Events

During the year we participate in many outreach events. Come join us for a variety of educational activities, inspiring talks and hands-on fun! Check back periodically for updates.


July

  • Get Into Your Sanctuary Day Celebration
    Saturday, July 22, 2023, 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. HST
    Mā‘ili Beach Park in Waianae, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i
    Ko Olina Resort in partnership with NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries and other community partners will host a Get Into Your Sanctuary Day Celebration. The free event will be held on Saturday, July 22 from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. with a beach cleanup, marine debris art show, entertainment, and ocean education and sustainability activities at Mā‘ili Beach Park. Get Into Your Sanctuary raises awareness about the natural and cultural importance of our national marine sanctuaries and marine national monuments and ways that we can protect these special places and our oceans.
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April

  • Reserve Advisory Council Meeting
    Wednesday, April 19, 2023, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. HST
    Via Google Meet web conference (in-person option limited to council members)
    For more information, visit here.

  • National Marine Sanctuaries Webinar Series | Third Thursday By the Bay Presentation Series at Mokupāpapa Discovery Center
    Community-Based Exploration: Discovering With Everyone
    Speaker: Daniel Wagner, Chief Scientist, Ocean Exploration Trust
    Thursday, April 20, 2023, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. HST
    Join Ocean Exploration Trust Chief Scientist as he describes the upcoming deep ocean exploration season. Between May-December 2023, the Ocean Exploration Trust and partners will conduct several inter-disciplinary expeditions aboard E/V Nautilus to explore never-before surveyed deep-sea habitats throughout the Central and Eastern Pacific. This webinar will provide an overview of the science objectives of these expeditions, and outline how everyone can participate in these exploratory missions via telepresence technology.
    Register for free webinar

March

  • National Marine Sanctuaries Webinar Series | Third Thursday By the Bay Presentation Series at Mokupāpapa Discovery Center
    Every Kōlea Counts: The Pacific Golden-Plover Census Project
    Speaker: Susan Scott, Author, Artist, and President of the Hawaiʻi Audubon Society
    Thursday, March 16, 2023, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. HST
    Because so many facts about Hawaii's remarkable Pacific Golden-Plovers, Kōlea, are still unknown, and so many Hawaiʻi residents and visitors watch and enjoy our plovers, the Hawaiʻi Audubon Society created a citizen science project that allows us to record our observations of these birds. Join us to hear Susan Scott, President of the Hawaiʻi Audubon Society and longtime plover lover, talk about Hawaii's Pacific Golden-Plovers.
    Register for free webinar

February

  • National Marine Sanctuaries Webinar Series | Third Thursday By the Bay Presentation Series at Mokupāpapa Discovery Center
    Pilina, Indigenous Literacy, and ʻĀina Momona: Healthy and Thriving Communities of People and Place
    Speaker: Pelika Andrade, founder and Executive Director of Na Maka Onaona, a Hawaiʻi based non-profit, Extension Agent for the University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant College Program.
    Thursday, February 16, 2023, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. HST
    This presentation will introduce participants to a philosophy and pathway of ʻĀina Momona: thriving and productive communities. On behalf of Nā Maka Onaona and many partnerships, Pelika will introduce two tools that address how relationships and the growing awareness of indigenous literacy can support our engagements and understandings of ourselves, our communities, and the world around us. This is a collective journey to help guide, inform, and advise the decisions and contributions we collectively make to support the ability of our people, places, and akua (natural world) to thrive.
    In celebration of Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, we invite you all to learn how ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi is one of many elements embedded in ʻŌiwi (Native Hawaiian) knowledge systems, values, and practices to support ʻŌiwi communities in creating adaptive biocultural resource management across Hawai'i PaeʻĀina (Hawaiian Archipelago) including Papahānaumokuākea.
    Register for free webinar

January

  • Reserve Advisory Council Meeting
    Wednesday, January 18, 2023, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. HST
    Via Google Meet web conference
    For more information, visit here.

  • National Marine Sanctuaries Webinar Series | Third Thursday By the Bay Presentation Series at Mokupāpapa Discovery Center
    Hawaii's Hidden Gem: Nihoa Island and Its Imperiled Biota
    Speaker: Sheldon Plentovich, Ph. D., USFWS Pacific Islands Coastal Program Coordinator
    Thursday, January 19, 2023, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. HST
    Nihoa Island is the tallest and most biologically diverse island within Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. The 63-ha volcanic remnant is steep and rocky with sheer cliffs reaching heights of almost 1000 feet. Nihoa’s biota is remarkably intact and includes over 40 species (3 plants, 2 songbirds and over 35 arthropods) found nowhere else in the world. At least 16 species of seabirds breed on the island and the vegetation is dominated by plants that are endangered and difficult to find elsewhere in the Hawaiian Islands. The island is also home to a variety of fantastical arthropods like the Nihoa trap door spider, Conant’s giant Nihoa Tree Cricket and a terrestrial snail that is the last surviving member of its genus in the Hawaiian Islands. Despite regular trips to the island, very little is known about the natural history of Nihoa’s arthropods and many species remain undiscovered or undescribed by scientists. Although limited in number, invasive plants and invasive arthropods, especially ants pose a significant threat to the island’s biota and support for control and eradication of these species is necessary for the continued existence of Nihoa’s curious and incredibly diverse biota. Join Sheldon Plentovich as she shares her work on Nihoa and what lies ahead for this hidden gem of Hawaiʻi.
    Register for free webinar