Workshop: Manu o Kū Training for Hands-on Tree Workers (Oʻahu)

Name: Workshop: Manu o Kū Training for Hands-on Tree Workers (Oʻahu)
Start: 2025-11-15
End: 2025-11-15
Location: Kapiʻolani Community College

Hawaiʻi Audubon Society is hosting Manu o Kū (White Tern) training for hands on tree workers and commercial arborists on Saturday, November 15, 2025. There will be a morning session and an afternoon session. Update: **Morning session sold out, sign up for afternoon session only.**

Agenda
8:00am – 11:45am: Morning session
11:14am – 12:45pm: Lunch
12:45pm – 4:00pm: Afternoon session

Location: Kapiʻolani Community College (KCC), parking in Lot A. Please note Lots B, C and D will be closed for the weekly KCC Farmer’s Market

Cost: $15.00. We have requested approval of 3 CEUs for those who are certified. Bento lunch is included.

The workshop features presentations by arborists from Donahue Arborist and Tree Solutions, Hui Manu o Kū lead & Hawaiʻi Audubon board member, Rich Downs, and Hawaiʻi Audubon Executive Director, Keith Swindle.

Learning objectives are:

Identifying and understanding Manu o Kū biology and breeding.
Recognizing cultural importance of the White Tern in Hawaiʻi.
Understanding legal protections and arborist responsibilities.
Learning to incorporate online tools into job planning.
Applying best management practices when trimming near active nests.
Understanding behavior-defined buffer zones and how to adjust work accordingly.
Spotting breeding activity from the ground and canopy.
Responding appropriately to emergencies involving chicks or injured adults.

The class size is limited to 20 people each session.

Funded by a grant from the Kaulunani Urban and Community Forestry Program of the DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife, and by the Urban & Community Forestry Program of the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Region 5, State and Private Forestry

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