Guest Contributor

Judy Edwards

Judy Edwards has worked in conservation, public lands advocacy, environmental education, nonprofit national parks support, and freelance writing in Hawaiʻi since 1994. Her pieces can be found in Maui Nō Ka ʻOi magazine, in the anthology A Mile in Her Boots, and in the Hawaiian Airlines inflight magazine, Hana Hou! Her decades in Hawaiʻi have been shared between Maui and the Island of Hawaiʻi. Heralding the unsung heroes of conservation is her passion. The ocean is her everything.

After the Fire, Lahaina’s Whales Are Left in the Lurch Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2020

After the Fire, Lahaina’s Whales Are Left in the Lurch

The August 2023 blaze torched the town’s harbor, disrupting a spotting network crucial to saving entangled whales.