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OFFICIAL USE ONLY:
PO No.
Vendor #
Rcv’d:
Approved for payment:
___________________
Dated: 3/3/25__________
County of Hawai‘i
Department of Finance
Property Management Division
25 Aupuni Street, Suite 1101
Hilo, HI 96720
Telephone: (808) 961-8069
PLEASE CHECK TYPE OF PROGRESS REPORT: SEMI-ANNUAL ANNUAL
ENTER INFORMATION IN THE FIELDS PROVIDED.
1.NAME AND ADDRESS OF ORGANIZATION:
2.PERSON TO CONTACT:
3.CONTRACT NO.:
4.CONTRACT AWARD AMOUNT:
5.PROJECT NAME (same name used on contract):
6.PROJECT PERIOD:
7.PROGRESS REPORT PERIOD:
8.PROJECT LOCATION (list all TMKs from the contract):
9.CERTIFICATION:
The Applicant certifies that the information contained in this report is true and correct to the best of
his/her knowledge.
NAME OF AUTHORIZED OFFICIAL:
TITLE OF AUTHORIZED OFFICIAL:
SIGNED:___________________________ DATE:___________________________
STEWARDSHIP GRANT PROGRESS REPORT
Stewardship Grant Progress Report, Page 2 of 10
A.PROJECT OVERVIEW:
B.PROJECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
C.PROJECT CHALLENGES
D.FUTURE PLANS RELATING TO THE PROJECT
E.PHOTOGRAPHS, MAPS, AND OTHER EXHIBITS (These must be attached at the
end of the report as a Word document. If you attach photos, be sure to caption each photo with
a date and subject. If it is a group picture, please identify the group and date photo was taken.
No need to name the individuals in the photo. There is no need for the same location maps that
were attached in the original application. Maps can be sketches and/or drone photos
illustrating before and after activities.)
Stewardship Grant Progress Report, Page 3 of 10
(Use the table format below for details on your project’s activities. Use more than 1 page, if needed. See examples in
Instructions.)
Type of Activity Completion
Date and/or
% Complete
Contractors/Collaborators
F.PROJECT ACTIVITIES FOR CONTRACT NO.
Stewardship Grant Progress Report, Page 4 of 10
Type of Activity Completion
Date and/or
% Complete
Contractors/Collaborators
F.PROJECT ACTIVITIES FOR CONTRACT NO. (Continued)
Stewardship Grant Progress Report, Page 5 of 10
(Provide receipts to the Dept. of Finance.)
HI County
Charter 10-
16(g)
Date(s) of
Payment Type of Expense Vendor Number of
Receipts
Total
Amount
TOTAL AMOUNT FOR THIS PAGE
G.PROJECT RECEIPTS (GRANT FUNDS ONLY) FOR CONTRACT NO.
Stewardship Grant Progress Report, Page 6 of 10
HI County
Charter 10-
16(g)
Date(s) of
Payment Type of Expense Vendor Number of
Receipts
Total
Amount
TOTAL AMOUNT FOR THIS PAGE
G.PROJECT RECEIPTS (GRANT FUNDS ONLY) FOR CONTRACT NO.
(Continued)
Stewardship Grant Progress Report, Page 7 of 10
HI County
Charter 10-
16(g)
Date(s) of
Payment Type of Expense Vendor Number of
Receipts
Total
Amount
TOTAL AMOUNT FOR THIS PAGE
TOTAL AMOUNT OF GRANT FUNDS ENCUMBERED/SPENT FOR REPORTING PERIOD
GRAND TOTAL OF GRANT FUNDS ENCUMBERED/SPENT (For Annual Report Only)
G.PROJECT RECEIPTS (GRANT FUNDS ONLY) FOR CONTRACT NO.
(Continued)
Stewardship Grant Progress Report, Page 8 of 10
(Use additional pages, if needed. See Instructions.)
Date Activity Person/Organization # of
Participants
Calculation of In-
Kind Value Other Resources
TOTAL OF IN-KIND VALUES AND OTHER RESOURCES
FOR REPORTING PERIOD
H.IN-KIND SERVICES AND OTHER RESOURCES FOR CONTRACT NO.
Stewardship Grant Progress Report, Page 9 of 10
Date Activity Person/Organization # of
Participants
Calculation of In-
Kind Value Other Resources
TOTAL OF IN-KIND VALUES AND OTHER RESOURCES
FOR REPORTING PERIOD
GRAND TOTAL OF IN-KIND VALUES AND OTHER
RESOURCES (For Annual Report Only)
H.IN-KIND SERVICES AND OTHER RESOURCES FOR CONTRACT NO. (Continued)
Stewardship Grant Progress Report, Page 10 of 10
(Attach copy of any warranty documents.)
Item Description Cost Purchase Date Model/Serial No. Location
TOTAL COST
I.EQUIPMENT INVENTORY ≥ $250.00 (GRANT FUNDS ONLY) FOR CONTRACT NO.
The draft plan, RSVP link, and form
to submit comments are available
on the Nohopapa Hawaiʻi website at:
Scan here to access the plan & forms.
QUESTIONS?
Please contact
info@nohopapa.com WWW.NOHOPAPA.COM/KAUNAMANO
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 - 6:00pm - 7:30pm
VIRTUAL COMMUNITY MEETING
Draft Kaunāmano Resources Stewardship Plan
Nohopapa Hawaiʻi and the Ala Kahakai Trail
Association (ATA), will be holding a virtual
public meeting for the Draft Kaunāmano
Resources Stewardship Plan. The purpose of the
meeting is to:
Share details of the draft stewardship plan.
