It is Saturday morning and the first activity that was planned for us was an early morning trip to the fish pond to help out with some land reclamation projects. One of those projects included cutting the mangroves that have invaded the fish ponds. The mangroves were introduced after the harvesting of sugar cane plantations left the land vulnerable to erosion. What happened was that planes flew over these areas and tossed mangrove seedlings out to try to solve the erosion problem, but ended up creating a bigger problem then what they expected.
Keli'i Kotubetey; fish pond coordinator
fish hut made out of invasive mangrove tree branches
Everyone working hard to cut the invasive mangroves
Houses along the fish pond. The mangroves have made the coastal part in this area of Hawai'i their home.
Dip in the fish pond
More later……
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