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 Hawaii is a member of the Southwest States and Pacific Islands Water Quality Coordination Team |
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| Project Name: | Lahaina Watershed Revegetation Project |
| ASO Log No.: | 02-220 |
| Start/End Date: | March 2002 to May 2005 |
| Federal Funds: | $109,430.00 |
| Matching Funds: | $109,600.00 |
| Contractor: | Maile Bay Pacific Islands Land Institute (PILI) 270 Kuulei Road, Suite 201 Kailua, Hawaii 96734 Phone: (808) 263-4883 Fax: (808) 263-4966 Email: info@lilipacific.org Website: http://www.pilipacific.org/ |
| Background/ Overview: |
The West Maui Watershed Management Project identified algal blooms and muddy coastal waters off of West Maui as being problems for this Category I, WQLS. Former sugarcane lands now lay fallow and are denuded of vegetation due to four years of drought. Any major storms and other significant rainfall will cause extensive runoff from these fallow areas and will carry sediment into the near shore West Maui coastal waters. |
| Objectives/Goals: | To demonstrate the use of culturally appropriate and economically beneficial plantings on fallow agricultural lands, which removes the danger of runaway runoff, thus reducing and preventing soil erosion with minimal effort and support from all sectors of the community. |
| Methods Employed: | • Educate watershed owners and the community regarding
the need for and benefits of a restored and vegetated upper watershed • Repair and reshape existing in-field terraces to reduce on-site erosion • Establish short-term crops that can hold the soils in the mauka lands of the watershed • Repair and restore the pre-existing drip irrigation system to water the native species • Establish native and non-invasive species that can assist in restoration efforts • Develop and implement plans and methods that can provide permanent cover and crops that will restore and sustain the integrity of the watershed |
| Pollutants of Concern: | None identified in report |
| Watershed: | Kahoma Watershed, island of Maui |
| Size of Project: | 25 acres |
| Affected Water Bodies: | Not identified in report |
| Deliverables: | Final Report |
