First Nōmilu Community Workday of 2026
Sat, Jan 10
|Kauai County
Join us for our first Nomilu workday of 2026 as we resume hands-on restoration after a month of focused mālama. Help close the final stretch of invasive plant removal, support native pickleweed recovery, and be part of the ripple effect restoring this powerful loko iʻa system.
Time & Location
Jan 10, 2026, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Kauai County, Nomilu Fishpond, Hawaii 96741, USA
About the event
Community Restoration Day at Nōmilu
Saturday, January 10, 2026 | 10:00am–2:00pm
We invite you to join us for the first Nōmilu Community Restoration Day of 2026, as we return to our regular restoration activities following a month of focused mālama after the December fire and year-end hazardous cleanup.
Nōmilu (Nomilo) Lua Pele is a living wahi pana — a volcanic caldera fishpond system whose health directly supports surrounding nearshore and marine ecosystems. Each workday strengthens not only the pond itself, but the broader ecological network that depends on it.
Over the past several years, our community has cleared over 3,000 feet of invasive and introduced plants along the pond perimeter. We are now closing the final gap, with only ~200–300 feet remaining. Restoring native pickleweed and reopening water flow along the edges has measurably improved pond water quality — benefits that continue to ripple outward, including supporting the health of…