2025 is the Year of Our Community Forests. We’re celebrating trees in the wao kanaka, where we live, learn, and play.

Special mele and keiki activities will be shared.

What is a community forest? It’s a collection of trees in the wao kanaka, where we live, learn, and play. Community forests include trees in our neighborhoods, yards, parks, schools, and along our streets. They give us gathering places, shade to cool down, air to breathe, food to eat, wood for carving, leaves for weaving, and flowers for lei. Our forests help grow our communities, and we can help grow our community forests by caring for our trees, planting new trees, and learning from trees.

2025 was officially proclaimed as the Year of Our Community Forests by Governor Josh Green on January 10, 2025.

The campaign is brought to you by a partnership of tree lovers, including DLNR Forestry & Wildlife and its Kaulunani Urban & Community Forestry Program, and many more organizations.

Kaulunani is proud to be the State of Hawaii’s Urban and Community Forestry Program housed within the Department of Land and Natural Resources’ (DLNR) Division of Forestry and Wildlife.

Kaulunani focuses on improving the health and viability of trees in Hawaii’s communities through the implementation of educational programs, among other initiatives.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Library Kahuku (FOLK).

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, or activity should contact library staff as soon as possible. Advance requests 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required. All programs are subject to change. See a schedule of upcoming events on the HSPLS Events Calendar.