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* USFWS and Ka'ahahui '0 Ka N5helehele are potential Interested partners in lowland dry forest <br />management, however details are not yet clear, nor have either party directly committed to managing <br />the area. <br />~ Current Right of Entry (ROE) agreements are held by entities permitted to collect seeds from T&E <br />species and mitigate goat impacts by fencing individual plants, however those ROEs are discretionary. <br />Strengths and Weaknesses <br />STRENGTHS <br />p Preservation oflowland dry forest critical <br />habitat type that harbors T&Especies. This <br />refu8iaofanative plant species community could <br />serve aoaliving seed bank tonot only enhance <br />the conservation recovery efforts atthis site, but <br />also |notters suffering from the same loss. <br />* Preservation nfthe remaining relic <br />ancient and historic cultural features on this <br />parcel that are afragments ofthe once vast <br />network cfarcheological features that nmlonger <br />exist. Preserving ancient and historic trails within <br />the property supports the preservation and <br />maintenance ofanextensive trail system which <br />extends beyond the property and connects tothe <br />N5Ala He|eState Trails System and the Ala <br />Keheka|National Historic Trail. <br />0 Safeguarding the "natural open space <br />landscape" resource from the inevitable <br />continuous Impacts ofhuman development <br />targeted |nthis and other areas Statewide, <br />Ensuring future generations ofthe public (locals <br />& visitors alike) can appreciate and utilize this <br />dwindling resource for enriching the lives o[ <br />future 8mnenadnnstucome, <br />* Effective management nfthe native plant <br />commun|h/landscape atthis site can reduce the <br />threat ofvvUd\andfires from starting a1or <br />escaping the area through the reduction ofhigh <br />density non-native invasive plant species that <br />increase fuel loads. <br />* Support through conservation <br />partnerships from other agencies and <br />WEAKNESSES <br />° K40Ulacks accountability, AnMOAthat b <br />more effective atholding all parties accountable <br />for upholding onagreed upon chronological line - <br />itemized consmmationmanagamentd|mctiveo <br />with realistic timelines for completion for this site <br />would bemore effective. <br />0 Although positive relationship with the <br />USFish and Wildlife Service does exist, there has <br />not been significant effort onthe |andovvnmr's <br />part |nmaintaining orotherwise ensuring that <br />relationship continues orthat the management <br />actions outlined inthe K40Uare fulfilled. <br />* Long passage mftime has occurred with <br />noeffective, logical, & practical implementation <br />of conservation management, Subdivision ofthe <br />entire parcel (as requested |nthe application) will <br />further delay management. <br />0 Threats continuously impact, degrade, <br />and are the direct cause for loss/take ofthe <br />natural and cultural resources that are significant <br />onthat parcel and surrounding adjacent lands. <br />Human development and improvements, high <br />densities and occupation offeral ungulates, and <br />conversion nfthe plant community's species from <br />alandscape historically -dominated hynative <br />species tomlandscape dominated bynon-native <br />inves|vesspecies caused the dynamics of <br />environmental factors tnadjust toanew and <br />unbalanced state, which will have detrimental <br />effects such aodecrease \nthe natural watershed <br />potential, increase |nthe desertification /dried, <br />