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25 12 What are the objectives of the proposed project? Choose only one category and use additional pages as needed. ✓❑ Management Planning ❑ Maintenance Activities and Public Education The Halelua parcel offers a number of valuable community and cultural resources and we seek to begin a process of determining what the priorities of the community may be in making use and/or protecting them. For example, the lo`i in Halawa gulch is in continual state of degradation by pigs and natural flora growth. Should this be allowed to continue? Should it be preserved? Should it be reconstructed? Should it be used as a resource for local agricultural/historical education/ production? Some similar questions exist for the Ohau (or Oahu) heiau in Halelua gulch. What kind of coastline protection should be created for threatened shoreline bird habitat? What kind of efforts should be put in place to re-introduce and/or protect native flora? Who should take responsibility for the maintenance of the Public Grant of Easement along the coastline? Who is responsible for maintaining appropriate access and use and helping deter violations of the GOE? Who is responsible for addressing the protection of iwi kupuna that are occasionally revealed by erosion? Who is responsible for maintaining the connection of lineal descendents to the land and knowledge of this land? The land has already been studied deeply by various archeologists. What are the future plans for research? How will this happen in collaboration with living community interests? A process needs to be developed to determine protocols, authority, responsibility, and involvement about these issues and more. We plan to meet with various stakeholders over the year to develop this sense of priorities, possibilities, and commitments to help keep the land in proper care over the long-haul. FINAL 2025 Stewardship Grant Application,Page 4 of 13