20017-02-6 HCDP Community Action Guide FINALIZED 06.01.2018 FINAL

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• Designation - This step is intended to demonstrate that the well -organized Local Byway Committee understands the level of commitment required, and is ready to begin preparing a Corridor Management Plan (required in Hawai'i to keep State Designation). • Corridor Management Plan - The CMP tells the story of the byway and provides a vision to guide future actions to ensure that the desired qualities of the byway are protected or enhanced. This step is also needed along with an enabling ordinance for a scenic corridor. • Ask the Planning Director or the District Council Member to introduce a resolution to initiate the establishment of a scenic corridor. Other Resources: State Department of Business Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) See also Community Action 2 Establish acquisition priorities, using PONC criteria, and secure priority lands. 4.6 Protect and Enhance Ecosystems and Watersheds Community Action 8: Collaborate with Mauna Kea Watershed Alliance, the County, and appropriate State and Federal agencies in developing and implementing watershed management plans and projects. • Ensure that Native Hawaiian practitioners directly tied to the subject area are consulted while developing or implementing natural resource plans in culturally sensitive areas. Need: The protection and management of watersheds is particularly important to Hamakua because the Planning Area is home to 73% of the watersheds on the Island (107 out of 146). Moreover, the Planning Area is unique in the State for its density of relatively pristine streams, especially the Maulua Gulch to Wailuku River area. Often, resources and landscapes have multiple owners and fall under several different jurisdictions. Effective resource management, therefore, requires high levels of collaboration and coordination among a wide range of agencies and organizations. Likewise, few know the resources like those who use and enjoy them. Local Hawaiian families, cultural practitioners, hunters, fisherman, hikers, farmers, and ranchers who know and frequent the forests, agriculture lands, and coastline are well-positioned to play a leadership role in managing them. Potential Community Lead: Action Committee Potential Community Partners: Residents familiar with local natural resources, owners of shoreline and agricultural property, Mauna Kea Watershed Alliance, Hawai'i Wildlife Fund, 'Aha Moku Advisory Committee, Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Mauna Kea Soil and Water Conservation District, Three Mountain Alliance, The Nature Conservancy, Kamehameha Schools, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, surfers, fisherman, hunters, hikers Potential Allies: Makai Watch, Reef Check Hawai'i, Project S.E.A.-Link, UH Sea Grant, NOAA (Office of Habitat Restoration, Marine Debris Program, Community-based Restoration Program), Hawai'i Island Hawksbill Turtle Recovery Project, KUA: Kua'aina Ulu 'Auamo, Department of Land and Natural Resources (DOFAW, Community Action Guide: 2018 18