pelekane bay watershed restoration project
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Pelekane Bay Watershed Restoration Project. August 2009 - February 2011. Funding - $2.9 million. A competitive grant for coastal restoration projects nationwide. 800+ projects submitted; 50 projects funded, two in Hawaii. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Pelekane Bay WatershedRestoration Project
Pelekane Bay WatershedRestoration Project
August 2009 - February 2011
Funding - $2.9 millionFunding - $2.9 million
A competitive grant for coastal restoration projects nationwide. 800+ projects submitted; 50 projects funded, two in Hawaii.
A competitive grant for coastal restoration projects nationwide. 800+ projects submitted; 50 projects funded, two in Hawaii.
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act = need to be “shovel ready” and have a focus on hiring people to get them to work doing conservation activities.
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act = need to be “shovel ready” and have a focus on hiring people to get them to work doing conservation activities.
Storm flow - November 2010
Sediments
How did this happen?How did this happen?
FireFire
GoatsGoats
Bare GroundBare Ground Exotic GrassesExotic Grasses
eat everything except
consume native vegetation
fire-grass cyclechanges soil texture = no infiltration
ErosionErosionSediments smother coralSediments smother coral
FireFire
GoatsGoats
Bare GroundBare Ground Exotic GrassesExotic Grasses
eat everything except
consume native vegetation
fire-grass cyclechanges soil texture = no infiltration
ErosionErosionSediments smother coralSediments smother coral
Completed 18 miles of goat-proof fencing, and controlled feral goats inside fence.
FireFire
GoatsGoats
Bare GroundBare Ground Exotic Grasses
eat everything except
consume native vegetation
fire-grass cyclechanges soil texture = no infiltration
ErosionErosionSediments smother coralSediments smother coral
Created a 400 acre protected stream corridor for native plant restoration.
FireFire
GoatsGoats
Bare GroundBare Ground Exotic GrassesExotic Grasses
eat everything except
consume native vegetation
fire-grass cyclechanges soil texture = no infiltration
ErosionErosionSediments smother coralSediments smother coral
Treated about 13 acres of bare ground with erosion control fabric embedded with native seed
Build 60 sediment check dams in barren areas.
Many hands make light(er) work.
Keep it local.
What did we accomplish?
Constructed 18 miles of fence to make 6600 acre goat-free
area
Created a 400 acre restoration area free of cattle, pigs and
goats
Protected 50,000 existing native plants from animal
damage
Planted more than 30,000 native trees, shrubs and ground
covers
Laid more than 10 miles of irrigation line
Built 60 sediment check dams; each can hold 10 tons of
sediment
Treated 13 acres of bare soil with fabric seeded with native
plants
Grew more than 30 species of native plants from seed we
collected
Employed and trained 35 local people over the course of
the project
Mahalo!Mahalo!