Rhonda Loh shows nine Japanese exchange students the 100 akia trees they will help plant.

Rhonda and students work with Halemaumau in the background

Volcano School of Arts & Science hosted the students planting in front of Jagger Museum

Exchange students from Tokyo pose for group photo with Sunny, Xanthe Serafin, Larry Katahira and Rhonda Loh. Mahalo!

Jim Gale and Tim Tunnison pose with a faya tree they pulled up at `Ainahou Ranch

Rhonda Loh and volunteers seeking young Faya trees to pull near Crater Rim Trail

Pat Conant pulling up a big faya

Out-plantings of Portulaca were flagged so that grasses could be cleared around them

Volunteers clear non-natives & grasses around native trees that were grown from seed then out-planted in Kipuka Ki.

In Dec. 2006, Hawaii Nature Explorers hosted this group of 16 & 17 year old high school girls from Japan

These girls came to help uproot the alien faya trees in the Park.

Kumiko Hasagawa ducks out of the way as this team holds faya they uprooted.

Rhonda Loh gives information on Kahuku's planting enclosure as we get equipment at gate.

Corie Yanger gives us planting instructions.

Alana, Doc and Rhonda check their planting kit- flags, digger, plants...

Planters in bottom section.

Sunny carring plants to next section.

Making a hole to plant pilo or kolea.

Rose watches to make sure plants are mulched.