curb’ using the exhibit spattered sporadically from a series killed while alone on duty at Kaloko- CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 SUNDAY WALK IN THE PARK NEWSLETTER CONTENTS: Annual Cultural Festival 12 APRIL 10 • MAY 8 • JUNE 12 • JULY 10 • AUG. 14 • SEP. 11 • OCT. 9 • NOV. 13 • DEC. 11 Boat Day Fundraiser 5 Contact Info & Personnel 2 This monthly program on second Sundays is aimed at bringing together the members Forest Restoration 4 of the Friends of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park to share in the park’s beautiful trails. HI-5 Benefi ts FHVNP 11 Program cost is FREE for Friends members. Non-members are welcome to join the Friends in order to attend. Institute – Spring Programs 3 Just click on HTTP WWW FHVNP ORG EMBERSINDIVIDUALS HTM to apply for membership. Institute-on-Demand 3 :// . /M . July 4th Silent Auction 12 And, of course, additional donations are always accepted. Park entrance fees apply. Members Listing 10 MEMBERS: If you have a favorite hike that you would like to share with other Friends members, Membership Form 7 please consider volunteering to be a hike organizer. The hike you organize can be of any level and duration Native Species Spotlight 6 —from easy and short to diffi cult and long—provided it is in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. President’s Message 2 Sunday Walk in the Park 1 WALKS RSVPS: Nick Shema at [email protected] or (808) 967-8648 Superintendent's Message 2 Volunteer Profi les & Positions 8-9 Friends of Former President's Message: Aloha 'oe Hawai'i Volcanoes E welina…aloha mai e nā hoalauna, National Park Greeting, dear Friends, As witnessed by the recent, continuing volcanic activities in "Connecting People the park—with the dynamic ebb and surge of energies under with the Park" our very feet that oftentimes dramatically reaches the surface— Address: we are reminded of the rule of constant change. P.O. Box 653 When I fi rst introduced myself to all of you, e nā hoalauna, Volcano, HI 96785 as your president in 2007, I used the metaphor of the voyaging Phone: (808) 985-7373 sailing canoe Hokule‘a, even though our environs are ma uka i Kīlauea. I said that we, as the Friends of Hawai‘i Volcanoes Email: [email protected] National Park, are on a continuing journey with our park Web site: partners—working, paddling together to steer the canoe forward and continue our www.fhvnp.org mission to preserve, protect, and promote our national park. Then, there comes a time Facebook: in the journey once again when there is a changing of hands. www.facebook.com/fhvnp The Friends now has a new leader, Patrick Naughton, who has been named Interim President until our Annual Meeting on September 10, 2011. He joined the board last SPRING 2011 NEWSLETTER September as our Development Committee Chair and has much experience with non- Editor & Layout/Design: profi t organizations and fund-raising. Please welcome him as your new president. Julie Mitchell Also on board, in a new capacity, is Julie Mitchell, who has been hired as our General Manager. She will continue to be the administrator for the organization as well as BOARD OF DIRECTORS oversee the educational programs of the Hawai'i Volcanoes Institute. In April we Interim President: welcome a new staff member, Ellen Quier, as our part-time clerk to help in the offi ce. Patrick W. Naughton It has been my humble privilege and honor to serve this special organization of Vice President: Natalie Pfeifer dedicated Friends and partners. I am only one in a crew of many nā hana laulima (helping hands) who have worked hard and diligently on behalf of our park. There Secretary: Marilyn Nicholson are many people I would like to thank who have allowed me to share this journey with Treasurer: them—so many that I cannot possibly list each one of you by name. Mahalo nui to Melanie Baca Cindy Orlando, Park Superintendent; to Jim Gale, Chief of Interpretation; and to all the Members: personnel at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. To the Friends’ members, volunteers, Nancy Chaney, Linda Clinton, staff, and board of directors, mahalo nui loa. To the many community partners and Diana Kelley, Nick Shema, other organizations who have shared their time, talents, and energies, as well as given Ab Valencia generously through monetary and in-kind donations, mahalo a nui loa! STAFF It is a time for change. I will continue to share all that I can with all of you, and serve General Manager: on the board through September. May the Friends, together with our partners of the Julie Mitchell National Park Service at Hawai‘i Volcanoes, continue the journey forward as we serve Clerk: our park and its visitors with dedication, sharing, and Aloha! Ellen R. Quier ‘O WAU NO ME KA HA‘AHA‘A, VOLUNTEER —AB VALENCIA, FORMER BOARD PRESIDENT COORDINATOR Cheryl Jackson Superintendent's Message PARK PARTNERS We often speak of “behind the scenes” at Hawai'i Volcanoes Park Superintendent: National Park—the things that few visitors and residents Cindy Orlando know are going on. Well, a lot went on in 2010. We closed Chief of Interpretation the year with a number of accomplishments that addressed & FHVNP Park Liaison: long-standing critical infrastructure, including safety and Jim Gale resource issues. OUR MISSION Over $5.8 million dollars in American Recovery and To support the National Park Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding allowed us to begin Service in the protection, construction on a new Visitor Emergency Operations Center. preservation, and interpretation Park rangers had been operating out of a dilapidated 1,271 of the natural and cultural square foot ranger station in deplorable conditions. Fire, the resources at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park for the enjoyment dispatch center, and other emergency response functions were dispersed throughout of current and future generations. the park, adding increased response time to critical incidents and natural disasters. The new center consolidates all of the emergency functions and allows for more effective 2 – Friends of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park – Spring 2011 CONTINUED ON PAGE 11 Hawai'i Volcanoes Institute – Spring Programs PHOTOS : TIM TUNISON LIFE ON RECENT LAVA FLOWS KEAUHOU BIRD CENTER TOUR with Tim Tunison with Jeremy Hodges ALL NEW am pm aamm aamm Saturday, May 7 • 9:00 - 3:00 PROGRAMS! Friday, June 17 • 99:00:00 - 111:001:00 $50 FOR FRIENDS MEMBERS / $65 FOR NON-MEMBERS $20 FOR FRIENDS MEMBERS / $30 FOR NON-MEMBERS (INCLUDES SPECIES ID HANDOUT & CD "MINI-BOOK”) (OF WHICH A % WILL BE DONATED TO KBCC) Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, with two active The Hawaiian Islands are home to bird species volcanoes, may be one of the world’s best outdoor that are found nowhere else on earth. The Keauhou classrooms for learning about the colonization of new Bird Conservation Center (KBCC) is one of two geological surfaces, a process that ecologists label centers operated by the San Diego Zoo Institute for primary succession. Conservation Research as part of its Hawai‘i Endangered The lava fl ows along the Chain of Craters Road, Bird Conservation Program. Using intensive captive resulting from the Mauna Ulu fl ows and other eruptions in propagation and release techniques, the program aims the 1970s, are a highly accessible to reestablish self-sustaining and informative area.