Mokupāpapa Discovery Center Events

Ka ʻUmeke Kaʻeo Public Charter School students perform an opening ceremony at Mokupāpapaʻs Grand reopening. Credit: NOAA

During the year we host many events at the Mokupāpapa Discovery Center. Come join us for a variety of educational activities, inspiring talks and hands-on fun! Check back periodically for updates.

January

• Waimea Ocean Film Festival
  January 1 to 4, 2020
  in Waimea, at the Mauna Kea Resort and the Fairmont Orchid, Hawaiʻi
  January 5 to 8, 2020
  at the Four Seasons Resort Hualālai
  For more information, visit www.waimeaoceanfilm.org


• Third Thursday By the Bay Presentation Series at Mokupāpapa Discovery Center
  Leveraging 3D technology to protect and conserve coral reef ecosystems
  Come join us as we hear from John Burns, Ph. D. Assistant Professor - Marine Science Department, at UH Hilo, Affiliate Researcher for NOAA Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
  Thursday, January 16, 2020, 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
  This is a free event
  at the Mokupāpapa Discovery Center
  76 Kamehameha Avenue, Hilo, HI 96720
  Please feel free to contact Clayton.Watkins@noaa.gov or call (808) 933-8184
  For more information, see flyer

February

• Third Thursday By the Bay Presentation Series at Mokupāpapa Discovery Center
  Protecting Seabirds on Midway Atoll
  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will be implementing the Midway Seabird Protection plan in 2020. This plan will protect the seabird population at Midway by removing invasive mice from Sand Island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. This removal is necessary to protect the largest colony of albatross in the world as well as 29 other species of birds that rely on Midway Atoll. On more than 500 other islands worldwide, similar invasive rodent removal campaigns successfully resulted in long-term benefits to native species and outweighed the limited, short-lived negative impacts from an eradication operation. This presentation by USFWS Superintendent for Papahānaumokuākea Jared Underwood, Ph.D. will discuss the project and the effort that it has taken to get to this point. Focus will be on the challenges associated with such a complex project and creative and innovative methods that have been developed to deal with these problems.
  Thursday, February 20, 2020, 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
  This is a free event
  at the Mokupāpapa Discovery Center
  76 Kamehameha Avenue, Hilo, HI 96720
  Please feel free to contact Clayton.Watkins@noaa.gov or call (808) 933-8184
  For more information, see flyer


• Presentation at Mokupāpapa Discovery Center
  Humpback Whales in Glacier Bay National Park: Navigating Oceans of Change
  For the past 30 years, Glacier Bay National Park Wildlife Biologist Christine Gabriele has led the Park’s humpback whale population monitoring program in Southeast Alaska. In this slide program, she’ll share some of her findings and highlight the importance of long term studies in understanding our changing oceans.
  Thursday, February 27, 2020, 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
  This is a free event
  at the Mokupāpapa Discovery Center
  76 Kamehameha Avenue, Hilo, HI 96720
  Please feel free to contact Clayton.Watkins@noaa.gov or call (808) 933-8184
  For more information, see flyer

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For more information, call 808-498-4709.

Mokupāpapa Discovery Center
76 Kamehameha Avenue
Hilo, Hawaiʻi 96720
Phone: 808-498-4709