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25 01 <br /> G. MANAGEMENT/PRESERVATION PLANS REVIEWED (See Instructions. Use <br /> additional pages as needed.) <br /> 1. Please elaborate on how the proposed project activities align with existing plans, if there <br /> are existing plans. <br /> In December 2023, in partnership with the nonprofit Na Kalai Wa`a, Federal, State and County <br /> agencies, and the Kohala community, HILT successfully closed on its most ambitious land <br /> protection effort, permanently protecting 642 acres on the Kohala coast of Hawaii Island and <br /> establish the Mahukona Navigation and Ecological Complex, HILT's 8th community preserve. <br /> HILT is now in the process of creating a community-led 20-year Master Plan and 5-year <br /> Management Plan. HILT has engaged Mike Donoho, AICP, Tetra Tech's Senior Environmental <br /> Planner and Project Manager will be the lead planner and draft the Master Plan and Management <br /> Plan. He is a life-long resident of the Kohala region with 24 years of professional planning <br /> experience in Hawaii. Mahina Paishon, a respected and experienced local consultant, will <br /> facilitate gatherings of the Mahukona Working Group partners who will collectively plan <br /> stewardship responsibilities and programming. The Mahukona Working Group is comprised of <br /> HILT, Na Kalai Wa`a, a native Hawaiian, culture-based nonprofit, and community stakeholders <br /> from the Kohala region. Both plans will be completed by Spring 2025. <br /> 2. If you are proposing to produce a management and/or preservation plan, please explain <br /> why such additional planning is needed. <br /> The acquisition of Mahukona was supported by a $4 million-dollar federal grant from the U.S. Fish <br /> & Wildlife Service Recovery Lands Acquisition program, approved in 2021. As requirement by the <br /> terms of the federal funds, HILT has initiated a Master Plan and will prepare a detailed and specific <br /> Management Plan for Mahukona. These plans will be completed by Spring 2025 and so they have <br /> not yet been reviewed by county, state, or federal agencies. Stewardship activities and historic <br /> preservation practices will be described in the management plans. <br /> FINAL 2025 Stewardship Grant Application,Page 9 of 13 <br />