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25 05 <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 /> HER is aware that certain activities which might have impacts on cultural resources at Wai'ele are prohibited <br /> until an Archaeological Inventory Survey is conducted. The County has begun the procurement process to get <br /> this accomplished and will prioritize completion. The current proposal reflects an awareness of these <br /> requirements, and takes pains to conform to the County's parameters regarding prohibited activities. <br /> In addition, it is important for current stewardship management to maintain awareness that the Wai'ele Advisory <br /> Council, when formed, is the appropriate organ to decide about activities which may have adverse or <br /> unforeseen impacts on the property. The absence of parking and bathroom facilities, and the weightiness of <br /> such decisions, means that involvement of school groups as projected in the MOP 2023-24 Stewardship grant <br /> is premature. <br /> Thus, both HER projects for 2025-26 reflect an ethic of`holding space' for these important prerequisite <br /> developments to take place. The property is being cleaned up, invasive flora/fauna are being systematically <br /> controlled, and culturally/ecologically-important data collection is being conducted. Malama O Puna's fencing <br /> project is deferred until after the AIS, so it makes little sense to attempt much forest restoration/planting in the <br /> face of an extreme invasive pig presence. Once the Botanical Survey and Vegetation Report is joined by an <br /> AIS, and these data are integrated into an accessible and powerful resource database, the future Wai'ele <br /> Advisory Council will have in its hands the tools needed to undertake a comprehensive preservation and <br /> management plan. <br /> 2. If you are proposing to produce a management and/or preservation plan, please explain <br /> why such additional planning is needed. <br /> Neither a management nor a preservation plan are being undertaken at this point. <br /> FINAL 2025 Stewardship Grant Application,Page 9 of 13 <br />