Garden Island Resource Conservation and Development (GIRC&D)

Conserve, preserve and prudently develop the natural and human resources to improve the economic, social and environmental opportunities for the people of Kauai County

The Garden Island Resource Conservation and Development, Inc. (GIRC&D) was incorporated in January 1991, authorized by Congress in February 1992 and received its 501 (c )(3) nonprofit status in May 1993. GIRC&D is an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan, community-based organization focused on the prudent use of natural and human resources on the Island of Kaua‘i. Originally sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and initially administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service—a federal agency—we are now locally managed. The organization provides many avenues for worthy projects to succeed. Some projects that GIRC&D hosts are finite, but leave a lasting impact. Others become entities and nonprofit organizations on their own. Seven committees outreach to the community; one committee functions internally.