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to identify and guide long-term protection of natural and cultural resources and will include strategies for managed access. Discussion regarding visitor -use and engagement, native species habitat establishment and protection, stewardship objectives and goals, outreach initiatives, and overuse preventative measures will require significant community planning and ensure that descendants, residents, local organizations, and other sectors of the community understand their unique roles and responsibilities. Sharing responsibility for the care, maintenance, and management of Kumukahi will build community capacity and instill a sense of kuleana in its future. Clearly defining these different roles and responsibilities will be paramount to ensure a mindful and culturally sensitive approach to decision -making, project planning, and the implementation of adaptive management techniques. The long-term goals associated with the acquisition and community -based stewardship of Kumukahi is to reinforce a multigenerational place -based stewardship model which perpetuates place -based modes of learning, lifestyles, and legacies. Implementation of this model could be accomplished through education outreach and cultural programming for youth, residents, visitors, and descendants that reinforce and revitalize traditional fishing, astronomy, cosmology, wayfinding, storytelling, record -keeping and otherwise significant and impacfful cultural lifestyle modes. Efforts to document and share the stories and knowledge of Kumukahi may include oral history programs and mapping initiatives. These efforts would seek to instill a sense of pride, love, and understanding of place to all those who enter Kumukahi and deter inappropriate behaviors that risk disturbance of culturally sensitive areas. This emphasizes access as a privilege and a responsibility, rather than an entitled right and deemphasizes cultural landscapes as purely recreational, allowing an individual with the opportunity to experience Kumukahi in a safe and meaningful way. Significance and Management: Kumukahi is known as the place ' which the sun first rises in Hawai'i, a place holding deep cultural significance to its people. It is traditionally referenced in mete, oli, and mo'olelo as the hiking or, eastern point," of Ko Hawai'i Pae'aina, the Hawaiian archipelago, symbolic of beginnings, birth, and new life. It is also a leina (transitional place) where spirits depart from this world and into an afterlife. From this we can infer that Kumukahi holds space for the beginnings and endings of life and Kumukahi is a storied place that represents beginnings and transitions. thus holds great significance regarding the lifetime which falls between the two. Traditional practices that continue in this space include navigation, ceremonial practice, environmental stewardship, lawai'a pono, and malama pa ilina. Opportunities to reinvigorate and support the utilization of Kumukahi for lifestyle practices and traditions would require protective measures that prevent further encroachment on these lands by development. Kumukahi is located within the larger extent of Kula Ahupua'a, within which a range of native species exist. The integrity of the natural environment that exists within Kumukahi is threatened