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Watershed & Ecosystem <br />Objective 1: Protect, restore, and enhance watershed ecosystems, <br />sweeping views, and open spaces from mauka forests to makai <br />shorelines, while assuring responsible public access for recreational, <br />spiritual, cultural, and sustenance practices. <br />"Protection of Hamakua <br />watershed lands." <br />MAT HAMAKUA SAID <br />"Caringfor`aina, <br />reflecting community <br />values of environmental <br />consciousness." <br />Existing Policies & Plans- "rW <br />Challenges <br />CDP Value -Added <br />• General Plan prioritizes forest and coastal <br />• Lack of stream management; <br />• Guide conservation efforts for mauka forests, <br />ecosystems, agricultural lands, open space, <br />. The County is not actively involved in <br />streams, natural areas, gulches (Policy 34, Kokua <br />viewscapes, areas of natural beauty, <br />watershed planning (not yet a <br />Action 16, 39), <br />archeological and historic sites, and historic <br />partner in Mauna Kea Watershed <br />• Establish acquisition priorities (Policy 16, Community <br />buildings, <br />Alliance), <br />Action 2), <br />• Planning Department reviews landscaping <br />. Runoff pollution during storm events <br />• Actively partner in Watershed Planning efforts and <br />plans for commercial projects, <br />impacts streams/coastal waters; <br />resource protections (Policy 43, 44, 86, Kokua Action <br />• State of Hawaii maintains a Noxious Weed <br />. Invasive species identified as a major <br />17), <br />List of invasive plants to avoid, <br />threat to forest resources; <br />• Guide native species protections and invasive species <br />• Mauna Kea Watershed Management Plan. <br />. Lack of areas mapped for riverine <br />management (Policy 45, Kokua Action 18), <br />flooding. <br />• Enforce existing environmental protocols at County <br />facilities, <br />• Guides County facilities to become model in <br />environmental practices such as renewable energy <br />sourcing and pollution prevention (Policy 86, 107). <br />Draft Hamakua CDP hamakua@hawaiicounty.gov www.hamakuacdp.info 2 <br />