Getting Involved in Caring for Hawaii's Coastal Resources
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This page purposely left blank. GETTING INVOLVED IN CARING FOR HAWAII’S COASTAL RESOURCES a Community Guidebook HO’OKULEANA · TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY · HO’OKULEANA · TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY · HO’OKULEANA · TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY · HO’OKULEANA · TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT This guidebook was made possible due to the generous support of NOAA’s Coral Reef Management Grants to the DLNR and the long-term vision of Athline Clark, with the DLNR-Division of Aquatic Resources. DLNR publishes this as a guide for others to use. Users are encouraged to adapt this guide to their own particular set of circumstances. There is no warranty implied or expressed in this document. This document is available online for download at DLNR-DAR’s website at: http://www.hawaii.gov/dlnr/dar/index.html ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS There were numerous people that were consulted in compiling or editing this guidebook, or provided pictures: Carl Berg (Hanalei Watershed Hui), Megan Toaspern (UH Sea Grant), Signe Opheim (UH Marine Option Program), Eric Co (The Nature Conservancy), Bob Braun (Hawaiian Islands Stranding Response Group), Chris Yates (NOAA-Pacific CREDITS Islands Regional Office), David Schofield (NOAA-PIRO), Leigh Ann Grabowsky (Santa Barbara ChannelKeeper), Carolyn Stewart and David Editor, Writer and Project Manager Jill Komoto, DLNR-DAR Tarnas (Malama Kai/MCS International), Gary Moniz (DLNR), Hannah Bernard (Hawai’i Wildlife Fund), David Nichols (DLNR), Carey Morishige This guidebook could not have been developed without the (UH Sea Grant), Christine Brammer (Hawaiian Islands Humpback technical input and collaboration of the contributing authors. The following people contributed to the development of the Whale National Marine Sanctuary), Melissa Bos (DLNR-DAR), Christine guide: Woolaway, Linda Schubert (Hawai’i Wildlife Fund), Kathy Chaston (UH- First Draft Editor and Project Manager Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management), Linda Shea-Flanders Watson Okubo and Hudson Slay (Department of Health), Jeff Kuwabara Collaborators (UH-Manoa Marine Option Program), John Coney (UH-Hilo Marine Scott Atkinson, Community Conservation Network Option Program), Jack’s Diving Locker, Paul Clark (Save our Seas), Jeff Debbie Gowensmith, Community Conservation Network Zimpfer (UH Sea Grant), Skippy Hau (DLNR), Alton Miyasaka (DLNR), Jason Philibotte, Community Conservation Network Katie Siegler (DLNR), Glenn Higashi (DLNR), Paul Murakawa (DLNR), Case Study Authors Mimi Olry (DLNR), Matt Ramsey (Ahihi Kina’u ranger), Jonathan Dave Raney (Reef Check), Sara Peck (West Hawai’i Sea Grant), Hultquist (Maui Ocean Center), Ziggy Livnat (For the Sea), Karin Flynn, Alan Friedlander (Oceanic Institute), Millie Johnson and Tim Carlie Wiener. Robinson (Kaua’i Monk Seal Watch), Liz Foote (Project S.E.A- Link), Robin Newbold (Maui Reef Fund), Donna Brown (Maui And I’d like to especially thank the author of the first draft of this Community College Marine Option Program). guidebook; Linda Shea Flanders who had done most of the footwork Designed By to get us to this stage in community based marine stewardship Pineapple Tweed • www.pineappletweed.com programs. Cover Illustration By Mahalo to Chairman Peter Young for promoting community-based Geoffrey T. Moore ©2006 • www.silvermoonmaui.com Mauka-Makai Watch programs to help DLNR protect marine resources. HO’OKULEANA · TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY · HO’OKULEANA · TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY · HO’OKULEANA · TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY · HO’OKULEANA · TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY TABLE of CONTENTS Ho’okuleana - To Take Responsibility 1 How To Use The Community Guide 2 SECTION 1 | INTRODUCTION 5 SECTION 2 | GETTING STARTED – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Assembling Your Team 9 Identifying Stakeholders 10 Securing Assistance If Necessary 11 Reviewing Your Options 11 Preparing A Conceptual Model Of Concerns And Possible Solutions 11 Clarifying The Group’s Vision 12 Clarifying The Group’s Goal 12 Identifying Key Threats And Obstacles 12 Identifying Current Activities, Opportunities, And Key Players 13 Assessing Community Resources 14 Setting Objectives 15 Developing Activities 16 Developing Your Community Program 17 Understanding General Activity Types 17 Prioritizing Activities 18 Developing A Work Plan 19 Addressing Funding Issues 19 Addressing Safety And Liability Issues 19 What Does It Take to Become a Makai Watch Community? 