2012-05-23-HA-DEA-Kau-Forest-Reserve-Management-Plan
OEQC Publication Form The Environmental Notice Name of Project: Ka‘ū Forest Reserve Management Plan Applicable Law: Chapter 343, HRS Type of Document: Draft EA Island: Hawai`i District: Ka‘ū TMK: (3rd) 9-7- 001:001, 009, 013, 014, 015, 016, 017, 018, 019, 020, 021, 022; 9-6-006:009, 010, 015, 018; and 9-5-015:003 (por.) Permits Required: Board of Land and Natural Resources approval; HRS Chapter 6e, Historic Sites approvals. Name of Proposing/ Approving Agency: Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife Address 1151 Punchbowl Street, Room 131 City, State, Zip Honolulu HI 96813 Contact and Phone Tanya Rubenstein 808-587-0027 Consultant Geometrician Associates Address PO Box 396 City, State, Zip Hilo HI 96721 Contact and Phone Ron Terry 808-969-7090 Project Summary: The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW), is preparing a management plan for the 61,641-acre Ka‘ū Forest Reserve. The Plan responds to a need to maintain and restore key watershed, preserve a unique ecosystem with critically endangered plants and animals, perpetuate natural resources vital to Hawaiian culture and practices, find a suitable site to reintroduce ‘Alalā or Hawaiian Crow into the wild, and provide for continued and expanded public use. Common to all three alternatives under consideration is construction of 12,000 acres of new fenced management units in the upper elevation central portions of the Reserve in which ungulates will be removed and the native forest protected. Field surveys would be conducted to identify locations for the planned fence alignments, and final fence alignments would be sited to avoid any impacts to botanical, faunal, and archaeological resources.
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