Who We Are
Kula Community Watershed Alliance is a land restoration initiative led by many of the fire survivors living in the burned areas of the August 2023 wildfire that devastated Kula, Maui. With the guidance of subject matter experts, we have joined together as neighbors in unified support of our land‘s recovery from the fires and the establishment of a safer landscape and optimum watershed health in our area. Through the Kula Fire Restoration Project, we are committed to stabilizing and regenerating the disturbed soil, restoring and protecting site-appropriate native flora and fauna, and stewarding the long-term vitality of the lands we call home.
As we recover from the wildfire, we look beyond the bounds of the burn scar to the greater community both beside us and down slope from us in hopes of restoring our entire moku (district) of Kula to a more resilient native landscape and healthier watershed.
Team
Sara Tekula, Executive Director (Email Sara)
Neighborhood Council
Each member of our leadership Council is a fire survivor living or working in the Kula burn zone. All have committed to restoring the lands they tend back to a fire-safe native habitat, and are committed to assisting the Kula Community Watershed Alliance as stewards of the group‘s resources.
Dave Chevalier, President
Sabrina Fehlmann, Vice President
Elizabeth Anderson, Treasurer
Andrea Perkins, Secretary
Liz Delyon
Glenn James
Lisa Liu
Monica Loui, Kula Sandalwoods
Dan McEvoy
Kyle Ellison (Ex-officio, non-voting member)
For general inquiries, please reach out to us using our Contact Form.
Advisors
The following supporters have offered their time, expertise, and wisdom as we return vitality to the land where we live and work:
Steve Anderson, Restoration Ecologist
Danny Boren, Skyline Hawai‘i
Sarah Bryan, Nā Koa Manu Conservation
Scott Fisher, Hawaiʻi Land Trust
Paul Gillespie, Green Earth Landscape
Joseph Imhoff, Skyline Conservation Initiative
Kealiʻi Reichel
Michael Reyes, Maui Environmental Consulting
Rich Tully, Tully Studio
Explore all the ways to join us and get involved.
Join the Alliance.
Are you a concerned resident living in the fire affected areas of Kula? A potential partner that can bring resources to our effort? Join the Kula Community Watershed Alliance and connect with like-minded neighbors who are dedicated to restoring the lands they call home.
Make a Gift
Post-fire recovery, soil stabilization, and land restoration of this magnitude is a long-term stewardship process that requires hard work, specialized equipment, expertise, and resources to properly execute. Please give what you can to help us make our neighborhood fire-safe, recover the land, and support its vitality.
Watch the Watershed.
Have you noticed anything new in your watershed? Submit your observations to our crowdsourced citizen science project to get to know our watershed better.
Volunteer
The Alliance is currently engaged in large-scale soil stabilization work in the burn areas requiring skilled contractors and machine operators – it is work that’s not quite suitable for volunteers.
Sign up to Join the Alliance, and choose the volunteer option, and weʻll be in touch when the opportunity arises!
