It’s been a year since eight conservation groups launched an unprecedented, large-scale restoration effort in the islands that tries to apply the Hawaiian concept of ahupuaa ridge-to-reef land management to one of Honolulu’s most heavily developed areas.
So far, that $7.8 million project, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has made early progress toward building pig-proof fences and reversing severe stream erosion in the upper forests of East Honolulu ’s Wailupe, Niu and Kuliouou watersheds, organizers say.
Just four homeowners in those East Honolulu flatlands, which are covered in pavement and concrete, have agreed so far to install rain barrels on their properties and help prevent excessive stormwater from flowing into Maunalua Bay, according to Doug Harper, executive director of the nonprofitA few midwives seek to uphold Native Hawaiian birth traditions. Would a state law jeopardize them?“We have a lot of work to do,” Harper said last week.
The groups are also working on a project to stem the massive erosion in the Wailupe Stream that deposits tons of sediment into Maunalua Bay, according to Harper. That sediment, plus stormwater and pollutants from the flatlands, can do enormous damage to the bay’s fragile ecosystem, he said. The conservation consortium is also working with local schools and a shopping center that might soon install permeable surfaces on their property to absorb storm water into the ground, he added.
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