Gather manaʻo (input) on the draft stewardship plan.
The meeting will be held via Zoom. RSVP at:
The Kaunāmano property encompasses 1,363 acres below (makai) of Naʻalehu Police Station
between Pōhina Pali and the Maniania Pali, including Pāʻula, also known as Leipana. The Plan
acknowledges the holistic relationship of Kaunāmano Ahupuaʻa, the connections between the
kula and ma uka regions of Kaunāmano's lush forest and freshwater springs, and the shoreline
and the ocean currents whose extent stretches north towards Honuʻapo and south towards Ka
Lae. The Plan is a required component of both the Legacy Land Conservation Program Grant
Agreement and the County of Hawaiʻi’s Grant of Conservation Easement. In its entirety, the Plan
aims to honor the ancestral knowledge and values unique to Kaunāmano and Kaʻū by using
them to guide stewardship priorities and recommendations.
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A draft stewardship plan for the protection of a culturally and ecologically vital
coastline in the Ka‘u district is being formally introduced to the public through a
virtual meeting from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on April 29.
The plan being introduced regards the stewardship of the Kaunamano property,
which covers 1,363 acres between Pohina Pali and the Maniania Pali below the
Na‘alehu Police Station.
The meeting’s hosts — cultural resource management group Nohopapa Hawaii
and nonpro t Ala Kahakai Trail Association — invite the public to register for the
Zoom meeting by visiting tinyurl.com/kaunamanoplan.
Attendees will be able to give input about the plan through instructions provided
at the virtual meeting, and a comment form will be posted April 29 on
nohopapa.com/kaunamano.
“The plan acknowledges the holistic relationship of Kaunamano Ahupua‘a,
including the connections between the kula and ma uka regions of Kaunamano’s
lush forest, pastures and freshwater springs,” as well as, “the shoreline and the
ocean currents (that stretch) north toward Honu‘apo and south towards Ka Lae,”
said Nohopapa Hawaii in a press release.
Nohopapa Hawaii explained in the release that the development of the plan is a
requirement for both the state’s Legacy Land Conservation Program Grant
Agreement and the county’s Grant of Conservation Easement, adding that, “in its
entirety, the plan aims to honor the ancestral knowledge and values unique to
Kaunamano and Ka‘u by using them to guide the stewardship priorities and
recommendations.”
The Ala Kahakai Trail Association has owned the Kaunamano parcel since October
2021, when the property was conveyed to the nonpro t for community and
cultural stewardship after the county acquired a Conservation Easement that
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restricted its use to cultural, conservation and agricultural uses, according to the
Trust for Public Land.
The acquisition of the site in 2021 involved a collaboration between the Trust for
Public Land and the Ala Kahakai Trail Association, along with support from county
and state programs. The community also was involved from the beginning in
securing the property for protection from development, according to a press
release put out by The Trust for Public Land at that time.
The release states that the land’s purchase was funded by $6.71 million in
community-raised public funds that included $4.31 million by the county’s Public
Access, Open Space and Natural Resources Preservation Program and $2.4 million
from the state’s Legacy Land Conservation Program.
The area is home to hundreds of culturally signi cant sites like the villages of
Pa‘ula and Pauku, petroglyphs, burial sites and heiau, the Trust for Public Land
said in its release. Extensive lava tube networks on the property also feature such
ecologically and culturally signi cant sites as the Puhi‘ula cave with its rock-lined
anchialine pool lled with native shrimp, the release said.
“The Puhi‘ula cave in Kaunamano, like so many other places in Ka‘u, is very special
to my ohana,” said Pelehonuamea Harman of the Ala Kahakai Trail Association’s
Stewardship Committee in 2021.
She told of how her great-grandmother would go there as a young girl to collect
pa‘akai (sea salt), and passed those traditions down through generations in mele,
stories and academic works. “Now, I can go there with my children and we are still
provided with paakai, shelter, and a place to connect with our kupuna. I know
they are smiling down at us knowing the coastline is preserved.”
The Trust for Public Land release adds that 3.3 miles of coastline and marine
resources being protected by this property include a tidepool complex, coves and
sea caves, with the nearshore area o ering shelter to migrating humpback
whales, dolphins, and an abundance of sh, limu and shell sh. The area also will
protect endangered monk seals and hawksbill sea turtles, as well as threatened
green sea turtles.
Further ecological protections along the Kaunamano coastline include
stewardship of native coastal plants and seabirds like noio (black noddies) and
koa‘e kea (white tailed tropic birds) that nest in the cli sides of the Maniania Pali,
the Trust for Public Land release said.
“The Ka‘u community has been working for decades to protect their beloved 80-
mile coast to honor their kupuna and empower future generations to perpetuate
their culture and rural, subsistence lifestyle,” the Trust for Public Land said in the
announcement of Kaunamano’s protection in 2021.
The organization said Kaunamano is the seventh successful protection project of
this coastline, which have together conserved 6,199 acres of cultural landscapes
and pasture land, and also connect over 8.5 miles of the Ala Kahakai National
Historic Trail.
The draft plan is available at www.nohopapa.com/kaunamano, and hard copies
can be printed and mailed at a fee upon request.
Questions and requests for physical copies of the plan can be sent to
info@nohopapa.com.
Email Kyveli Diener at kdiener@hawaiitribune-herald.com.
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