{"id":157962,"date":"2022-04-21T14:02:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T00:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=157962"},"modified":"2022-04-27T09:38:14","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T19:38:14","slug":"volunteers-needed-maunakea-weed-pull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/04\/21\/volunteers-needed-maunakea-weed-pull\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteers needed to m\u0101lama Maunakea, weed pull scheduled"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Fireweed (Senecio madagascariensis<\/em>), is a daisy like herb. Each flower can produce 150 seeds and each plant can supply 30,000 seeds per year.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After a two-year pandemic pause, the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo Center for Maunakea Stewardship<\/a> (CMS<\/abbr>) will host a second Mālama Maunakea volunteer weed pull this month as part of an extended Earth Day celebration. Volunteers are needed for the Saturday, April 23, and the invasive-weed pull starts at 9 a.m. at the Visitor Information Station on Maunakea.<\/p>\n

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Volunteers removing invasive weeds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Mālama Maunakea volunteer weed pulls are part of ongoing CMS<\/abbr> efforts to protect the resources on the mountain by helping to control fireweed (Senecio madagascariensis) and other invasive plant species around Maunakea\u2019s 9,000-foot elevation. Eradicating invasive species and weeds helps to reduce habitat for invasive ants, prevents unwanted invasive species from being transported to the upper elevation areas of Maunakea, and prepares the surrounding area for future native plant restoration projects.<\/p>\n