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Ongoing interagency coordination, including consultation with place-based land stewards,cultural and historical <br />advisory groups, land and homeowners, and other stakeholders being transparent of what they hold stake in. <br />• The County can take a more proactive role in exercising its protective public trust role for natural and cultural <br />resources. This sounds like government overreach. Again, the planning department is NOT responsible for <br />protecting the public. That is a byproduct of what you do but it is NOT the main part of your job! Revise to: The <br />County can take a more proactive role in supporting thriving communities and their natural and cultural <br />resources. <br />• Maintain and increase involvement with existing partnerships and identify new partners that help promote and <br />enhance biocultural (remove) Land stewardship. <br />• Collaborate to complete additional EPA-approved watershed plans to increase eligibility for future conservation <br />funding. <br />Page 41 <br />2.2 Biocultural Stewardship Goal, <br />Objectives, Policies, and Actions <br />Objective 1 <br />Increase the biodiversity and resilience of native habitats. <br />Policies <br />1.4 Maintain the shoreline for recreational, cultural, educational, and/or scientific uses in a manner that is <br />protective of nature, respectful of resources, and is of the maximum benefit to the general public. <br />1.8 Prioritize native landscaping for all County projects while allowing communities to enjoy it at their leisure. <br />1.11 Encourage and incentivize green belts, tree plantings, and landscape plans and designs in urban <br />areas without further regulations or fines. <br />1.13 Incentivize private land management practices that protect and enhance natural resource and values without <br />further regulations or fines. and, when appropriate, pursue the acquisition of lands for the protection of natural <br />resources (Remove! This is a 110% overreach of the government.) <br />1.14 Partner with government, private and nonprofit agencies, communities, farmers, homeowners, and <br />other stakeholders (What do they have a stake in? Who are they?) to: <br />Page 42: <br />a) Implement the Hawai‘i State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP) (What is this plan? Where can it be found?) <br />b) Better understand and model carrying capacities of the island’s habitats and resources <br />c) Improve the inventory of forested lands and associated ecosystem services <br />d) Encourage the continued identification and inclusion of unique wildlife habitat areas of Native Hawaiian habitat <br />within the Natural Area Reserve System <br />e) Anticipate future habitat migration, especially wetlands and coastal ecosystems <br />f) Prioritize quantitative wetland assessment to identify wetlands <br />g) Expand native and/or endemic forest cover <br />h) Improve enforcement for illegal activities that harm or degrade endemic habitats (Who is defining endemic <br /> <br />