20 SECTION 3 | ACTIVITY TYPES AWARENESS/OUTREACH Activity Week 23 Booth At Local Events 25 Community Barbeque 27 Interpretive Center 29 Open House 31 Printed Materials 33 Public Lectures/Nature Walks-Swims 37 Signage/Displays 39 Snapshot Day 41 Videos-Public Service Announcements 43 Visitor Outreach 45 Website 47 Workshops 49 OBSERVATION AND VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE 51 MONITORING Coral Reef and Fish Monitoring 55 Reef Check Hawai’i 56 R.E.E.F (The Reef Environmental Educational Foundation) 59 Makai Watch 61 Human Use Surveys 63 Marine mammal/sea turtle observation/surveillance 65 Tidepool monitoring 69 Water Quality 71 Water quality monitoring protocol #1, Basic level 80 Water quality monitoring #2 84 Water Quality Monitoring Protocol #3 (monitoring for bacteria and nutrients) 94 OTHER WAYS TO GET INVOLVED Alien Algae Removal 99 Beach cleanups/recycling and trash bins 101 Fishpond restoration 103 Limu restoration 105 Marine debris retrieval 107 Day use mooring buoys 109 Watershed restoration 111 DOCUMENTING TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE 113 APPENDICES APPENDIX A | Case Studies Hui Malama o Mo’omomi Traditional Fishery Management 117 Kapoho Reef Watch, Wai’Opae Tide Pools, Hawai’i 121 Kaua’i Monk Seal Watch Program 124 Miloli’i Coast Watch 126 Reef Check Hawai’i 129 Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF) 132 West Hawai’i Sea Grant Program 135 ReefWatchers 136 ReefTalks 139 ReefTeach 139 APPENDIX B | Contact Information 141 APPENDIX C | Sample Forms 147 APPENDIX D | Additional resources 167 APPENDIX E | Funding Sources 175 APPENDIX F | Summary of Regulations 181 APPENDIX G | Hawaii’s Marine Resources 185 APPENDIX H | What you can do to protect the ocean 189 APPENDIX I | Glossary 191 HO’OKULEANA - TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY “Ho’okuleana” (it means “to take responsibility”) is the • 3 million acres of near-shore waters theme of the Department of Land and Natural Resources’ • 410,000 acres of coral reefs in the Main Hawaiian Islands (DLNR) outreach efforts that strive to involve communities • Ocean recreation management areas and constituencies in assisting in the protection of our • Hunting and fishing activities natural and cultural resources. • 69 state parks, sites and monuments In a single word, “Ho’okuleana” is focused on “responsibility” • 21 small boat harbors and 50-launch ramps – our individual and collective responsibility to: • And much, much more. » participate – rather than ignore; Our natural and cultural resources are not just historic sites, » prevent – rather than react; and ocean, streams, mountains, trees, birds and fish. » preserve – rather than degrade. They are the foundation of our quality of life and backdrop This is not really a “program,” but, rather, an attitude we for our economy. Our natural and cultural resources define want people to share about resource management and Hawaii’s “sense of place.” They make and keep Hawai’i, protection. Hawai’i. No one constituency, no one community, no one resource There is urgency today to reconnect Hawaii’s people with management entity has the sole responsibility for and the health of the resources and environment. jurisdiction over the resources. Each of us shares that Resource protection is not about us and it’s not about now responsibility. – it is about protecting and preserving our natural and cultural resources for the generations to come, for people A goal of the “Ho’okuleana” perspective is to help we will never meet. encourage local community members to support DLNR in education, regulation and observation to protect natural “Ho’okuleana” is based on the context that the active and cultural resources. participation of communities and constituency groups is a critical element in community health and safety -- not What each of us does every day affects Hawaii’s environment. through vigilantism or exclusion, but simply through a If we want Hawaii’s resources to remain healthy, we must willingness to help prevent wrong-doing through presence each make a personal commitment to protect and care for and education, look out for suspicious activity, care for the them. resources and report inappropriate activity to law enforcement Each of us shares in the responsibility of wise stewardship and to each other. and conservation of our resources. “Ho’okuleana” serves as a vehicle in helping people “make DLNR is tasked with immense responsibilities and recognizes a difference” in their own community, for now and for years that it cannot accomplish its mandate alone – DLNR needs to come. It is our responsibility. the cooperation and participation of others to get things done. Peter Young, Chairperson DLNR has management, maintenance and oversight over State of Hawai’i Department of Land and (among others): Natural Resources • 1.3 million acres of State-owned lands • 1.9 million acres of “Conservation” lands • Historic preservation programs • Freshwater and stream resources • Endangered plants and animals • 800,000 acres of Forest Reserves (the nation’s 11th largest state-owned forest) • 750 miles of coastline (the country’s 4th longest ocean coastline) 1 HOW TO USE THE COMMUNITY GUIDE SECTION 1 | INTRODUCTION Why should I get involved? In this section you’ll learn Pros. This section gives you some reasons about why community based management is needed in for taking on this project. Hawai’i due to threats to the marine environment, and Cons. This section gives you some reasons lack of available resources to help manage and monitor why you may not want to take on this our marine environment. It outlines what happens when a project. community becomes more involved. If you are not ready to organize a community group, there are some options listed Tips. This section gives you some tips in this section for you. from the field on how to proceed with the project, some unique ideas, or some SECTION 2 | GETTING STARTED “don’t forget to do” tips. It includes some What you need to know.