Aina Mauna legacy program: draft environmental assessment

Author:: Hookuleana LLC,
Title:: Aina Mauna legacy program: draft environmental assessment
Periodical:: Mauna Kea Plans
Year:: 2011
Subject:: Mauna Kea Aina Mauna Legacy Program Environmental impact analysis Ecosystem management Hawaii Department of Hawaiian Home Lands
Summary:: Aina Mauna Legacy Program, unanimously approved by the Hawaiian Homes Commission, is the Department of Hawaiian Home Land's guiding framework for well-coordinated management for long-term protection and perpetuation of the Aina Mauna ecosystem in the Humuulu/Piihonua area located on the northeast slopes of Mauna Kea. It mission is to protect approximately 56,000-acres of native Hawaiian forest that is ecologically, culturally and economically self-sustaining for the Hawaiian Home Lands Trust, its beneficiaries and the community. Beneficiaries and the community will be involved in its implementation. The Legacy Program proposes multiple actions including Native Forest and Wildlife Habitat Restoration; Feral Ungulate Control; Invasive Species Eradication; Sustainable Commercial Koa Forestry; Outplanting Centers and Field Worker Accommodations; Construction; and Gorse Eradication using shade from Commercial Timber and Harvesting. Infrastructure improvements include Homesteading needs; Water Systems; Pasture and Road improvements. Additional construction includes Administration base Facility; Remote Accommodations and Adaptive Reuse of the Humuula Sheep Station. Revenue generating actions to cover the cost of conservation practices include Eco-tourism Facilities, Services and Activities; Commercial Facilities and Activities; and Commercial Forestry. The direct, indirect, secondary and cumulative impacts associated with the project would be localized or short-term, occurring during the construction phase. No significant impacts to any resources are anticipated. The issuance of a Finding of No Significant Impact for this project is anticipated.
Date:: October 23, 2011
Collection:: EIS