These Local Volunteers Are Chipping Away At Coral On Oahu — And It’s Legal… Researchers have launched an initiative allowing the community to participate in coral resilience efforts, saying they need “all hands on deck.”
The staccato knock of hammers and the low buzz of band saws hardly felt like a coral restoration site, but the sounds were deceiving.
Local volunteers are being given the rare opportunity to fragment select heat-tolerant pieces of coral at Maunalua Bay in Hawaii Kai. It’s part of the state’s first community coral restoration event — Restore With Resilience, according to organizers.
The monthly event, which is organized by Malama Maunalua, the Coral Resilience Lab and about a dozen other nonprofits, is part of an effort to bridge the gap between researchers and community.
