Measurements of Waves, Currents, Temperature, Salinity, and Turbidity: June – September 2006 to better understand coastal circulation, sediment dynamics, and the potential impact of a river flood in a coral reef-lined embayment during quiescent summer conditions.

The results of studies in the Hanalei Watershed funded, directed, and/or conducted by investigators from many disciplines and entities including: Hanalei Watershed Hui, University of Hawaii, State of Hawaii (Department of Health, Department of Land and Natural Resources), and Federal agencies (U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Geological Survey, Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). Their sum total has contributed markedly to our understanding of processes in the watershed.

This report summarizes a pilot study of consumption-oriented fishing and shoreline food gathering activities and associated social context in the Main Hawaiian Islands.

Taro, called kalo in Hawaiian, is one of the oldest cultivated crops. Taro arrived in Hawai'i  around 900 to 1000 AD.