JROTC at Makauwahi

On the day before Halloween, Makauwahi Cave Reserve got some help from the military, in the form of 36 rambunctious recruits of the Kapa`a High School Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. Under the direction of Colonel Roberto Levoit , six Kauai Invasive Species Committee employees, eight of our regular cave volunteers, and Reserve Manager Lida Pigott Burney, of course, the cadets battled invasive kiawe, christmasberry, haole koa, and Guinea grass, to make way for more native reintroductions along the horse trail and next to the picnic area. Marissa Sandblom and Arryl Kaneshiro welcomed the group on behalf of Grove Farm Company, which generously funded the buses for the visit.