Please be prepared for outings. Bring lunch, water, rain gear, sunscreen and sturdy footwear. Hiking boots are recommended and please trim your toenails. No kidding! Hiking can cause "tennis toe." A donation of $5 ($3 for Sierra Club members) is requested of hikers over age 14. Please register early. Pre-registration is required for some hikes. Call the hike leader number shown below. The East Maui Irrigation Company (EMI) allows us to hike across their land so long as each hiker has a waiver. An EMI waiver is ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED for EMI hikes (listed below). One waiver covers all EMI hikes for this quarter. Call in your waiver request to Jackie at 579-9516 well in advance and make an appointment with her for when you can sign it. Then go to EMI's Pa'ia office at 497 Baldwin Avenue to sign the waiver. Please be considerate of Jackie's time and pick up waiver 5 days in advance whenever possible. Then, please bring the waiver on the hike and show it to the hike leader and carry it with you during the hike. Also, please check our web site, www.hi.sierraclub.org/maui, and click on Hikes and Activities for additional hikes and outings and/or changes which we have added after this newsletter was published. Mahalo!

CONTINUOUS SPECIAL SERVICE EVENTS

Maui Coastal Land Trust Waihe'e Coastal Dunes and Wetlands Restoration: Be a part of restoring an ancient fish pond and other sites which have a major cultural significance and participate in a remarkable learning experience. Every Friday, 8 am to noon. No need to register, just show up. Go to Waihe'e and turn toward the ocean on Halewaiu Road. Turn left onto the dirt road marked "Maui Coastal Land Trust" and park at the parking lot overlooking the ocean. This area is called "Roundtable." For more information, please call Scott Fisher at the Maui Coastal Land Trust at 808 244-5263 and/or go to: www.mauicoastallandtrust.org and click on Waihe'e Coastal Dunes and Wetlands. MCLT also offers a free guided walk of the Waihe'e Coastal Dunes and Wetlands on the first Saturday of each month at 9:00 am. Call 244-5263 for more information and to make a reservation. Spots fill up quickly, so call early. This is not a Sierra Club activity.

Project Malama Honokowai: This is a service trip and you will be helping in an archaeological stabilization, reforestation and education project known as Project Malama Honokowai. Every Saturday from 9:00 am to 2:30 pm. A very special experience! Simply meet at 9:00 am at the intersection of Honoapiilani Highway (between mile marker 25 and 26) and Pu'ukoli'i Road at the "Sugar Cane Train" station parking lot in Ka'anapali. You don't have to register - just show up. In the mountain valley above is a three mile long valley with significant archaeological ruins where an estimated 600 ancient Hawaiian families once lived. For more information and to confirm the date, please call Ed Lindsey at 808 572-8085. This is not a Sierra Club activity.

Project Malama Hanaula: Help reforest the area around and above the Kaheawa Wind Farm above Ma'alaea. Meet every Sunday from 9:00 am to 2:30 pm. Park in the public parking lot near Carl's Jr. Restaurant at Ma'alaea. Carl's Jr. is located next to the gas station at the stop light. Then carpool 2,000' up to the wind farm where the view is incredible. Help remove alien species and replant endemic plants and learn about the area and the wind farm. The wind farm currently consists of 20 1.5 MW turbines and provides 9% of the electricity for Maui and 18 more turbines are planned. Bring your camera, lunch, water and suntan lotion. For more information and to confirm the date, please call Ed Lindsey at 808 572-8085. Also, please go to www.kaheawa.com. No registration is necessary - just show up. This is not a Sierra Club activity.

Malama Makena: First Saturday of each month, Save Makena www.savemakena.org sponsors a cleanup effort in or around Makena State Park.  Call Angie Hoffman at 357- 3134 for details on meeting time and place.

Community Work Day Cleanups: If you know places that need to be cleaned up and would like to organize it with friends or an organization you belong to, you can call Community Work Day at 877-2524 and they will provide you with trash bags, advertise your location in the newspaper to get more volunteers to help you, and coordinate having a truck come out and pick up all the trash you bag and leave along the roadside. Community Work Day is a 501c3 charitable organization and organizes these clean ups statewide five times a year. They are truly a wonderful organization!! For more information please go to www.cwdhawaii.org. This is not a Sierra Club activity.

