What Else is Going On in the Region?
The Wahikuli-Honokowai WMP is both complimentary and consistent with a series of planning efforts that are being conducted in the region including:
Hawai‘i Coral Reef Strategy, with specific regard to priority site M-7 (Ka‘anapali-Kahekili). The region is one of two priority sites that will receive program funding and technical assistance support from the Hawai‘i Coral Management Grant during the initial 3–5 years.
West Maui Ridge to Reef Initiative. The project goal is to improve the overall quality of the West Maui watershed, from the summit of Puukukui to the outer reef, incorporating holistic management aspects of traditional Hawaiian land and natural resource management at the watershed or ahupua‘a level. It is jointly sponsored by DLNR and US Army Corps of Engineers with funding support from NOAA. This process will include the development of watershed management plans for Kahana, Honokahua and Honolua, to be completed by 2015.
West Maui Mountains Watershed Management Plan, managed by WMMWP outlines the cost and contents of a comprehensive plan for the 50,000 acres of forest and watershed vegetation occupying the summit and slopes of the West Maui Mountains. Focus areas of management priority include: 1) Feral animal control, 2), Weed control, 3) Human activities management, 4) Public education & awareness, 5) Water and watershed monitoring, and 6) Management coordination improvements.
Kahekili Conservation Action Plan (CAP), managed by The Nature Conservancy. Small CAPs are being conducted for specific areas within the priority site (Kahekili). The goal of the CAP is to develop priority strategies for implementation to address existing and future threats facing coral reef ecosystems in these regions.
Maui Coastal Use Mapping Project, conducted as a partnership of DAR, NOAA PIRO and NOAA PSC. The project has mapped significant human uses (including range and intensity) of the nearshore area to inform resource management.
Hawai‘i Coral Reef Strategy, with specific regard to priority site M-7 (Ka‘anapali-Kahekili). The region is one of two priority sites that will receive program funding and technical assistance support from the Hawai‘i Coral Management Grant during the initial 3–5 years.
West Maui Ridge to Reef Initiative. The project goal is to improve the overall quality of the West Maui watershed, from the summit of Puukukui to the outer reef, incorporating holistic management aspects of traditional Hawaiian land and natural resource management at the watershed or ahupua‘a level. It is jointly sponsored by DLNR and US Army Corps of Engineers with funding support from NOAA. This process will include the development of watershed management plans for Kahana, Honokahua and Honolua, to be completed by 2015.
West Maui Mountains Watershed Management Plan, managed by WMMWP outlines the cost and contents of a comprehensive plan for the 50,000 acres of forest and watershed vegetation occupying the summit and slopes of the West Maui Mountains. Focus areas of management priority include: 1) Feral animal control, 2), Weed control, 3) Human activities management, 4) Public education & awareness, 5) Water and watershed monitoring, and 6) Management coordination improvements.
Kahekili Conservation Action Plan (CAP), managed by The Nature Conservancy. Small CAPs are being conducted for specific areas within the priority site (Kahekili). The goal of the CAP is to develop priority strategies for implementation to address existing and future threats facing coral reef ecosystems in these regions.
Maui Coastal Use Mapping Project, conducted as a partnership of DAR, NOAA PIRO and NOAA PSC. The project has mapped significant human uses (including range and intensity) of the nearshore area to inform resource management.
