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PONC MAINTENANCE FUND <br />Year End FINAL Report # C.008221 <br /> <br />nd <br />During the 2 Quarter of 2020, COVID-19 prevented student volunteers from working in the <br />nursery, but Kohanaiki 'Ohana volunteers continued to participate in nursery maintenance <br />and propagation. <br /> <br />rd <br />Native coastal trees, shrubs, and ground covers continue to be regularly grown during the 3 <br />and 4rth quarter. Sixty dwarf coconut trees have been sprouted and potted in the nursery to <br />help with our erosion control goals. Several Native trees have been added to our nursery <br />regular propagation, highlighting Naio and Wiliwili. <br /> <br /> <br />PREP COASTAL AREA FOR OUT-PLANTING, INVASIVE SPECIES REMOVAL <br /> <br />Prepping areas for out-planting continues with small groups of volunteers. These plantings <br />will help restore and enhance the native ecosystem, maintain the beach crest and mitigate <br />the effects of future high surf, and rising sea level that is depleting beach sand all <br />over coastlines in Hawaii. <br /> <br />As was the case for propagation, COVID-19 presented some challenges for volunteer help, <br />but Mason Myrmo was <br />while the beach park area was closed to the public. Upon the beach parks being re-opened, <br />we have continued to maintain our areas of native plants and continue to remove invasive <br />species while creating natural buffers to reduce vehicle traffic. <br /> <br /> <br />EXPAND PRUNING OF INVASIVE SPECIES WITH VOLUNTEER WORK GROUPS <br /> <br />Project coordinator has worked to keep the under-story pruned for shade and recreational <br />use of beach park goers. Care is also taken in pruning to enhance visibility of driving cars to <br />see pedestrians and vice versa. Invasive species are regularly removed from active areas. <br />Some areas have been cleared of invasive and selected for native plant restoration. Although <br />student and co-19 issues <br />have minimized the anticipated number of hours originally projected. <br /> <br /> <br />ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES <br /> <br />Additional activities include Beach Clean-ups, Native plant surveys, identification and <br />propagation, Hylaeus bee monitoring, removal of invasive species, trimming under-story of <br />beach Heliotrope, hauling green waste and raking pathways, building passive rock barriers <br />around native plants close to beach roads. <br /> <br /> 5 <br /> <br />