JULY HIKES AND ACTIVITIES

Tuesday, July 29: What's in my backyard? Invasive Plants/Animals of Central Maui, free, 6-8:30 p.m., Kahului Community Center, 275 Uhu St., Kahului. Walk the neighborhood fieldtrip (workshop attendance a prerequisite) 01 August, 10-12 p.m. Kahului Community Center. Please call Elizabeth Speith at office 808 984-3716 or cell 808 264-4757 for more information. This is sponsored by the USGS. This is not a Sierra Club activity.

AUGUST HIKES AND EVENTS

Saturday, August 2: Drive out to Keanae and hike Piinaau Road up the beautiful Keanae Valley. The area is also known as the Koolau Gap because lava from Haleakala used to flow down through this valley to the sea in ancient times. Meet at 8:30 am at the Haiku Community Center to carpool. Bring bathing suit, lunch, water and sun screen. Limit 18. EMI WAIVER REQUIRED (see above). Hike leader: Bob Babson. Call Bob at 874-1166 to register.

Thursday, August 14: What's in my backyard? Invasive plants/animals of West Maui, free, 6-8:30 p.m., Lahaina Civic Center, 1840 Hono’apiilani Highway, Lahaina. Walk the neighborhood fieldtrip (workshop attendance a prerequisite) 17 August, 10-12 p.m. Lahaina Civic Center. Please call Elizabeth Speith at office 808 984-3716 or cell 808 264-4757 for more information. This is sponsored by the USGS. This is not a Sierra Club activity.

Sunday, August 17: Hike Skyline Trail above Poli Poli. Meet at Pukalani Shopping Center near Bank of Hawaii at 8:30 am to carpool. We drive up to Poli Poli State Park and then hike up the Mamane Trail to Skyline Trail. We have lunch above the timber line with fabulous views. Approximately 6 miles roundtrip. Bring lunch, sun screen and water. Limit 18. Hike leader: Bob Babson. Call Bob at 874-1166 to register.

Tuesday, August 26, 5:30 to 7:30 pm: Maui Sierra Club Board of Directors meeting at the Flatbread Company "Board Room" upstairs, 89 Hana Highway, Paia. Sierra Club members are invited to attend and share their ideas. Please call Bob at 874-1166 to confirm meeting time and place.

Saturday, August 30: Hike the Wailua Iki trail with lush plant life and have lunch and swim in a pool with a beautiful waterfall. Bring lunch, bathing suit, sun screen and water. Meet at 8:30 at the Haiku Community Center to carpool. Limit 18. EMI WAIVER REQUIRED (see above). Hike leader: Bob Babson. Call Bob at 874-1166 to register.

SEPTEMBER HIKES AND EVENTS

Sunday, September 7, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm: We will have our Red, White and Blue Picnic at the Lae'ula O Kai canoe hale at Kanaha Beach Park behind the Kahului Airport. Every two years just before the primary elections, the Sierra Club has a picnic and invites all the candidates to come and speak. It is a family event that features musical performances, a silent auction, a food service area, awards, information tents and canoe races. A good time is had by all. Please plan on attending. Read more.

Saturday, September 13, 8:30 am to noon: Community Work Day: Get the drift and bag it! To volunteer, please call CWD at 877-2524 for the cleanup nearest you. This is not a Sierra Club activity.

Saturday, September 20: Primary Election - Please vote!

Tuesday, September 23, 5:30 to 7:30 pm: Maui Sierra Club Board of Directors meeting at the Flatbread Company "Board Room" upstairs, 89 Hana Highway, Paia. Sierra Club members are invited to attend and share their ideas. Please call Bob at 874-1166 to confirm meeting time and place.

Sunday, September 28: From La Perouse Bay, hike south along the coast on the Kings Highway to Kanaio - one of the most remote and beautiful areas on Maui. Visit anchialine ponds (unusual shallow ponds with tiny red shrimp) and archeological sites along the way. We actually walk off the recent lava flow onto the ancient shoreline where we explore further south. Bring bathing suit, lunch, water, hat and sunscreen. 8 mile roundtrip all day hike. This hike goes about 2 miles further south than our regular La Perouse Bay hike. Meet at Kihei Community Center (Lipoa Street & Piilani Highway) at 8:30 am to carpool. Leader: Bob Babson. Limit 18. Call Bob at 874-1166 to register.

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