Events & Workshops

Learning, gathering, and growing a living culture of stewardship.

The Kula Community Watershed Alliance (KCWA) hosts gatherings, workshops, volunteer opportunities, and educational events designed to support long-term wildfire resilience, ecological restoration, and community stewardship throughout Kula moku.

What began in the immediate aftermath of the August 2023 Kula Fire as emergency community meetings has gradually evolved into a broader series of opportunities for connection, learning, collaboration, and shared care for the lands and watersheds of Kula.

Today, KCWA’s public programming brings together neighbors, land stewards, restoration practitioners, cultural and scientific advisors, volunteers, students, and community partners around a shared vision for long-term resilience and mālama ʻāina. Through field reports, educational conversations, nursery gatherings, workshops, volunteer workdays, and stewardship events, KCWA seeks to cultivate deeper relationship between people and place while supporting the long-term recovery and resilience of Kula’s landscapes and communities.

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UPCOMING KCWA COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS

  • KCWA Community Conversation

    UNDERSTANDING MAUIʻS WATERSHEDS


    02/05/26 6:00-7:00PM

    What exactly is a watershed — and how does it really function on Maui? Join the Kula Community Watershed Alliance for a special Community Conversation with hydrologist Christopher Shuler of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Water Resources Research Center. In this accessible, general-audience talk, Christopher will explore how rain moves through our landscapes, how groundwater and surface water are connected, and why watershed health is essential for water security, ecosystem recovery, and community resilience.

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  • MAUI WILDIFRE RESILIENCE WORKSHOP

    04/25/25 1:00-4:30PM

    The Maui Wildfire Resilience Workshop is a community-centered gathering focused on strengthening preparedness, response, and long-term resilience to wildfire across Maui. Hosted by the Kula Community Watershed Alliance in partnership with the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa as part of a National Science Foundation (NSF) CIVIC Innovations project, the workshop brings together fire-affected residents, land stewards, researchers, and local partners to share lived experience, explore the ecological drivers of wildfire risk, and discuss practical strategies for land management, native restoration, and early detection. Designed as a space for learning and exchange, the workshop aims to support community-informed approaches to reducing wildfire risk and caring for our landscapes moving forward.

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  • KCWA QUARTERLY FIELD REPORT


    07/02/2026, 6:00 - 7:00PM

    These new quarterly updates provided by the KCWA project management team are designed to connect with KCWAʻs 70+ participating landowners. In these gatherings, our teams share what’s been accomplished on the ground, and give a look ahead at the priorities guiding our next season of work.

    REGISTER FOR QUARTERLY FIELD REPORTS