Draft EIS for Kawainui-Hamakua Master Plan now available for review

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Kawainui-Hāmākua Master Plan Project DEIS

HRS §343-5 Trigger(s)	Use of State lands and funds; use of Conservation District lands
District(s)	Koʻolaupoko District
TMK(s)	(1) 4-2-003: 017 and 030; 4-2-013: 005, 010, 022 and 038; 4-2-016: 002 and 015; 4-2-017: 020; 4-2-103: 018 and 035; and 4-4-034: 025
Permit(s)	Special Management Area Use Permit, Conservation District Use Permit, Department of the Army Permit
Proposing Agency	Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife Marigold Zoll, O‘ahu Forestry and Wildlife Manager, Marigold.S.Zoll@hawaii.gov, (808) 973-9787 P.O. Box 621, Honolulu, HI 96809
Accepting Authority	Governor, State of Hawai‘i The Honorable David Y. Ige, http://governor.hawaii.gov/contact-us/contact-the-governor/, (808) 586-0034 Executive Chambers, State Capitol, 415 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, HI 96813
Consultant	HHF Planners Ronald Sato, AICP, rsato@hhf.com, (808) 457-3172 733 Bishop; Street, Suite 2590, Honolulu, HI 96813
Status	Administrative 30-day public review and comment period has started. Comments are due by early January, 2018.  Please send comments to the proposing agency and copy the accepting authority and the consultant.

This 986 acre project area in Kailua includes the Kawainui wetland and upland areas, Hāmākua Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary, and Pu‘uoehu hillside. Proposed improvements are needed to support the Division of Forestry and Wildlife and the Division of State Parks efforts in achieving their agency missions, to sustain and enhance the natural and cultural resources associated with this area, and increase public access and outdoor recreational opportunities. Proposed improvements fall into three major catego- ries: 1) natural resource management; 2) cultural resource management; and 3) educational and recreational initiatives. Natural resource management include wetland restoration, upland reforestation, storm water improvements, and support for manage- ment operations. Cultural resource initiatives would support traditional Hawaiian cultural practices in the area. Educational and recreational improvements would increase public access, provide passive outdoor recreational use, and support educational programs and stewardship.

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