Draft environmental assessment Palila Forest Discovery Trail TMK (3rd) 4-4-015:004 (por.) Hamakua District, Hawaii Island, State of Hawaii

Author:

Hawaii Dept. of Land and Natural Resources,, Geometrician Associates,

Title:

Draft environmental assessment Palila Forest Discovery Trail TMK (3rd) 4-4-015:004 (por.) Hamakua District, Hawaii Island, State of Hawaii

Periodical:

Mauna Kea Plans

Year:

2016

Pages:

94

Subject:

Palila Trails Hawaii Island Environmental impact statement (EIS)

Summary:

The Mauna Kea Forest Restoration Project (MKFRP) of the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DLNR-DOFAW), is collaborating with the American Bird Conservancy and other private and public partners to construct and maintain the Palila Forest Discovery Trail. This multi-faceted initiative includes trail building and access improvements, informational signage and kiosks, website and literature development, volunteer management, and forest restoration. The 0.92-mile, self-led loop trail will meander through a representative and mostly-intact portion of the high-elevation forest dominated by native māmane and naio trees on the western slope of Mauna Kea. Four kiosks placed along the trail and other small markers with QR codes for smartphones will provide detailed information. Native plant species will be planted in areas where the forest is in need of restoration from over 200 years of grazing and browsing by non-native mammals. Planting will improve habitat for the critically endangered palila as well as other endangered native birds such as Hawaii creeper and akiapolaau.

URL:

http://oeqc2.doh.hawaii.gov/EA_EIS_Library/2016-03-08-HA-DEA-Palila-Forest-Discovery-Trail.pdf

Date:

March 2016

Collection:

EIS