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OCCL, DAR, DOCARE, Fisheries Enforcement Units), DOH Clean Water Branch, County of Hawai'i (Planning,
<br />Game Management Advisory Commission), Big Island Invasive Species Committee, USFWS Pacific Islands
<br />Coastal Program, The Kohala Center, Malama Kai Foundation, Pacific Fisheries Coalition, Locally -Managed
<br />Marine Area (LMMA) Network, Landscape Conservation Stewardship Program, Public Lands Everyday.
<br />Potential Next Steps:
<br />To make the best use of limited resources, identify regional management priorities:
<br />• Consider stakeholder input, feasibility, and potential benefit/impact when establishing priorities.
<br />To prioritize watersheds that require protection and/or management, identify major land covers, land
<br />uses, and polluting activities, as recommended by the ORMP (see Appendix V4A). Given the pristine
<br />streams, areas in between the Maulua Gulch to Wailuku River area will likely be priorities.
<br />• For coastal areas, consider a coastal resource management plan, as described above.
<br />Document historical and current conditions in high priority areas using local, place -based knowledge and the
<br />best science available:
<br />• Clearly identify resources, their significance, and threats.
<br />• Start with existing documentation and maps in the CDP (including the Community Profile and Appendix
<br />V4A), historic maps, past studies, fishermen, hikers, surfers, local Hawaiian families with ahupua'a-specific
<br />knowledge, and other existing resources.
<br />Map popular hunting, fishing, surfing, swimming, and hiking areas. Though they shouldn't be publicized,
<br />commonly used areas should be identified so that they can be protected and managed.
<br />Inventory and map undocumented resources in coastal areas, including coastal fish populations, estuaries,
<br />anchialine pools, tidal wetlands, coral reefs, vegetation, turtle nesting and feeding sites, and monk seal
<br />habitat.
<br />Take great care to keep information about sensitive resources unpublished and not public in order to
<br />minimize impacts, theft, vandalism, and other breaches in protocol.
<br />Develop site-specific and watershed -specific management plans tailored to high-priority areas and resources:
<br />Secure assistance with and funding for developing Watershed Management Plans (see Appendix V4A).
<br />Funding sources include the DOH Polluted Runoff Control (PRC) program and DOFAW's Watershed
<br />Partnership Program.
<br />• Develop Watershed Management Plans for high priority areas. Watershed management plans are data -
<br />driven, technical, and detailed plans for specific watersheds that identify the sources of pollution and the
<br />recommended management strategies. Analysis that drives the planning includes community goals;
<br />hazard risks; unique social, cultural, economic, and environmental characteristics; mauka-makai
<br />connections; and stakeholder interests and potential for collaboration. As recommended by the ORMP,
<br />the plans may include strategies to:
<br />o Address specific land-based pollution threats
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