ʻĀina Explorers Summer Camp | Waikōloa Dry Forest Initiative

ʻĀina Explorers Summer Camp is a free, place-based summer program from the Waikōloa Dry Forest Initiative for upper elementary students on Hawaiʻi Island. Through hands-on outdoor learning, campers explore geology, native birds, cultural stories, and important places while building deeper connections to ʻāina. The program supports environmental stewardship and lifelong learning through immersive, multi-day experiences.

Future Foresters | Waikōloa Dry Forest Initiative

Future Foresters is a place-based after-school stewardship program from the Waikōloa Dry Forest Initiative for elementary students in Waikōloa. Through hiking, restoration work, nursery care, and community service, students learn about dry forest ecology, native species, and conservation within a biocultural context. The program builds long-term relationships to place and encourages keiki to become active stewards of the ʻāina.