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SCOPE OF WORK This proposal seeks to expand the Mauna Kea Watershed Alliance(MKWA)operational capacity and strengthen partnership relationships through the incorporation of collaborative on-the-ground watershed projects. The MKWA on-the-ground projects include provide funds to inspect and maintain the Mauna Kea Forest Reserve(MKFR)and Kanakaleonui Bird Corridor(KBC) fence-lines,manage ungulates at KBC, provide funds to Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL)to control Ulex europaeus(gorse)at the headwaters of the Wailuku River, conduct plant surveys of Kamehameha Schools lands within MKWA bounds,and continue to develop the MKWA education and outreach program through participation in community events as well as by providing field and service learning trips to Mauna Kea. Additionally we seek funds to create the Mauna Kea Weed Management Plan and to support the completion of the gorse moth environmental assessment(EA). The MKWA will coordinate with the County of Hawaii to place mile markers and provide funds for materials for Public Works to do road maintenance along Keanakolu Road,our main access route for field work. Coordination of Watershed Partnership Activities 1. Coordination of watershed management activities,Inter-agency coordination and infrastructure for priority areas threatened by fire. a. Provide salary support to develop the Mauna Kea Weed Management Plan i. Consolidate weed information of all partners as well as public information within MKWA bounds on weed locations, composition, and access. ii. Make recommendations on landscape scale weed management. b. Keanakolu Road mile-marker project i. Establish mile markers along Keanakolu Road as general reference points and in the case of emergencies(i.e. fire calls, health emergencies, etc.). c. Keanakolu Road maintenance i. Develop relationship with County of Hawaii Public Works to provide for sustainable funds to maintain the Keanakolu Road. ii. Improve roadway near Pu`u Loaloa, an area that commonly erodes, to be able to bring in equipment to improve Keanakolu Road. iii. Directly benefits three of the alliance partners;Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, and Division of Land and Natural Resources. iv. County of Hawai`i Public Works highways maintenance has agreed to match with $15,000 labor. 2. Development of bio-control agents for targeted habitat-modifying weeds. a. Completion of the environmental assessment of the introduction to Hawaii of Cydia ulicetana(Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)a biological control agent for gorse with Richard Hill&Associates i. Provide salary, fringe, and some materials and supplies to complete EA. ii. See attached complete proposal from Richard Hill&Associates.