The Kaua‘i Watershed Alliance Photo Gallery Upper Lumaha‘i Valley |
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| The upper portion of Lumaha‘i Valley contains some of the last remaining lowland ecosystems in the state. The valley is owned by Kamehameha Schools. |
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| Native Damselflies. |
| TNC ground crews use a helicopter to access the remote upper valley. |
| Upper Lumaha‘i Valley is unique in that it is one of the last places in the state where a continuous canopy of lowland vegetation exists. Unfortunately, a combination of pig and goat disturbance and the presence of Clidemia hirta has damaged much of the understory vegetation and ground cover. |
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| The back walls of Lumahai. |
| Native lowland vegetation. |
| Lower Lumaha‘i Valley |
| Conditions are wet and muddy for ground crews working in the valley. |
| The spore-dispersed Australian tree fern has invaded upper Lumaha‘i Valley and it is estimated that, without intervention, ATFs could compose about 40% of the overstory within ten years. |
